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Lego is communication: summing up | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:22:03 +0000

[...] Introduction 1. Context: the message 2. Context: the audience 3. Tools: Design & build, with case study #1 3b. Case study #2 3c. Case study #3 4. Tools: [...]

By: TaltosVT

TaltosVT — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23:22 +0000

“For example, sci-fi is obviously a more popular theme than town, and thus more would be interested in seeing a well built spaceship than a good city building, even though both can demonstrate equal creativity and mastery of the brick.”

I thought that was an interesting comment, as it still depends on the audience you’re communicating to. At a train show, my guess is that more people would be interested in a well built building than a spaceship, so, in that case, it could be argued that town is more popular than space. It all depends on context and perception.

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Tue, 20 May 2008 03:11:53 +0000

[...] message, not just as a pretty sculpture. I’d recommend reading the introduction and the first two parts before diving into this one. It’s kind of important. An apology to all of you who [...]

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Thu, 15 May 2008 09:44:15 +0000

[...] Next week we’ll have a look at the people you want to talk to – the audience. Bohman posted this entry on Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 12:00 pm. Posted in the category Essays(t) , LEGO(t) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]

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LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick » Blog Archive » Lego is communication — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:51 +0000

[...] Introduction 1. Context: the message 2. Context: the audience 3. Tools: Design and build 4. Tools: Presentation 5. Other factors 6. Summing up Bohman posted [...]

By: Bruce n h

Bruce n h — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:12:31 +0000

Mmmmm, fish.

When I look at this MOC (and all of Peter’s related work), I immediately think “classic space” updated with modern building techniques. Since I’m 39, I’m perfectly in the demographic where classic space takes me right back to my childhood, since I was a big LEGO fan as these sets were coming out.

On the whole MOCs as communication theme of your series, Linus, this is what I always try to emphasize with vignettes. A good vig should tell a story, whereas a bad vig is just a little MOC on an 8×8 base.

Rollen, is your Shakespeare stage MOC online?

Bruce

By: Didier Enjary

Didier Enjary — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:34 +0000

Hi,

“way too far” , “over the top”.

That’s personal and subjective appreciation – and I respect that.

But when you realize that people spend thousands of dollars/euros in L. parts and sets, that some people make their BL store their full time job or that some people spend hours of their time into building…

yes that’s serious stuff.

By: Tim David

Tim David — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:52:28 +0000

Maybe thats what I’m doing wrong (apart from not building at all) I do build to a specific audience, but the audience with the requisite knowledge to really appreciate my stuff consists me roughly one (me)
:-(

By: thwaak

thwaak — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:58 +0000

If I may be absolutely shallow for a moment, most of the time now, I
I absolutely get it, Linus. The audience I build for is Builder’s Lounge and a few other non-members I highly respect too. Sure, I build primarily for fun, but if I can get those select people to comment on something I did, I know I have achieved something great. There are a lot of things I build that I don’t even bother posting because I do not feel they are up to the same quality as everyone else I deem to be a great builder.

Yeah, I know that’s shallow to judge yourself based on others perceptions, but I wouldn’t go hanging my fingerpaintings in the Louvre either.

By: Rollen

Rollen — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:02:14 +0000

My only posted MOC so far (with a few different runs through it) is a stage built to approximate a local high school’s theatre. Since it was built to honor a version of “Romeo and Juliet” done there, I did up a few different scenes on it (and a series for the first scene). I then followed that up with the Banquo’s ghost scene for “Macbeth,” since I was teaching that play to one of my classes.

I certainly thought of demographics for this, but that was second. First and foremost was personal fun, followed by attention to detail so that it would be the best possible presentation of the space. There were places were I’d have liked to have made it tighter or tidier (or to have gotten a 64×64 base for the audience), but I was content with the space since it would mostly be macro photo fodder. I did re-work the characters for the combat competition on classic-castle (since the set had never been used for any other competitions), but as I looked over the other entries I was far more aware of the different levels of attention that different viewers expect. What was impressive for students newly-entering their “dark ages” (mine started in my teens, after all) was hardly noteworthy for ALEs.

But – it told the story well enough, and I had fun with it. And it certainly has fed the fire. I wasn’t looking for comments for it when I put it together, but now that I’ve built it and discovered the online Lego community, I’m trying to envision a fun and comment-worthy project for summer… once I decide what genre to build in. (Even genre is a key bit of “demographic” information.)