Actors Portfolio / Inside page / Development

OUGD603 / EXTENDED PRACTICE
ACTORS PORTFOLIO
DEVELOPMENT OF INSIDE PAGES.

I started by looking at the back page as this would be one of the simpler pages. This is were the contact details will be. I took one of my favourite images and started to lay type of the top similar to the front page of the fold out.

I made sure that the colours in each image remain consistent and also made sure that this was also the case for the layout by lining everything up accordingly.

I really like the layout of the back page and show it displays the full name of the actor. I played around with colour and layout.

Even through I really liked this layout, Somehow i didn't think it looked too much like the front, I feel that they look like to different designs.

To be honest I actually preferred the bcd page layout than the from one that i had created previously. I think it has a simpler and more professional appearance. I have to rein aware that an actors portfolio i something that has to be a lot more refined and simple than those that are use by graphic designers.

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I asked ben to send me through a list of his experiences as well as physical attributes ad skill sets.

EXPERIENCES:

2004 - heartbreak beautiful 2004 - Variety! 2005 - Cabaret 2005 - 24 hrs underground - Calderdale college Fiddler on the roof -2010 La belle helene - 2011 - Calderdale Amateur operatic society Road - 2014 Spur of the moment - 2013 Camino Real - 2012 An evening of Ankoku Butoh - 2013 -Manchester Metropolitan university The accrington pals - 2014 - Halifax Thespians

EDUCATION:

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) Dramatic Arts - 11/14

ATTRIBUTES:

AGE - 26

ETHNICITY - White British

HIEGHT - 6.4ft

EYES - Blue

HAIR - Dark Brown

DIALECTS:

London

Liverpulian

West country

Irish

American

Russian

I stared to add these in to the document using the same layout as the one I had re-created for the front page.

 I desided to change the colour of the background so that the images had more clarity to them. I also think that this helps the text stand out a lot more.

These are pages 2 and 3 and are the pages that are seen once the leaflet is opened up initially. I think that by having the action shots in the background, this means that the head shots can be used as the focus for the main page inside. I also think that having all these different characters in the background as the recipient is reading really starts to build a picture about this individual.

This is the layout that I have finally come up with, I still want to add to it, but this is the basis I am looking to work with regarding the information pages of this document.

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HEAD SHOT PAGE.

This is the composition of head shots that I decided to have on the inside pages. They all have something different about them such as the facial expression and the different angles of the face. I also have 2 in black and white, and 2 in colour.

I printed out this portfolio just to get an idea of how it wilt look once printed. This is scaled down to fit on an A4 and isn't the best print, but its mainly to get n idea of how its working.

Im happy with how this portfolio is working and I think its really suitable for its purpose. However, the idea I had about having each of the head shot panels being perforated won't work so well because this is going to be a double sided print. this means that the information pages will be on the back of each panel.

To get around this issue, i though that it could be a cool addition to have an insert that is attached in to the centre page that would have the a couple of head shots on and these could be the keepable version. I also think that this would be a good place to add in a business card

I created this business card design that works consistently with the aesthetic created for the portfolio itself.

I then created the insert using the 2 favourite images from the original portfolio. One is a headshot, the other is an action shot. One is black and white the other is colour.

I printed another tester to see how this would work and I'm really happy with the results. i thin this insert adds so much more to the document rather than it just being a simple fold out. It adds another layer which intern adds more character and professionalism which is an important thing when promoting ones self.