CINÉ-ROMAN
a book on the film 'Kahaani'
MA Book Design 2014, University of Reading.
Tutor: John Morgan
The brief for this project was to translate a film into a book. The sequence and page plan of the book, actual size dummy, specification, exploring paper samples and materials, is what was expected out of the project. A book was made on an Indian film called Kahaani. This is a suspense thriller written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh in 2012. The book explores narrating the story using a combination of screen grabs along with the script of the movie.
Have a look at the project report: http://issuu.com/vidhushri/docs/cine-roman_project_report/1
Print specification
Trim size: 260 W x 350 H
Binding: Softcover, perfect bound
Pages: 80
Text stock: Olin Natural White 90gsm
Image stock: Claro silk 100gsm
Cover stock: Claro silk 130 gsm
Has alternating sections of four pages of the two kinds of paper.
The introduction and the ending sequence are in Claro silk.
Printing: Litho four colour for cover and image spreads. Mono printing for text spreads.
Alternating sections of text and image on different paper stocks
The main section of the book has alternating text and image sections of four pages each, differentiated by two kinds of paper. Image pages are printed on silk and the text pages on an uncoated stock.
The main section of the book has alternating text and image sections of four pages each, differentiated by two kinds of paper. Image pages are printed on silk and the text pages on an uncoated stock.
Scene spreads
These are some key spreads with rich colours and visual language. A collarge of images runs accross the spread. There are 4 to 5 within the entire book, and they mark the start of a new section in the story or denote pauses.
Image-text spread
The most common spread within the sections is the one which has images on one side and text on the other. These have been laid out in a way that the images either are an introduction to the text or support the text.
Text spreads
All the text pages are printed in black only, so are the images. The grid for these pages is simple and the images are inserted into the narrative on each page.
Sequence spreads
Every section will either have a scene spread or one in which there are images on both sides. Such spreads are treated keeping in mind the fact that they lack dialogue and should be effective in showing the sequence.
