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I definitely should stop being so long-winded in some of my informal communication. I could have answered the same thing (exchange with Tyler below) with one sentence for the same end-goal. "Nah, we should keep the pictures up until we get those new ones." hah.
Also, I did the same thing in my Public Speaking class. I started talking about my science topic idea on learning how a bird can regenerate its dead inner ear cilia and how scientists are trying to apply this research to recreating these cilia for humans who suffer from sensorineural hearing loss. And the class laughed and the teacher said, "Uh yeah, that sounds good." I guess I should have just said something like, "My topic will be on human tissue regeneration."
Tyler:
"so this is kind of off-topic, but i was asking my roomies what they thought of our myspace page layout, and they liked it all except for how our pictures made it look all jumbled. they don't all look the same (mine is black & white, H's has the logo in the corner), and they're different sizes as well.
would you guys care if i took the pics down until we can all get "matching" ones? i think it would make our page look more professional for the time being. maybe we can ask jaime to take some individual shots at a show soon?"
Vilma Jarita Jarvinen
Today at 3:32pm
"Promoters mainly just listen to about 2 tracks and then glance at pictures before making their SPLIT SECOND decision of, "shall i contact these people back or not?"
I veto taking our pictures down. We should keep them up and if we want to have uniform pictures, replace the old ones when we have the new ones.
I'm probably going to go on a long tirade of explanation but:
IN SUMMARY: I vote for not taking the pictures down until we have replacement pictures. And when we have those similar replacement pictures, we should still avoid total uniformity in presentation of them.
EXPLANATION:
However, I also would like to point out that in advertising design class, we learned that a perfectionist designs uniformly and with balance and is never wrong BUT never gains too much recognition either. When something isn't exactly fitting in the perfect mold, people stick around to take note/maybe even criticize, but they stay on your page longer nevertheless and actually actively think about what you're advertising.
Now, a compromise would be to take uniform pictures, but have them outlined differently on the page. It would give each individual in the band a personal flare and create variety but the picture itself would be uniform. For example, the outline of Hunter's picture could be a starburst border, christina's could be heart-shaped, tyler's could be circular and mine could be square. But the pictures themselves would be similar disregarding the shape of the picture.
That supports another thing we learned in aesthetic design for attention-getting advertising pieces: When you make something not uniform, make sure the audience KNOWS you did it INTENTIONALLY and know your principles.
So for example, leaving our current pictures up could actually seem unprofessional because the variety doesn't look INTENTIONAL. It just looks like we strung totally different pictures up of ourselves (which we did).
SO IN SUMMARY: I vote for not taking the pictures down until we have replacement pictures. And when we have those similar replacement pictures, we should still avoid total uniformity."
Also, I did the same thing in my Public Speaking class. I started talking about my science topic idea on learning how a bird can regenerate its dead inner ear cilia and how scientists are trying to apply this research to recreating these cilia for humans who suffer from sensorineural hearing loss. And the class laughed and the teacher said, "Uh yeah, that sounds good." I guess I should have just said something like, "My topic will be on human tissue regeneration."
Tyler:
"so this is kind of off-topic, but i was asking my roomies what they thought of our myspace page layout, and they liked it all except for how our pictures made it look all jumbled. they don't all look the same (mine is black & white, H's has the logo in the corner), and they're different sizes as well.
would you guys care if i took the pics down until we can all get "matching" ones? i think it would make our page look more professional for the time being. maybe we can ask jaime to take some individual shots at a show soon?"
Vilma Jarita Jarvinen
Today at 3:32pm
"Promoters mainly just listen to about 2 tracks and then glance at pictures before making their SPLIT SECOND decision of, "shall i contact these people back or not?"
I veto taking our pictures down. We should keep them up and if we want to have uniform pictures, replace the old ones when we have the new ones.
I'm probably going to go on a long tirade of explanation but:
IN SUMMARY: I vote for not taking the pictures down until we have replacement pictures. And when we have those similar replacement pictures, we should still avoid total uniformity in presentation of them.
EXPLANATION:
However, I also would like to point out that in advertising design class, we learned that a perfectionist designs uniformly and with balance and is never wrong BUT never gains too much recognition either. When something isn't exactly fitting in the perfect mold, people stick around to take note/maybe even criticize, but they stay on your page longer nevertheless and actually actively think about what you're advertising.
Now, a compromise would be to take uniform pictures, but have them outlined differently on the page. It would give each individual in the band a personal flare and create variety but the picture itself would be uniform. For example, the outline of Hunter's picture could be a starburst border, christina's could be heart-shaped, tyler's could be circular and mine could be square. But the pictures themselves would be similar disregarding the shape of the picture.
That supports another thing we learned in aesthetic design for attention-getting advertising pieces: When you make something not uniform, make sure the audience KNOWS you did it INTENTIONALLY and know your principles.
So for example, leaving our current pictures up could actually seem unprofessional because the variety doesn't look INTENTIONAL. It just looks like we strung totally different pictures up of ourselves (which we did).
SO IN SUMMARY: I vote for not taking the pictures down until we have replacement pictures. And when we have those similar replacement pictures, we should still avoid total uniformity."