Manuscript 2.0

Here is the basic break down by page of my book as it stands now:

1. 1/2 title
2.
3. full title
4. table of contents
5. table of contents
6. The Story of Slovenly Peter- title
7. The Story of Slovenly Peter- peter sitting alone in corner
8. The Story of Cruel Frederick- title
9. The Story of Cruel Frederick- animal cruelty
10. The Story of Cruel Frederick- bite marks
11. The Story of Pauline and the Matches- title
12. The Story of Pauline and the Matches- lighting match
13. The Story of Pauline and the Matches- burning
14. The Story of Pauline and the Matches- ashes
15. The Story of the Inky Boys- title
16. The Story of the Inky Boys- mocking black kid
17. The Story of the Inky Boys- ink spills
18. The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb- title
19. The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb- sucking thumb
20. The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb- tailor with scissors
21. The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb- bleeding thumb
22. The Story of Augustus who not have any Soup- title
23. The Story of Augustus who not have any Soup- day 1
24. The Story of Augustus who not have any Soup- day 2
25. The Story of Augustus who not have any Soup- grave
26. The Story of Fidgety Philip- title
27. The Story of Fidgety Philip- fidgeting at table
28. The Story of Fidgety Philip- table collapsed
29. The Story of Johnny Look-in-the-Air- title
30. The Story of Johnny Look-in-the-Air- walking with head in the clouds
31. The Story of Johnny Look-in-the-Air- hand sticking out of river
32. The Story of Flying Robert- title
33. The Story of Flying Robert- walking with umbrella
34. The Story of Flying Robert- being blown away
35.
36. imprint (containing basic info on the original author and other info)

I am toying with the option of creating one last story that relates to life as a design student- but I not sure whether I really want to do that. I may not use all the stories from above.

I have decided I want to print the book either a semi-gloss or glossy, but I definitely want it to have a sheen. The book will be square and fairly small. I want to print it on paper that is fairly heavy as I want it to feel as solid as possible and it is pretty short. I still have to decided about the cover and binding.

I do not think the photography will be as abstract as I originally anticipated but it will definitely still leave something to the imagination. I want the style of photography to be fairly consistent as I want it to tell the story. It is going to be black and white.

I think I have decided that the stories will not be narrated and that the photography and titles will carry the stories on their own. The table of contents will have the title of the story in English, while the title page will be in German. I plan to use Blackletter on the title pages and cover, but I think the table of contents, imprint, and half title will be in a sans serif. I may use color sparingly on the pages that contain text.

I am not sure if all pages should contain folios- maybe just title pages. The pages with the photography may just be fully bled photographs... I am just not sure if it will be dynamic enough if most pages are just photographs...

2 sample spreads I did (very quickly) just to get some ideas on screen. I really need to try some more creative stuff with the type.




(the white line going across the bottom of the two spreads should not be there- all images are fully bled)