Parts of a Yearbook
Yearbook Vocabulary
Photography Basics
Design Basics
Staff Mystery
100
The area of the yearbook connecting the front and back covers.
What is a spine?
100
A few sentences that identify the who, what, where, when, why and how of a picture.
What is a caption?
100
Division of a photo, horizontally and vertically, so the subject falls into one of the intersecting optical hot spots
What is the rule of thirds?
100
Blank area where no elements are placed.
What is white space?
100

Which house got the most points

Kirby House

200
The heavier sheets of paper which hold the pages of the yearbook to the cover.
What are endsheets?
200
A 16 page grouping made up of two 8-page flats.
What is a signature?
200
The amount of light recorded on the film or sensor.
What is exposure?
200
A horizontal break on the spread that is usually one pica, but is never found in the middle of the layout.
What is eyeline?
200

Who had the most hours on edesign?

Kyomin

300
The first page of the yearbook that gives identifying information for the school, including full name, address, telephone number, website, name of the book and year.
What is the title page?
300
A verbal statement and a visual look which tie all parts of the yearbook together.
What is the theme?
300
Real or imaginary lines that direct the reader to the center of interest in a photo.
What are leading lines?
300
The photo that is 2 to 2.5 times larger than other photos on the spread.
What is the dominant photo?
300

Which three students were the highest scoring individuals in their house?

Rosha, Keiju, & Caitlin

400
The area between two facing pages (a spread) when the book is opened. It is important to keep important design out of this area as it will cut off parts of pictures and copy.
What is the gutter?
400
When any image or element touches the edge of the page extending beyond the trim edge
What is bleed?
400
The difference between lights and darks in a photograph.
What is contrast?
400
The type of graphic that allows the designer to expand or reduce the size without any loss in quality using curves, points, lines and polygons. Very helpful format when resizing business ads.
What is vector?
400

 Which three staff members won the most points for their house from games?

Mihir, Maggie, & Kyomin

500
The part of the book that contains publication information such as paper stock, ink color, typefaces (fonts), book price, staff members, and acknowledgements. Consider this the “how it was made” section of the yearbook and is usually found at the end.
What is a colophon?
500
The page number and the topic of a spread placed as a unit, usually found at the bottom left and bottom right of the spread.
What is a folio (tab)?
500
A shooting mode in digital cameras which allow several photographs to be captured in quick succession by either single pressing the shutter button or holding it down. This is used mainly in mixed-light conditions or when the subject is in successive motion, such as sports.
What is burst mode?
500
This isolates the subject of an image, usually a person and removes the background.

What is COB?

500

Collectively how many hours did we have on edesign right before our deadline

over 4,000

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