• Due December 10 (no extensions possible/late assignments receive mark of zero), you will be assembling a single tabloid page as instructed in the following document:

    Assignment 4 – Tabloid Page

    Assignment must be submitted as INDD and PDF.

  • Photo pages or spreads or essays

    Take several photos and put them on a page. This is a photo page. Now make it look good… easier said than done.

    For some tips on what to do, please see the text pages 127-131.

    To see the best that is out there, visit: Society of News Design and look up category 15, multiple photos.

  • 7653 – Rob Hoffman

    7696 – The Hoffman boys (Tim, Rob and Ted (r)) lead the Bluewater tug of war team as they prepare for the world championships in Sweden Sept. 4-7.

    The Bluewater team practices on Matthias Metzger’s farm northwest of Dashwood. They use one of his buildings for winter practices.

    Coach Jim Connolly leads the team through its pulling routine.

    Coach Jim Connolly and his team evaluate their technique after each portion of practice.

    Darryl Hern kicks up some dirt in the quest to win.

    Gearing up for a gripping match.

    7762 & 7780 – Michelle Koricina, 19, of Ailsa Craig races 9 HP mini-sprint cars and is 1st in points so far this season, with 8 feature wins. The Oakwood Inn employee won the 2003 and 2004 championships in the 6.5 HP division.

    Dillon West, 15, of Aylmer drives mini-trucks, which can reach speeds of 80 mph. He’s been driving for eight years. “Every time we come here we have a good time and it keeps getting better.”

    7744 – Brandon Ronald, 15, of St. Thomas has been driving JCAR (Junior Canadian Auto Racing) for five years. “It’s competitive, but you’re out here competing with your friends.”

    7751 – Nathan Allen, 14, of Crediton drives 9 HP mini-sprints; he’s been driving for seven years. “These cars are faster. JCARs and 6.5 HPs are slow. These are the best.”

    7815 – Noel Hamilton of London waves drivers onto the track. “I usually do the tow truck here, and I have a son in the 9 HP division and a daughter in the 6.5 HP division. Keeps them out of trouble and they like it.”

    7853 – Racers take a practice spin ahead of Saturday night races at the Grand Bend Speedway. The vehicle are half-scale models of street models.
    Left: Michelle Koricina leads the way; she’s the points leader in her division.
    Below: Jesse Nethercott of Warwick watches his brother practice. “It’s pretty sweet. It’s pretty fast and loud.”

    Above: Scott Schloendorf of Vanastra, Steve Crocker of London, Tommy Kyle and Frank Schloendorf of Vanastra work on Scott’s 9 HP clutch, which he blew in practice. “It was random,” Scott says. “Sucks.”
    Left: Tyson Steeper of Lucan signs an autograph for Jack Macko of Forest while Mike Beneteau watches. “He’s my best friend,” Macko says of Steeper.
    Right: Katlynn Freel of London is one of the few women racers. She’ll be moving up to the four-cylinder street stock cars next year.

    Helping Emily get her Herbie the Love Bug prepared for the big race.

    Ethan Denomme gets behind the wheel of his shark car.

    5100 – Sylvana Liebregts and Stephen Shellenberger.

    5092 – Sylvana Liebregts is the crew; the Londoner shot and edited the video.

    5128 & 5134 – New York musician Joseph Arthur dances his way into his fans’ hearts at the Huron Shores Trailer Park in Ipperwash. The park was the scene of a music video, which begins airing this month. Arthur’s album, Temporary People, hits stores September 30.

    Former Hollywood actor Stephen Shellenberger directs his trailer park neighbour as she acts in a scene for Joseph Arthur’s “Faith”.

    5112 – Sylvana Liebregts shoots as trailer park resident Kae Schenk performs with musician Joseph Arthur.

    5140 – Joseph Arthur hangs with the locals during the filming of his video, “Faith”.

    Joseph Arthur leads locals as they sing his song for the video. From left, Bob MacMillan of Ravenswood, Kae Schenk of London, Dan Rowdy of Ipperwash, and Brenda Coll of London. “It’s a real experience,” says Schenk. “Very exciting.” “Steve makes you want to be talented and we love him dearly,” says Coll.

    Lucas Bowers of Dashwood and Duncan Blyde of Zurich fly out of the starting gate, erm, ramp.

    8576 – Ethan Denomme

    8583 – The only collision came in the last race of the day, which had to be rerun after official inspection.

  • Our first assignment, linked below, will be due at the end of class October 1:

    Assignment 1 – Single story with photo