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05/08/2006 10:12:25 AM · #26 |
diagonal, about a 45 degree angle :p
Btw, I'm kidding about bonus points, as I'm sure Elvis is, calm down people.
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Just out of curiosity, which orientation are both of yours? |
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05/08/2006 10:14:23 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by Tallbloke:
I've seen loads of landscape format movie posters
one 10 sec google search came up with this....(superb film btw)
Leon
....and it didn't say "make up the poster" anyway it said "shoot the photograph for your movie's debut poster". If it was to make up the poster, we would have had special rules and been allowed text like in the DPC Album Cover challenge a while back.
Personally, I'm voting on the photography (and a bit for clever titles) not layout
Steve
edit: added link for illustration |
I agree with you about the movie ! Luc Besson is one of my fav ! |
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05/08/2006 10:16:14 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by bravo six:
diagonal, about a 45 degree angle :p
Btw, I'm kidding about bonus points, as I'm sure Elvis is, calm down people.
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Just out of curiosity, which orientation are both of yours? |
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I caught it, I shoulda put a smiley in there. :-)
Message edited by author 2006-05-08 10:20:35. |
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05/08/2006 10:21:11 AM · #29 |
| those of you who will vote lower for a horizontal format please leave a comment to let those your voting down know that. i'd personally like to know if there's something particularly wrong with my photo beyond format or not. my scores pretty low at the moment and i have not recieve even one comment yet. I cant get better if I dont know whats wrong, right? so keep that in mind when voting. Please. |
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05/08/2006 10:32:26 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by jaded_youth:
those of you who will vote lower for a horizontal format please leave a comment to let those your voting down know that. i'd personally like to know if there's something particularly wrong with my photo beyond format or not. my scores pretty low at the moment and i have not recieve even one comment yet. I cant get better if I dont know whats wrong, right? so keep that in mind when voting. Please. |
Will do. check out this thread.
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05/08/2006 10:37:02 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Originally posted by bravo six:
lol, nice, I'll do the same.
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
I will be adding 3 points to each of the horizontal ones just to counteract those that are voting them down. |
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Just out of curiosity, which orientation are both of yours? |
I was of course kidding about voting people up. sometimes I just like to stir the pot. If i did vote people up it would actually make me finish lower(since I can't vote on myslef) and lord knows my shattered ego can't take anymore of that.
and by the way mine is vertical (if you turn you monitor sideways) |
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05/08/2006 10:40:25 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by kari1:
Wow .. I should have left a huge black space at the top for the words to be added .. this is the "photograph for your movie's debut poster" for the poster ... it DID NOT say Poster format! ... now that is picky! And accurate. |
My thoughts exactly. I had a portait oriented composition and crop. But not reading those specifics in the rules about specifics like that, in the run to get the propert title and take a good photo of it, orientation was the last thing on my mind. |
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05/08/2006 12:16:17 PM · #33 |
| Wow, I may just set a record for the most number of snide comments about my title. Voting low is one thing, but then to leave comments rubbing it in, that's pretty classy. |
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05/08/2006 12:21:32 PM · #34 |
Eep! I do tend to vote a little high (handing 10's out like candy), but I've been looking at it as ballancing out the trolls (and building good karma).
If I vote an image lower than a 5, then IMHO, it's a really bad image. |
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05/08/2006 12:29:04 PM · #35 |
The thing of any challenge is this: arguing rhetoric does no good if your interpretation doesn't cater to what the masses see.
99% of movie posters are portrait, not landscape. If I'm a photographer shooting for a movie poster, I'm going to shoot portrait. Parse sentences all you like, that is still going to be what people expect to see in a challenge that clearly says "movie poster".
My voting rationale is this: I look at a photo and ask myself, "Can I see this working with text and a title?" I could care less if a plot is evident, so long as the suggestion is there. I do give bonus for portrait orientation since that is the expectation of a movie poster, and I don't mark down if there's no clear correlation between title and image or if the movie's entire plot isn't revealed in the image.
Most movie posters also end up being the DVD cover. Pull out five random DVDs. How much can you actually glean about the movie from the images? Look up Mullholland Drive and Whale Rider if you don't have them. MD's photo would be getting twos and threes for being too dark, out of focus, and a ton of DNMC comments since the blurry creepy photo of Naomi Watts isn't even remotely connected to the title. Everyone would be griping that WR's cover is overexposed and roll their eyes at the cheesy use an image that clearly has nothing to do with whales. Boondock Saints - what makes the three characters on the cover saints? What's up with the boondocks reference? That's just the point. More than anything else, a movie poster is supposed to generate interest and intrigue and make you want to spend $7 to find out.
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05/08/2006 12:46:09 PM · #36 |
| Is it me or do a lot of the entries in this challenge seem to be slightly out of focus? |
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05/08/2006 12:49:42 PM · #37 |
| No, it isn't you, ragamaffun. I agree with that. |
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05/08/2006 12:51:02 PM · #38 |
| Good, I was thinking I needed to have my prescription updated. |
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05/08/2006 01:00:55 PM · #39 |
"99% of movie posters are portrait"
A hell of a lot of movie posters are composites too..
are you taking off points for not making a multilayered poster with "A list" celebs looking super cool too? (in camera obviously due to challenge rules)
Steve
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05/08/2006 01:05:41 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by Tallbloke:
"99% of movie posters are portrait"
A hell of a lot of movie posters are composites too..
are you taking off points for not making a multilayered poster with "A list" celebs looking super cool too? (in camera obviously due to challenge rules)
Steve |
You mean like this one?
That's not even close to being the same thing and quite uncalled for if it was as rudely typed as it appears. We're limited in style by a set of rules. But, if we're creative, we actually have a generous helping of latitude.
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05/08/2006 01:10:19 PM · #41 |
Funny, when I first read the challenge description I was thinking "create a poster", so my picture as space for words and looks like a poster IMO (portrait format). However, in reading this thread and then re-reading the description, it doesn't say create the poster, just the picture for it - that explains some of my disappointment in the entries for this challenge (not you, just me, I read it differently).
I have viewed all the pics, but not voted yet. I will not vote down for landscape versus portrait format. I will, however, vote UP for those that created more of a poster feeling (as that was my interpretation of the challenge). The titles are important as well, but the majority of them don't read like movie titles, so I'm also thinking of negating that from my voting decision - I will vote up for creative titles that match the picture, but not vote down ones that don't.
As for blurry pictures, if you look at a lot of movie posters (which I did in prep for this challenge), it's not about sharp clear pictures, it's about creating a mood, intrigue, desire to see the movie. No points off for blurriness (at least from me) if it fits the overall presentation of the image/title.
I really was looking forward to seeing more "poster like" images though - I was envisioning something like the walls inside a movie theater lined with posters of new movies coming out. Kinda disappointing. |
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05/08/2006 01:20:37 PM · #42 |
I'm not in the challenge,,,, this place is getting ridiculous.
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05/08/2006 02:14:24 PM · #43 |
heh, can't say I haven't thought that myself.
Originally posted by ace flyman:
I'm not in the challenge,,,, this place is getting ridiculous. |
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05/08/2006 03:38:34 PM · #44 |
I think D&L sit at home and laugh themselves silly at threads like this
karmabreeze- my post was with tongue in cheek (should've put a winky smiley thingy)
Steve
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05/08/2006 05:14:35 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Eep! I do tend to vote a little high (handing 10's out like candy), but I've been looking at it as ballancing out the trolls (and building good karma).
If I vote an image lower than a 5, then IMHO, it's a really bad image. |
Melissa... We can all lean from you. Your 6.6 voting average is correct!
You are one of the few that vote DPC images realistically according to site definition where 10 means "good". Don't look on it as counteracting "troll" voting.
With over 131 million votes cast by DPCers the average score given images is 5.23. The site overall scoring average is a clear statement that most submissions are scored as being below average. 5.23 is even low for those that subscribe to the arbitrary belief that averages should cluster around the mathematical scoring midpoint of 5.5.
But DPCers exclaim time and time again how great the pictures here are. That common view is supported by many honors, publications, magazine covers, awards and showings by DPC photographers all over the world. Obviously the DPC scoring average is contradictory to that.
You are right! We are wrong. We can learn from you... and Kiwiness, and Librodo and others who better understand the true quality of photography submitted here.
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05/08/2006 05:21:36 PM · #46 |
Just out of curiosity, do you think this thread will influence the voters? Why start a thread like this as soon as a challenge starts? I mean with all the controversey over outtakes, don't you think a thread like this will potentially have the same influence that the current poll indicates people feel outtakes do?
Just curious as to what the difference is. |
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05/08/2006 05:37:25 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Just out of curiosity, do you think this thread will influence the voters? Why start a thread like this as soon as a challenge starts? I mean with all the controversey over outtakes, don't you think a thread like this will potentially have the same influence that the current poll indicates people feel outtakes do?
Just curious as to what the difference is. |
I think there is a benefit to these threads during a challenge. Theoretical discussion on such generic terms as these about what I feel does and does not meet a challenge doesn't identify my photo, nor does it jeopardize the perceived originality of anyone else's photo. Does it influence voting? Sure. God, I hope so. Extrapolating upon an idea is not a bad thing. I would rather vote with a broader understanding of all the possible permutations than focus only on my very narrow interpretation.
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05/08/2006 05:55:44 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Just out of curiosity, do you think this thread will influence the voters? |
I think voters are not that shallow and are not influenced.
These discussions help voters clarify these issues in their own minds.
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