Comments on: incidentals 1 http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/12/10/incidentals-1/ Plan B writers' blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: andrew http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/12/10/incidentals-1/#comment-460 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:21:59 +0000 http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/12/10/incidentals-1/#comment-460 this is exactly the kind of thing i like to read about. thank you. it think where the problem stems from is all to do with what i perceive as 'the idiots with the money'. Creative decisions being made by non-creatives sitting around a conference table making arbitrary decisions about things for god only knows what reason. As a tangential example whenever i've undertaken any paid illustration or design work; you submit the work and then you get a call or an email: we like the picture but we don't like the the expression on his face, can you make him look a bit happier please, or, we don't like the shade of blue you've used for the sky, can you change it for a darker blue, or, the house is made of bricks, we'd like to see a version where the house is made of stone, or, we don't like the font you've used for the header, can you change it to comic sans please, etc etc. i'm not complaining, fuckit, it's money in the bank, right? but i think it's the same process at play with large-scale events like this, where somewhere along the line large tables covered with fuckwits get to fuck everything up for the rest of us. this is exactly the kind of thing i like to read about. thank you.
it think where the problem stems from is all to do with what i perceive as ‘the idiots with the money’. Creative decisions being made by non-creatives sitting around a conference table making arbitrary decisions about things for god only knows what reason. As a tangential example whenever i’ve undertaken any paid illustration or design work; you submit the work and then you get a call or an email: we like the picture but we don’t like the the expression on his face, can you make him look a bit happier please, or, we don’t like the shade of blue you’ve used for the sky, can you change it for a darker blue, or, the house is made of bricks, we’d like to see a version where the house is made of stone, or, we don’t like the font you’ve used for the header, can you change it to comic sans please, etc etc.
i’m not complaining, fuckit, it’s money in the bank, right? but i think it’s the same process at play with large-scale events like this, where somewhere along the line large tables covered with fuckwits get to fuck everything up for the rest of us.

]]> by: Nick http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/12/10/incidentals-1/#comment-459 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:20:34 +0000 http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/12/10/incidentals-1/#comment-459 When I was living on my own, without a TV, a few years ago I started listening to different radio stations. One of my favourite was Radio 4. The main reason I liked it was because of the silence. Other radio stations feel the need to play music 'behind' people, or just before them, in between them speaking, filling trailers for other radio programmes with music. Radio 4 is just quiet with people talking. They don't feel the need to add any more stimuli than what someone has to say. Nick When I was living on my own, without a TV, a few years ago I started listening to different radio stations. One of my favourite was Radio 4. The main reason I liked it was because of the silence. Other radio stations feel the need to play music ‘behind’ people, or just before them, in between them speaking, filling trailers for other radio programmes with music. Radio 4 is just quiet with people talking. They don’t feel the need to add any more stimuli than what someone has to say.

Nick

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