Work Experience

Conventions of Book Covers:

A hardback book cover:

These book covers have inside and back cover flaps. They are designed to accommodate the spine width and cover board of the book. Additionally, there needs to be a 3mm bleed all around the artwork. The inside flap provides information about the book, including the story without any spoilers. On the other hand, the back flap contains information about the author, price, and publisher.

A paperback book cover:

There are no cover flaps, so pages will be flush-cut to the edges. Include a 3mm bleed around for trimming variations, and avoid placing text closer than 4mm from the edge to prevent cutting.

All books - front cover:

The front cover is located on the right-hand side, while the back cover is on the left. it's crucial to consider the spine width of the book when designing the cover. The front cover typically features essential elements like the book title, author's name, any awards it has won (if applicable), and a tagline or subtitle. The front cover's design should capture the essence of the story and engage potential readers, enticing them to pick up the book.

Back cover:

The left side of the book features the back cover, which should compliment the front cover's mood and offer more story details without giving away spoilers. This typically includes the book title, a tagline or subtitle, the author's name, enticing the story information, a barcode, price, publisher's name, and a colophon. These elements work together to engage readers and provide vital book information.

Spine:

The book's thickness will be determined by its content and design. on the spine, you'll find the title and author's name, both of which can be orientated either downward or upward for readability. Additionally, the publisher's colophon name will be included, along with a visual element that connects to the front cover design.

These elements are important because it shows credit to the author and designers and it also catches the reader's eye to read the book.

Codes and Conventions:

Book covers (front & back)

The genre of this book is horror and the narrative gives us a sense of fear, suspense and unease in the reader.

Judging by the front cover and the blurb of this book, it looks like the book's genre is horror. The narrative is to make people frightened and suspicious.

Judging by the front cover and the blurb of this book, it looks like the book's genre is adventure. The narrative is to make you excited.

Book Cover:

Girl Interrupted Annotations:

What is your final piece? (description of it)

My final piece is a book cover of the book "Girl Interrupted".

What influenced you to do this as your final product? (Quote some research/skills you like/strengths)

What influenced me to do this type of design was collages on Pinterest. I found interesting photos of characters from the book by searching them up on Pinterest and finding clips from the actual movie.

Did you make a plan and follow it? Was it useful? If you didn’t make a plan would it have helped if you did?

Unfortunately, I did not make a plan but it would've been useful. This project wouldn't have been so last minute if I made a plan and my book would've been more advanced.

How did you create your product? Tools/techniques/programs you used.

I used Photoshop and created my template. then I utilised the background and got different images from Pinterest used the 'background eraser' tool and removed the backgrounds from them and stuck them over each other.

What did you research? Was your research successful (did it influence

your final product) and why?

Were there any problems? What did you do to overcome them?

What went well with the product? How well did you complete the

product? What standard is it? Does it communicate your ideas well?

How/why?

What went less well? Is it messy? Not what you wanted? Not finished?

Why do you think this happened?

If you were to repeat the process again, what would you do differently and why?