Is This What They Call A Mind Fuck?

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:15:03 GMT

Task Three: How will I promote myself? – What do they want to hear?

As a designer, advertising and promoting my services are incredibly important as it suffices to say that I would get absolutely nowhere without it. The way in which I choose to advertise myself is again very important.

An obvious method of advertising that springs to mind is flyers, but where do these usually end up? In our bins. This is not a method of advertisement that I’m in any hurry to try out.

Advertisements in newspapers and magazines are often another idea, especially in magazines relative to my subject matter, such as Computer Arts. Now not everybody keeps and collects their issues of Computer Arts like I do, so specialist, subscriber magazines that only come out quarterly are far more likely to be kept and cherished by the owner. It is also usually a high cost venture when it comes to using things such as TV adverts.and it is a one way communication. Also, it’s not guaranteed to work.

The other methods of promotion include Public Relations which is publicity and sponsorship, including making a name for yourself and building trust via competitions within your target market, newspaper stories and involvement in charities and local events, though there is bad publicity too and it may not work out as planned. Promotions are another method of promoting oneself, through sales, discounts and incentives to use your business. This often works out as being expensive and usually temporary as people who use your services via discount may not wish to continue doing so at full price.

Personal selling has a high success right and it does exactly what it says on the tin, really, giving it a personal touch and showing that you are really interest in having someone as a client by meeting them face to face. Though it has its cons, such as travel costs and it takes up a lot of time. Although the pros outweigh it, personal selling has a high success rate and being face to face with the client allows for proper discussion about the job as well as allowing for the chance to build a relationship with the client, often a key factor in them coming back to use your services more than once.

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:49:41 GMT

Task Two: Where are they – How will they find me?

My areas of interest within Graphic Design are certainly not limited, as they include such things as illustration, typography, screen printing etc, I have yet to meet a module that I haven’t enjoyed to some extent on this course. I’m undecided with the direction that I want to go in, but recently I’ve started to lean heavily towards packaging design, as this has proved to be something that I thoroughly enjoy and I like to think that I’m good at.

As for the location that I would like to work in, there are so many choices though I am leaning somewhat towards London as that seems to be design central of the UK, though my other possible options include Canada and San Fransisco, although with the latter two options I would have to deal with the legalities of living in that country, like obtaining a visa, and also have to deal with the social aspects such as political issues as well as local colloquialism as there is usually an odd kind of language barrier between the UK and the USA.

Though using London as my preferred place of employment, there are still many aspects of worry about.

Political issues, such as environmental issues, sensitivity towards the current news, such as the war in Iraq. More issues to deal with are trading issues which may arise while designing for companies based abroad, even if I myself am still in the UK.

As far as funding goes, a thought to bear in mind is the fact that the entire world is in a global recession that has so far shown no signs of finally letting up, this would obviously need to be taken into consideration when pricing my services for a potential client.

Economic issues are obviously important when dealing with potential clients who are based overseas, bearing in mind interest rates and currency conversions.

The social issues previously mentioned obviously include lifestyle trends, as well as being sensitive to the things going on in the media for the location of any potential clients.

Technological issues obviously include the issue of using legally obtained software for my designs and obtaining all of the licences for the software, as well as having access to up to date software. Having access to any technology that is required is another key factor when it comes to the location of my business, such as being close to a local printers to keep travelling costs down.

There are many aspects that affect the way that I communicate with my clients, and as to whether or not they come to me, or I go to them. Having a business placed in a central, highly populated area has more exposure.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:33 GMT

Panopticism exercise.

The modern example that I am going to base my study on is the Blenheim Walk lecture theatre.

I consider the lecture theatre to be a good example of modern day panopticism because of it’s open plan layout. It is laid out in tiers getting higher towards the back to allow the audience to be able to see everything properly, but at the same time it allows the lecturer, in our case the tutor, to be able to see everybody clearly all at once. In the words of Foucault,

“The gaze is alert everywhere.” (Panopticism, M. Foucault, pg-76)

This is true within this example because of the tiered seating system, the lecturer is able to see exactly what everyone is doing, and can therefore reprimand anybody who he deems to be not paying attention.

In the lecture theatre, everybody is required to register,

“answering to his name and showing himself when asked” (Panopticism, M. Foucault, pg-77)

And those who do no register their names to clarify their presence suffer for it later by way of their attendance records.

Under the lecturers supervision and the fear of being caught doing wrong and being pulled up on it in front of the entire class, the student strives to be productive, taking it upon themselves to not get distracted.

“So it is not necessary to use force to constrain the convict to good behaviour, the madman to calm, the worker to work, the schoolboy to application, the patient to the observation of the regulations.” (Panoticism, M. Foucault, pg-83.)

The lighting used in the lecture theatre is a good example of Foucault’s theory of,

“Visibility is a trap” (Panopticism, M. Foucault, pg-80)

Because the way that it is lit keeps the audience in full view, whereas the front of the lecture theatre I darker, one to allow the projection to be unaffected by the lighting, and two to keep the lecturer in a darker area so that,

“the inmate must never know whether he is being looked at at any one moment” (Panopticism, M. Foucault, pg-82)
Or in our case, the audience can never be entirely sure when they are being observed by the tutor.

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:25:08 GMT

FOR THE LULZ. What an idiot.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:38:39): hey

ButStillTheyCome (21:38:45): Hi thar

skyesweetnam1237 (21:39:18): hah

skyesweetnam1237 (21:39:23): ur the other kid

ButStillTheyCome (21:39:14): What other kid?

ButStillTheyCome (21:39:20): The other kid to what, precisely

skyesweetnam1237 (21:40:06): ur xjohnnyxxchrist

ButStillTheyCome (21:40:19): Really not

skyesweetnam1237 (21:41:07): who are u

ButStillTheyCome (21:41:07): who are you, you IMed me first, stranger.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:42:26): im ashlee

ButStillTheyCome (21:42:15): Do I know you from somewhere?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:43:08): beats me

skyesweetnam1237 (21:43:12): i dont know u

ButStillTheyCome (21:42:52): then how did you get this SN?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:43:37): its online she said

ButStillTheyCome (21:43:18): who said?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:45:23): my friend

ButStillTheyCome (21:45:06): And your friend would be...?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:45:40): court

ButStillTheyCome (21:45:53): Yeah, I've no idea who that is. Is she a member of Salisbury?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:46:47): nope

ButStillTheyCome (21:47:04): Then how did she get a hold of them? This is a roleplay journal, sweetheart. They're private outside of communities.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:48:08): pleez dont call me that

ButStillTheyCome (21:48:04): Why're you IMing me?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:48:50): its fun

skyesweetnam1237 (21:48:58): i dont get the hole role play thinf

skyesweetnam1237 (21:49:01): thing*

skyesweetnam1237 (21:49:08): role*

ButStillTheyCome (21:49:09): I don't think it's fun

ButStillTheyCome (21:50:01): Personally, I'm kinda irritated that you, oh random person called Ashlee, is IMing an SN that is only for roleplaying purposes. An SN that is supposably private.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:51:00): watt is a role play

ButStillTheyCome (21:50:57): Take a wild guess

skyesweetnam1237 (21:51:38): i dont know

ButStillTheyCome (21:51:26): Just out of curiosity, your age is, what?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:52:12): 16

ButStillTheyCome (21:52:40): Roleplaying is the act of creating a story between two or more people, playing a character. Roleplay is everywhere. Do you live under a rock?

skyesweetnam1237 (21:53:30): i still dont get it

skyesweetnam1237 (21:53:40): like why would u want to do this

ButStillTheyCome (21:54:04): Because it's a creative outlet for people with real grammatical, eloquent and creative skill.

ButStillTheyCome (21:54:13): Those who can type properly, for instance.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:55:12): w/e

ButStillTheyCome (21:54:46): Hey, you asked.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:55:46): so like why would u put ur sn out online

ButStillTheyCome (21:56:15): It's private within a community, because we, like you, need to communicate amongst ourselves in order to write said story.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:57:19): do u like tlking to ppl

ButStillTheyCome (21:57:26): we, like you, need to communicate amongst ourselves

ButStillTheyCome (21:57:53): clearly

ButStillTheyCome (21:58:21): Also, it's come to my attention that you're IMing almost everybody on the Salisbury RP list.

ButStillTheyCome (21:58:41): And I hope you realise that they, like me, really aren't going to appreciate you doing that.

ButStillTheyCome (21:59:04): So I'd suggest you stop IMing random SNs you find on the internet.

skyesweetnam1237 (21:59:55): its fun

ButStillTheyCome (21:59:32): No, it's annoying, as previously stated.

ButStillTheyCome (21:59:47): These SNs were created for the purpose of roleplay, and that's all.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:00:36): so all u are emo

ButStillTheyCome (22:00:02): You're not in any way associated to the community within which we roleplay

ButStillTheyCome (22:00:33): There is a distict difference between 'emo' and 'pissed off' sweetness.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:01:36): no like u like emo ppl

ButStillTheyCome (22:01:34): define 'emo people'.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:02:28): emotional ppl who like emotional music

ButStillTheyCome (22:02:11): define as in examples.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:02:53): like u dont have to cut ur wrists to be emo

skyesweetnam1237 (22:03:09): oko

skyesweetnam1237 (22:03:11): fob

ButStillTheyCome (22:02:43): Emp is a ridiculous cliche.

ButStillTheyCome (22:03:01): Fall Out Boy aren't emo. I'd describe them as rock and pop.

ButStillTheyCome (22:03:13): They don't slit their wrists and sit in dark corners

ButStillTheyCome (22:03:18): as the legend forsays

skyesweetnam1237 (22:04:03): not all emos do that

ButStillTheyCome (22:03:31): Only the stupid ones

skyesweetnam1237 (22:04:41): ya so fob is emo

ButStillTheyCome (22:04:11): Again, no.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:05:13): again yes

skyesweetnam1237 (22:05:35): not all emos cut their selves

ButStillTheyCome (22:05:16): Wow, I said that like, five minutes ago.

ButStillTheyCome (22:05:25): Taken that long to sink in, huh?

skyesweetnam1237 (22:06:46): u are def a virgin

ButStillTheyCome (22:06:19): I'm 'def' not a slut.

ButStillTheyCome (22:06:33): as you so eloquently put it, sweetheart.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:07:33): im not a slut

ButStillTheyCome (22:07:26): Note, the word 'you' was not onced used within 'I'm 'def' not a slut'

ButStillTheyCome (22:07:27): Read

skyesweetnam1237 (22:08:44): ya but im not a virgin but that doesnt make me a slut u dont even know my age

ButStillTheyCome (22:08:03): 16~

skyesweetnam1237 (22:08:52): oh

skyesweetnam1237 (22:08:53): hah

ButStillTheyCome (22:08:11): fail, on your part.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:09:07): i forgot

ButStillTheyCome (22:08:24): Indeed

skyesweetnam1237 (22:09:15): r u a guy or a girl

ButStillTheyCome (22:08:57): I can't tell you that, but I can tell you that I'm blocking you now.

ButStillTheyCome (22:09:10): I'd suggest finding another group of screen names to harrass.

skyesweetnam1237 (22:09:58): wait

ButStillTheyCome (22:09:29): Because we really aren't interested in being hounded as such

skyesweetnam1237 (22:10:35): ok go ahead block me ur really weird and u dont know watt emo is anyway

ButStillTheyCome (22:09:56): Goodnight, Ashlee.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:01:24 GMT