So here we go!
Following you will find the beginnings of our theme brainstorm. See what you think! Included are ideas from talking to you to other yearbook sites, as well as from media trends to a few original ideas. Don't hesitate to post more ideas. We need to put it all out there and then narrow the ideas down to three favorites that we play out through the book - from section dividers to graphic elements. The seniors will have the final word on what we wind up with, but everyone should take part. With the conference coming up on June 11-12, we have to narrow our choices in the next week. I'll try to check in a couple of times a day to see how the ideas are coming along.
Faves (T-mobile My Faves, Fave 5)
A little bit of history repeating itself
Think. Just think. Think about it for a minute.
24 (clock theme)
Lost/Found
usn unplugged
diary
USNcast or schoolcast or daycast, hmmm (play on podcast)
the + sign is big (something + something)
work + play (you + me, creative + interest, blue + maroon)
action + reaction
you + me
history + repeating
Meaningful additions (what will USN add next?)
google this (when I googled USN there 1,490,000 results in .11 seconds)
(google theme could include a satellite image from google earth)
On the edge (play off of location – Edgehill Avenue, theme would revolve around things that are on the edge of happening)
text this (play on texting)
EAST + WEST (East meets West play on East wing to West wing of school could focus on diversity and community) or perhaps YEAR OF THE TIGER. We are adding Chinese to our curriculum. Could do an asian theme with year of the whatever year it is.
Proof positive (could use + sign.)
Movie theme – lights, camera, action
Mastercard theme
Play on Wii – theme could be WE sections could be other pronouns, I, YOU, HE, SHE, THEY, US
Upgrading
Access Granted
Testing our limits
Double Exposure (not sure how this plays out, but we could have double exposures on all pages. Could be that we are urban + suburban i.e. USN + River Campus) Following are instructions that I found for creating a double exposure.
1. Make sure you have your 2 photographs ready in a digital formatsuitable for Photoshop (PSD, JPG, TIF, etc.)
2. Open both photographs at the same time in Photoshop.
3. Decide which photograph will be your background and which will beyour foreground.
4, Using the move tool, drag your "foreground picture" on top of your"background picture" and drop it. It will become a layer on top ofyour "background picture."
5. Using the move tool, adjust your top layer until it is on top ofyour bottom layer exactly the way you want it.
6. In your layer window, be sure "Layer 1" is selected.
7. In the top right hand corner of the layer window there is a featurecalled "Opacity." Click on the arrow beside 100%. This will reveal aslider that will allow you to make the foreground layer opaque.
8. Adjust the opacity for the desired effect.
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This is from an email that Brooke sent me last week in response to the theme idea "just a little bit of history repeating itself".
"as far as themes my friends from jefferson city ,who got honorable mention for their yearbook, theme is unbreakable bonds because of that grades impact and how the school has stayed with its roots despite new additons and changes. I thought this is a really cool idea because our school has gone through similar changes but we still identify with things from the
past like PDS. Anyway just and idea kind of the same main idea as ms.
tanners (i really like that idea i guess because i have been at USN so long and i have a lot of history here and i like that even though each year the seniors leave their mark, some things stay the same and are preserved.)
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