Blog Post 4

Haley
Senior Project
Blog Post 4 (9-14-10)

Today I attended a yearbook workshop at O’Gorman High School with Mrs. Rahn and a few of the yearbook staff members. The workshop was really helpful. It gave me a list of theme possibilities that is approximately 15 pages long. The workshop focused on the layout of yearbook pages, and what to do and what to avoid. You’re supposed to use all one font. Avoid using decorative fonts, as they can look unprofessional and be a problem. Avoid using pictures posted on Facebook (I didn’t even think of that.) Use all the space available to you. Make sure your captions don’t just repeat what’s in the story: expand on it and add a lead-in. We learned all sorts of things at the workshop. We were shown examples that didn’t even look like yearbooks, at least not like any I’ve seen. They were really, really good! We were also encouraged to flip through our magazines and if we found a layout we liked, we could try to mimic it. I heard from other workshop attendees that they really like the latest system of creating a yearbook online. Apparently, it’s incredibly self-explanatory and easy to run, which sounds good to me. Also, there were several samples of yearbook covers there to look at. I found quite a few favorites, but didn’t pick a definite one.
One of the themes I am looking at is “But who’s counting?” I feel like that would have a lot of possibility to it. I took a lot of notes at the workshop today, and among them were ideas that would go along with that theme. I’m pretty sure I have a winner, but we’ll see how things go.
Last I met Jordan Hall, who was leading the workshop and agreed to mentor me. I have a meeting with him on Monday, so I’d better get prepared and compile some questions to go over with him.