It was an ADVERTISMENT, folks... not an INSTRUCTION MANUAL.Originally Posted by Daniel_Buck
The intention was to look good, not to look correct.
It was an ADVERTISMENT, folks... not an INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
The intention was to look good, not to look correct.
So it's OK if an illustration is inaccurate and deceptive -- making it look good is paramount?It was an ADVERTISMENT, folks... not an INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
The intention was to look good, not to look correct.
When you have a catalog and a web site the size of theirs it is not a remedial task. It is quite a large undertaking and for many people it would be quite onerous. The people that run it are not interns at all.
I work in advertising (national commercials), interns fairly often will get to do artist work, that's how they learnIt was an ADVERTISMENT, folks... not an INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
The intention was to look good, not to look correct.
was just a guess on my part
Daniel Buck - 3d VFX artist
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The way in which the product was "being used" in the ad was inaccurate, but what was "deceptive" about it?
I actually encourage the use of interns; I was an intern at one time too and appreciate the opportunities I was given to learn! (I do not work in advertizing of any type.)I work in advertising (national commercials), interns fairly often will get to do artist work, that's how they learn
My point is not about who made the "mistake". Interns should be supervised so bad mistakes don't get off of their desks. My point was that artistic license is OK for ads but not for instruction manuals... and that was an ad not an instruction manual.
Possible, but it happens not to be so. Our web image team is staffed by full-time employees who generally know their way around the website and (since several are former sales associates) know the merchandise too.
Inaccurate, perhaps. Misleading, possibly. Unfortunate, certainly. Corrected, definitely.
Deceptive -- NOT AT ALL.
Everybody makes mistakes. There's no reason to think this was deceptive. If anything, it'd cause problems for BH with returns. It is funny, though
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It is fixed, nice gray photoshopped square.
Tom
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