project help - presentation

melekalikimaka

for a project i'm gonna need to have elements of text with the image. basically its the ol danbo stuff, though film might be the route i take.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melekalikimaka/sets/72157620263910937/

as you see in the images, there is a title above, and quote below. i'm looking for maybe some examples of how to pull this off print wise, the images are all gonna be mounted and hung, and personally i think text printed on the page with the images looks tack.

DaireQuinlan

what about a wider than usual white mat with the text written below the picture on the mat ? So long as your handwriting is sufficiently ... interesting ... this could look good. A sort of thin spidery hand in black ink I think would suit the pictures.

melekalikimaka

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

what about a wider than usual white mat with the text written below the picture on the mat ? So long as your handwriting is sufficiently ... interesting ... this could look good. A sort of thin spidery hand in black ink I think would suit the pictures.

i was thinking this... the old caligraphy from 3rd year art might come in handy hehe.

i was also toying with the idea of post its or even note pad paperloosely stuck on, maybe some thing along those lines... but dont want it to end up looking like a blue peter project

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

i was thinking this... the old caligraphy from 3rd year art might come in handy hehe.

i was also toying with the idea of post its or even note pad paperloosely stuck on, maybe some thing along those lines... but dont want it to end up looking like a blue peter project

yeah that might end up looking a bit cack all right. How about incorporating the text into the picture somehow ? Like the above, written on a post it or rough notepad paper, but actually placed in the scene in a position where it can be read ? Bunch of different ways you could do it, place it along the bottom of the shot, stick it on a wire and suspend it just above the subject, have it being carried ... stuck to the props ...

stcstc

what about the text printed on the mount

i can put some mount boards through my printers

melekalikimaka

stcstc wrote: »

what about the text printed on the mount

i can put some mount boards through my printers

sounds interesting, so could you in theory, create a patterned mountboard?

melekalikimaka

Waiting for Love



"It is at the edge of a petal that love awaits"

something along these lines

@daire - sounds interesting, if i do end up reshooting all images i may do that, but for now i'd like a solution where i can encorperate my current images also

Captain Flaps

Just wanted to say that your images are fantastic.

stcstc

i could try it, not all boards will work, and need to leave a decent space etc

but you could come round and we can try it if u like

melekalikimaka

stcstc wrote: »

i could try it, not all boards will work, and need to leave a decent space etc

but you could come round and we can try it if u like

once i get home i'll pm you bout it, could be interesting. what sort of board would ya be using if ya did?

stcstc

well in theory it needs to be a reasonably smooth mountboard, pale colours obviously

i havent done it myself, i just know people that have, so a little experimentation could be involved!!!!

Dragan

Some of those are lovely man.

As already mentioned, you could creatively incorporated the text into the actually image itself. Maybe some thing opaque and whispy in a colour that suits the image, carefully placed and angled to give the impression of being on a surface within the picture.

Oddly enough, for the best use of typography in a film, almost ever, check out Zombieland.

stcstc

ok i just tried printing on a bit of scrap board, it works, only printed black text etc so need to test more with images etc

smelltheglove

stcstc wrote: »

what about the text printed on the mount

i can put some mount boards through my printers

Exactly what I was going to say, presentation is everything and there is no point in having good pictures that are brought down by the lack of presentation. I would definitely definitely print the text on the mount without a doubt.

melekalikimaka

will more than likely go with the mountboard printing.

for fonts anyone got any advice. thinking a toyish top title sorta with a more mature font to reflect the deeper context for the bottom... looking at dafont.com... its not easy to find somethink tactful...

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

will more than likely go with the mountboard printing.

for fonts anyone got any advice. thinking a toyish top title sorta with a more mature font to reflect the deeper context for the bottom... looking at dafont.com... its not easy to find somethink tactful...

comic sans !

smelltheglove

melekalikimaka wrote: »

will more than likely go with the mountboard printing.

for fonts anyone got any advice. thinking a toyish top title sorta with a more mature font to reflect the deeper context for the bottom... looking at dafont.com... its not easy to find somethink tactful...

the same font as used on danbo? I do think the font is very important also, http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Ding_Dong_Daddy_O.htm this stood out to me straight away.

stcstc

one thing to be aware of is not using very fine fonts, printing on the mountboard, which is not as smooth as normal paper you could get fine fonts losing some of their detail