***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
Re: Frolicking advertisements
Wed, 30 Apr 2003, 11:10 amHi Craig, Crg, Joe and Grant
Speaking as one of the people who are flooding the Auditions section with posts for classes (and at the same time understanding very well the semantic faux pas of this action), I would like to both apologise and explain.
First the apology. I realise that finding genuine auditions is getting slightly more difficult, but I do try to post only every few days, and not daily. I am sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
Now for an explanation. The problem here is the very success of the website. People do read and take notice of it. I have only been in Perth a short(ish) while, but this is by far the best means of reaching people I have seen. I took out an expensive ad for classes in the West Australian, and for all the good it did I might as well have just set fire to my money. The forums here are difficult to use as messages do vanish so quickly. As Grant says, an events section working on the same lines as Auditions would be a boon. Or even simpler to code perhaps would be to change the title of the section to Auditions/Events? Then even the pedants amongst us (of whom I claim charter membership) could rest easy.
Stephen Lee
Speaking as one of the people who are flooding the Auditions section with posts for classes (and at the same time understanding very well the semantic faux pas of this action), I would like to both apologise and explain.
First the apology. I realise that finding genuine auditions is getting slightly more difficult, but I do try to post only every few days, and not daily. I am sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
Now for an explanation. The problem here is the very success of the website. People do read and take notice of it. I have only been in Perth a short(ish) while, but this is by far the best means of reaching people I have seen. I took out an expensive ad for classes in the West Australian, and for all the good it did I might as well have just set fire to my money. The forums here are difficult to use as messages do vanish so quickly. As Grant says, an events section working on the same lines as Auditions would be a boon. Or even simpler to code perhaps would be to change the title of the section to Auditions/Events? Then even the pedants amongst us (of whom I claim charter membership) could rest easy.
Stephen Lee
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