Students in this exciting course will extend their creativity to create a professionally structured magazine from concept to print-ready files. Through research and case studies, students will inspect magazine design elements and learn how context and message differentiate varying genres. Students will create covers, logos, table of contents pages, feature pages, and department sections. Typography, layout, illustration, photography, infographics, grids, white space, headlines, and body copy will all become familiar elements in students’ editorial design vocabulary. How to package editorial material into a cohesive on-brand style will be emphasized.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- History of magazine design
- Publication planning
- Publication masthead and branding
- Typography
- Photography and illustration
- Publication advertising design and production
- InDesign for publication: Setting up multiple page documents, developing a style template, designing core pages and spreads, covers and proofing
- PDF workflow for publications
- Digital editorial presentations and PDFs
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
Additional information
1. Interview with department to discuss previous experience
2. A portfolio assessment of previously completed related work OR
3. The demonstration of skills via the successful completion of 1-4 related projects/assignments similar to those completed in the course, chosen at the discretion of the department
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.