New Subject Page - Layout

This is going to be the basic layout of my page, I decided to feature a coloured block down the side of my page as I took inspiration from one of the prospectuses which I researched. It stops the page from looking overly basis, it offers a very simplistic but effective look to the overall composition.

I will be featuring this colour throughout my whole survival guide, it will now become a part of my colour scheme. This is a common feature to have within booklets as it offers a sense of recognition, the colours become linked with the piece.

Change Of Plan

As previously stated, I was originally going to create a promotional video for my current sixth form which I then changed into a prospectus. I have now changed my plan again, this will be my final change as I need to jump into the process of making my piece, I am now going to be creating a survival guide to Sixth Form.

This will still include all of the information I previously said I would include, although this time it will be written in a more informal tone. This will allow those reading to get an idea of what sixth form is like through my eyes, a current student.

I also will not be including information regarding how the course will be assessed and what the content of the course will be, I don't want to be including information such as what each individual module would be as that information is already accessible in the prospectus.

I will now need to collect new data such as what the course could lead to; this will be a list of courses they can go on to study at universities all around the country.

Art Page

Subject page art powerpoint from courteneyharding

Second and Third Page - Welcome and About Us Progress

I will now move onto the third page, this is where I am going to be splitting the page into two halves and adding two different sections. On the top half I will be featuring a welcome message followed by an 'About Us' section on the bottom half.

To start this off, because I already had the background colour sorted and the page was already split equally, I could dive straight in with adding text.

Because I had already established a colour scheme and font, the process is going to become considerably easier.

I went back onto 1001fonts.com and searched for Reglo Bold in order to begin adding text:

After I had added all the text I needed to using the font Reglo Bold, I realised that the page would like slightly bare either side of the subheadings. So I proceeded to add dots on either side, I have not seen this featured on any other prospectuses during my research, apart from on the already existing prospectus:

The next step was to add text, in order to make sure I was enclosing correct information and not jus making it up, I kept referring to the prospectus from last year. To make sure I made no spelling mistakes, I typed it up within Microsoft Word.

As I was taking screenshots I noticed that I had removed the layer showing the text on my contents page, so I decided to replace the layer so I could get the full effect of all of the writing on both pages.

The next step was to add page numbers.

This is what my final contents and welcome page looks like.

Second and Third Page - Welcome and About Us

I will now move onto the third page, this is where I am going to be splitting the page into two halves and adding two different sections. On the top half I will be featuring a welcome message followed by an 'About Us' section on the bottom half.

To start this off, because I already had the background colour sorted and the page was already split equally, I could dive straight in with adding text.

Because I had already established a colour scheme and font, the process is going to become considerably easier.

I went back onto 1001fonts.com and searched for Reglo Bold in order to begin adding text:

Second and Third Page - Index Page Progress 4

The next step will be to place the text onto this page, this will allow the readers to be able to easily access any specific pages they require. This is a very beneficial way to save time and will stop you from losing focus on what information you know you want to read.

I chose to use this font as I felt that it was very simplistic to read and did not cause any confusion, I also chose to put the font in bold as it stood out from the background much more than what it did when it was just in regular for example:

I feel like the size of the font is perfect also, it does not over power the page yet is still big enough to read clearly.

This is what the final touches to my index page look like, I will now begin to create the Welcome Page on the opposite side.

Second and Third Page - Index Page Progress 3

Next will be to position the text onto the actual page, I think I may add a new colour to the colour scheme instead of relying on my images to add colour to the page.

I will make my titles a burgundy shade as I feel like this is a colour enjoyed by most, this will add a bit more too the page rather than sticking with grey and black all the way through.

This is what the page looked like when I added the text and situated it where I thought looked best, once I add more text such as page names and numbers, I may adjust the size as I feel it may be too large. However I will be changing the colour to the previously suggested burgundy:

Although there is not much difference between the two on screenshots, I feel like you will be able to see the colour more clearly when the file is open in photoshop or in person.

This was the colour used.