--Buch
--Elvis
- Born To Rock
--"Making
Of Special" - A Book is born - Part 1
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in 2002 during the editor conference, the decision
was made that the second book should definitely be
a different genre. While the first book "Elvis:
Behind The Image - The Book", which dealed
exclusively with the private Elvis - under the use
of phenomenal candid pictures - the producers now
wanted to dedicate their next release to the Entertainer:
Elvis Presley - live on stage.
After intensive research and months full of exciting
work, Bud Glass began with the composition and the
layout of the book so that, slowly but surely, the
project started to gain ground.
During these works Bud Glass Productions received
additional information and pictures the author absolutely
wanted to use in his book. This explains, among other
things, why a product can't be developed within 4
weeks. The self-set high quality standards (not a
single picture on a single page and call it a book)
caused the high expenditure of time. To create a design
which is not only tasty but also stylistically fitting
the 70's, to scan old original pictures and to edit
them with the newest technology doesn't only require
the according Know-How, but also the necessary preconditions.
Even though we had the great luck to be able to fall
back on the original negatives, a lot of work remained
to transfer the pictures and their magnificent colours
into the final book.
The producers took painstaking care of keeping the
information to be included in the book professionally
up-to-date, so that several editors were put in charge
of supporting Bud Glass Productions.
All these apsects caused a delay so that it quickly
became clear that this huge project with its numerous
unpublished colour pictures and detailed information
could not be done within the self-set schedule.
It had been the right decision to produce the first
product in Europe, Praytome Publishing decided quickly
to assign a German print office with the production
of "Elvis: Born To Rock". That this experience
would pay off quicklybecame clear and the possibility
to keep an eye the production daily to be able to
intervene immediately in upcoming mistakes, also proved
to be invaluable.
The great reactions on the "Making
Of" book trailer of "BTI - The Book",
the enthusiastic mails concerning the "Creation
Of Dreams" Making of "Elvis:
Adrenaline '70" showed the producers clearly,
that the fans are not only interested in Elvis himself,
but that the bonus features were also very welcomed
very positively.
So Praytome Publishing is happy to be able to allow
another insight into its latest project.
The following pictures are not only giving you the
possibility to get an insight into the development
of Born To Rock, but you can also watch the progression
because this "Making Of" the "Born
To Rock" book will be updated continuously. Visit
this site to watch the latest progress and to be there
when we are able to say: The book is completed !
What
does it cost, if it's free ?
(Colonel Tom Parker) |
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How
much work remains to be done on a book
when the author has finished the last sentence
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(Greg Retkowski)
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When the author has finished his work on the book,
another long process begins - with breakpoints at
lithographers, print offices and layout experts -
for reaching the final goal: The completition of the
book.
Right here the following "Making Of" starts:
And exactly at this point the following "Making
Of" starts:
f.l.t.r.: Nadine Schwenk,
Claudia Hainsch, Greg Retkowski
In daily conferences
with the according experts every single aspect
of the book is discussed |
After
the first examinations of the samples the
producers decided to go the expensive
and complex way and to undergo every single
page a so called "proof" procedure.
A "proof" ties up to an 98% image of the estimated
print result. Hereby you can see the
resultant color shifts and you are able to
detect errors and flaws within the pictures
to correct them before the final print.
Lithographer Markus Müller and Praytome
during controls at the light table
If mistakes are noticed the lithographer can
analyze and judge how the mistake in the original
file
can be corrected in the best way because of
his professional competence and his equipment.
Nadine Schwenk, Praytome and lithographer
Markus Müller
during the correcting process at the workstation.
After every correction it is necessary to
create a new proof to control the changes.
By doing several scan procedures
color depths are being detected to get an
optimum result in the print
You can see clearly how many persons are involved
in the realization. Competence and equipment,
which is shown here, make clear that "Born
To Rock" is not a home-made production.
The "Plotter" room
The plotter at work
The proof being nearly complete
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We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the many
people who have contributed to this project and the
actual progress of the "Born To Rock" book.
Those fans who have supported us with pictures, concert
reviews and their invaluable memories of the concerts
and the competent and friendly employees at the Dassel
Druck GmbH, who helped us so much with the printing
work.
Click
here for Part 2 of
the "Making Of" Special
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