***k**g advertisements
Tue, 29 Apr 2003, 02:11 pmCraig K Edwards24 posts in thread
***k**g advertisements
Tue, 29 Apr 2003, 02:11 pmAm I the only one on this board getting incredibly annoyed by the sheer number of advertisements v audition notices on the auditions page? Now, I'm sure that the 'Actors Workshop', 'Method Studio' and that 'Shangralai' (or something like that) all sell fine products, but my confidence in their knowledge base is somewhated eroded by their apparent confusion as to the meaning of the word 'audition'.
An 'audition' is a thing where actors wishing to gain a part in a production, or entrance to a funded drama school, or just get on someone's casting books, come along and perform a piece of (usually) prepared work. Fortunately, this lovely and indispensible website has a WHOLE PAGE devoted to letting actors around Australia know when community and independant theatre organisations are holding their auditions.
An 'advertisement' is a message/flier/article/website-posting/sound-byte etc used to promote awareness of a product. Advertisements can be quite useful in informing people that a particular product (eg a drama class) is available. They do not, however, bear any resemblance to auditions.
I would have thought that acting schools (of all things) might be sufficiently aware of the concept of an 'audition' to understand the difference.
There is on this site a bill-board, green-room gossip forum and a 'what's on' section where advertisements for theatrical products such as acting schools would probably be more suitable. Cluttering the auditions notices with them just provides ammunition for bored pedants like me to similarly clutter this forum with trivial posts.
Cheers,
Craig
An 'audition' is a thing where actors wishing to gain a part in a production, or entrance to a funded drama school, or just get on someone's casting books, come along and perform a piece of (usually) prepared work. Fortunately, this lovely and indispensible website has a WHOLE PAGE devoted to letting actors around Australia know when community and independant theatre organisations are holding their auditions.
An 'advertisement' is a message/flier/article/website-posting/sound-byte etc used to promote awareness of a product. Advertisements can be quite useful in informing people that a particular product (eg a drama class) is available. They do not, however, bear any resemblance to auditions.
I would have thought that acting schools (of all things) might be sufficiently aware of the concept of an 'audition' to understand the difference.
There is on this site a bill-board, green-room gossip forum and a 'what's on' section where advertisements for theatrical products such as acting schools would probably be more suitable. Cluttering the auditions notices with them just provides ammunition for bored pedants like me to similarly clutter this forum with trivial posts.
Cheers,
Craig
Frock-knitting advertisements
Thu, 1 May 2003, 09:29 amOh dear, I drop a troll-ish post about advertisements and it sprouts into an actual discussion (for those who don't know what 'troll-ish' means in a forum context, I'm not explaining - just keep clicking on random web links until you too rise to a higher state of internet-nerdiness). Oh aren't we fun, lively people us entertainment types.
To be fair, I actually (begrudgingly) find myself agreeing with most of what has been posted above. I guess that just like mobile phones, three-quarter length jeans, the capitalist system, interpretative dance and those little bugs that bite and itch when you don't shower often enough, advertisements are simply a necessary evil that must be endured.
And yes, I will concede that most of the courses/products advertised on the site are quite useful. I've even searched the forums in the past trying to find info on a product (where CAN you buy those tapes that teach foreign accents anyway?).
At the same time, I also believe that where a course is being run for profit, even if it is a top quality and highly useful course, if it is using something like a web-site to advertise commercially it should pay a contribution towards the running costs of the website. I recognise that like theatre companies, theatre courses vary in size, financial resources etc and may not be able to afford ongoing market-value advertising costs. However, even a token contribution charged would provide acknowledgement of the fact that where you are using a free service to make personal profit, there is a duty to maintain that service. Actually, I wouldn't have the faintest clue about the running of this website, and am speaking of the top of my head with little to no forethought and far more conviction than I genuinely possess - but I am interested whether anyone agrees with me all the same.
Cheers,
Craig
To be fair, I actually (begrudgingly) find myself agreeing with most of what has been posted above. I guess that just like mobile phones, three-quarter length jeans, the capitalist system, interpretative dance and those little bugs that bite and itch when you don't shower often enough, advertisements are simply a necessary evil that must be endured.
And yes, I will concede that most of the courses/products advertised on the site are quite useful. I've even searched the forums in the past trying to find info on a product (where CAN you buy those tapes that teach foreign accents anyway?).
At the same time, I also believe that where a course is being run for profit, even if it is a top quality and highly useful course, if it is using something like a web-site to advertise commercially it should pay a contribution towards the running costs of the website. I recognise that like theatre companies, theatre courses vary in size, financial resources etc and may not be able to afford ongoing market-value advertising costs. However, even a token contribution charged would provide acknowledgement of the fact that where you are using a free service to make personal profit, there is a duty to maintain that service. Actually, I wouldn't have the faintest clue about the running of this website, and am speaking of the top of my head with little to no forethought and far more conviction than I genuinely possess - but I am interested whether anyone agrees with me all the same.
Cheers,
Craig
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