By Staff
Echo
Grand Blanc HS
1st Place Division 1, Yearbook Visual
Student Life Spread
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Designed as two-page visual unit, arrangement of photos, headline, copy, captions and white space invite reader onto spread and show careful planning
- Dominance is established and other elements are arranged in such a way as to lead reader’s eye around spread
- Adequate external margins provide frame for spread contents and are defined by at least one element on each side
- Photos effectively cropped, of varied size, shape and content; content concentrates on action photos
- Center of interest in photo(s) is not trapped in gutter; action and faces in photos do not face off spread
- Non-rectangular photos, tilted photos and other special treatments are used sparingly and effectively to enhance overall design
- Graphics and typography enhance readability and attractiveness of design
- Headline has contemporary design and establishes visual/verbal connection between photos and copy
- Copy and captions are readable size and use readable font
- Captions should touch photos to which they refer. Group or clustered captions are permitted, but attention has been paid to making them easily accessible to reader
- While designs may be innovative, they adhere to journalistic guidelines
long with writing their own material and playing songs like “Cigarette Daydreams,” by Cage The Elephant and “Riptide,” by Vance Joy, juniors Scott Crawford, Rosemary Farrehi, Ashton Gaulin, Lorena Haber, Faith Webber, and Kane Wondero connected through the melodies of music. After building up an informal jamming group with guitars, they brought out their inner musician.
“I remember we were all going to play at Lorena’s because she had everything set up,” Crawford said. “So we all just hung out one time, and that’s what started it.”
With no designated day to practice, they tapped into their creative potential whenever they got together.
“We [hung out and played guitar] last Saturday,” Haber said. “That is the only time we’ve done it, but we’ve gone to Guitar Center before and messed around there, too.”
They had the same musical interests outside of playing. In addition to their musicality, the group bonded through other activities as well.
“We enjoy the same genre of music,” Haber said. “Last Friday, we all went to the Planetarium and saw a light show with Pink Floyd’s album. It was really cool.”
The group also enjoyed each other’s company in general, and each thought highly of the other. Their connection through the music caused them to become closer and learn more about themselves.
“They are the nicest people I know,” Crawford said. “They are genuinely pure people, so I think that’s kind of cool.”o