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follow a similar <strong>the</strong>me.<br />

We were able to purchase several convincing<br />

alien masks from local distributors and, using<br />

our school’s digital camera and a few willing<br />

models, we photographed a series of posed alien<br />

images that were placed in a folder on our school<br />

server so <strong>the</strong>y could be accessed by my students.<br />

They <strong>the</strong>n downloaded <strong>the</strong> files <strong>the</strong>y wished to<br />

use, converted all <strong>the</strong> images to black and white,<br />

and adjusted <strong>the</strong> contrast accordingly, using<br />

Adobe Photo Elements.<br />

After <strong>the</strong> photos were taken, students were<br />

asked to render several tabloid concepts in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir sketchbook. After <strong>the</strong>ir concept was<br />

approved, <strong>the</strong>y were free to begin assembling<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir page.<br />

For <strong>the</strong>ir secondary and tertiary images, students<br />

used Internet sources, as well as scanned<br />

images. Everyone was warned about issues of<br />

copyright, as well as <strong>the</strong> poor quality that often is<br />

EXTRA:CALIFORNIA ELECTION SCANDAL! TOTAL RECOUNT<br />

WEEKLY WORLD<br />

NEWS<br />

October 23, 2003<br />

ARNOLD’S CROOKED<br />

CAMPAIGN EXPOSED<br />

INSIDE<br />

ALIEN<br />

ALL<br />

FOR<br />

SEMESTERING!<br />

Tabloids might make us laugh, but for high-school<br />

students learning about layout and publication<br />

design, <strong>the</strong>y are an extraordinary study in <strong>the</strong><br />

effective use of images, typography and design.<br />

The covers pictured here are by (clockwise,<br />

starting from <strong>the</strong> left) Allen, Ryan and Hea<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

ELVIS AND TUPAC<br />

FOUND ALIVE ON<br />

ISLAND IN SOUTH<br />

PACIFIC! See page 6<br />

RUN IN WITH POLICE LANDS<br />

NICK CARTER BEHIND BARS!<br />

BACKSTREET<br />

BOYS DISOWN<br />

CONVICTED<br />

FELON!<br />

HEAR NICK’S SIDE<br />

OF THE STORY!<br />

.50$ US / 6.00$ CAN >66<br />

EXCLUSIVE: BIG MACS MAKE BIG MOMMAS!<br />

WEEKLY WORLD<br />

ALIEN<br />

INHABITS<br />

LIBRARY:<br />

BOOKS<br />

ABDUCTED!<br />

McDonald’s<br />

food<br />

impregnates<br />

innocent<br />

women!<br />

NEWS®<br />

November 13, 2003 Issue 46<br />

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW<br />

MORE<br />

PHOTOS<br />

INSIDE!<br />

Students combined <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

own digital photographs<br />

with photographs found on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Internet.<br />

characteristic of images that have been compressed<br />

to appear quickly on Web sites. All <strong>the</strong><br />

layout and design work was done using<br />

QuarkXPress desktop publishing software,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> work was printed on <strong>the</strong> art department’s<br />

color inkjet printer.<br />

The final projects were worthy portfolio<br />

pieces that showcased each student’s facility<br />

with words and images. Of particular note is<br />

one student’s work that has our school principal<br />

getting some extraterrestrial help<br />

championing <strong>the</strong> cause of semestered<br />

timetabling, which recently was a big political<br />

issue in our school.<br />

Incidentally, <strong>the</strong> results of a vote of<br />

Merivale High School’s entire educational<br />

community was overwhelmingly in favor of<br />

installing a semestered schedule <strong>the</strong> next<br />

fall. Hmm ... perhaps <strong>the</strong> aliens really do have<br />

some influence on us Earthlings. ■<br />

Irv Osterer is Department Head of Fine <strong>Arts</strong><br />

and Languages at Merivale High School in<br />

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.<br />

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