Tuesday, May 17, 2011

John Coy

So minus the technical issues with John Coy's presentation, he seemed to really want to help with our problems with getting a job and the real life. Though he did answer some of the questions from his audience, I felt like he just gave a general answer to questions. He didn't really go into depth about advice for students in their future. I felt he explained the basics like, networking and be passionate about your work. I agree with his points that sketching is a good before you start designing, loving your work and doing work for something you're passionate about but they were things that I already know from previous speakers.
He seemed to be very optimistic about students getting a job. He said that if you did something really well then jobs would come to you. It was a change of thought from what I've been told (that the job market is horrible) and a bit hopeful but I don't know if jobs will be falling into my lap anytime soon. But who knows.
I enjoyed John's work in his presentation. He has a certain style in his works. A lot of his work uses collages. When explaining about his work he didn't seem to have a lot of passion though. He skipped through a lot of pieces without explanation.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Language barrier

Apparently advertising got lost in translation. Originally titled "The Hangover 2" in America at least. In France, it became modified to just a very bad trip. Bravo advertising crew in France. You caught my attention with your translation. Maybe there are no hangovers in France and therefore no translation. High alcohol tolerance.

I wonder if a lot of movie titles get lost in translation because I feel like I've seen something like it before. Or if America gets lost in translation. The only movie I can think of is Pan's Labyrinth which is originally called El Laberinto del Fauno (The Faun's Labyrinth). I guess The Faun's Labyrinth wasn't dynamic enough for America.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Sex Sells

This poster is for the Organ Donor Foundation. If you can't read it, it says, "Becoming a donor is probably your only chance to get inside her". I found this ad to be very surprising. Especially for this foundation. Usually you see these ads with sex as a theme in perfume or fashion ads. Not for something as serious as organ donation. Sex sells as people say, but is it really smart for it to advertise for organ donation? I suppose their target audience are male individuals only. This ad is a big turnoff for me.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Cream

When I first saw the ad for this new creamer on TV I immediately was turned off by it. I don't know why, but my first thought was that they were one of those low fat creamers. I think it has something to do with the colors they used. The silver and white remind me of low-fat products for some reason. Can anyone else relate or is it just me? Their logo also reminded me of Splenda which I hate.



Friday, April 15, 2011

The Hangover in Bangkok

Ever since I've "liked" the movie The Hangover on Facebook they've been trying to promote their sequel The Hangover Part II. They've been releasing a few new movie poster ads which I've been really disappointed in. I don't think the quotes(?) from the movie are as funny as the creator of the posters thought they were. Like the first example of Stu and his quote "I have a demon in me". That quote with that picture doesn't make any sense to me. A winner quote would have to be: "All I wanted was a bachelor brunch."