NSA shows, suggestions for Lincoln Kamm and all interetsed

[P3D Jon Golden <3dman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lincoln Kamm said:
>>As usual, Jon Golden has spoken a mouth full.  Each word a tastie treat of informative, experienced, knowledge.

Thanks Lincoln.....wanna be my press secretary....I have two good
ankles, never play golf...yuk, yuk!

>>I have been thinking about putting together a super quickie slide show for the convention, but I don't have enough images that could make up one theme. 

AHA......you are in good shape my friend, BULLSEYE....DO IT!!

I brought my first show to NSA in 1993 based on NO SUBJECT MATTER AT
ALL.  I was frustrated by requirement in our local club, based on the
"same old attitude" that you neede to have a "subject" to present.  I
had done some shows on trains...and dogs...and old radios....but found 
in each case...I had to generate more images to complete my shows...just
for running time.

I set about creating a show that use images that have nothing to do with
each other necessarily. It was called Stereo Metamorphoses (shown again
in Atlanta recently by Larry Moor for their local group).

Lincoln Kamm said:
>>The other thing I could say about doing the slide shows is that the dialog or music that is going on while the slides are projected is important. Someone had a looooong slide show that had a few wonderful images, and a lot of shots where everything looked flat because all of the subjects were so far away.  The worse part about the show was that the person narated live with the images and said things like, "There are some of the people that I saw in that country.", and, "As you can see, some people are dancing."    It is definately not neccasary to tell the audience things that are that obvious.


Lincoln.... take some fun music......and keep the narration
MINIMAL.....remember Mel Brooks silent movie...where Marcel Marceau says
"NO!"....what power that had being the only aurally detectable line in
the movie. 

Lincoln...you are a funny guy...have that quick sense of humor...I know
you can whip something great up.  Just make some fun short comments
about each slide....or let the 3D sopeak for itself.

Defy conventional presentation structures.....and you will stand out!

I have a fun show that I put on for people....in fact I showed it as my
second entry at ISA Atlanta.......unlike my 1993 NSA entry...which had a
lush soundtrack of ethereal music, sound effects...and narration, I
narrate this one live....and kept the verbiage to such a minimum...in
fact I only use one sound effect in the whole show....and I used it
three times....and I do it live through the mic ...you know...making a
popping noise by putting your pointer finger inside your cheek and
pulling it out fast..."POP!"....you would hear that along with me
popping a funny 3D sequence...always gets a laugh.

Point being here...is keep it simple and fun....dont overdo it.

Bob Brackett, maker of the dissolver, retired Polaroid engineer...and
great person once told me this...and it has stayed with me ever since.

He said something to the order of this: 

"One of the EASIEST things things to do in  the process of making a
machine, mechanism or device...is to add features, make it complex...and
therefore it may have a tendency to be unreliable.  One of the HARDEST
things to do...is to make something that is simple and reliable.

Keep that in mind when doing your show...keep it short and simple....it
will have a lot more power that way.

Licoln Kamm said:

>>I totally agree with re-running shows during the convention.  Last year I missed a few of the shows that I really wanted to see because I was busy in the dealer's room.
>>I also agree with less is more.  Even  a few of the slide shows that had some fantastic images got a bit boring after more than a half an hour.

Lincoln....many people missed shows due to this, hopefully this year
they will re-reun shows, two, three or however many times they feel
gives a proper exposure.  It is also a courtesy to all those that work
hard to make shows for the Stereo Theatre.  I would personally have a
lot more incentive to do a show knowing that is would be seen several
times by many more sets of eyes...in fact I "self- discouraged" myself
from entering a show in Rochester after seeing the unfair balance of
running times in shows at past ISA and NSA's.  In my first NSA...the
person before me had a 45 minute show with a 10 minute talk beforehand. 
Things were running late and I was told to "hurry up" my show because
lunch break was coming up.
  Can you imagine how I felt after that...I was really hurt/pissed....I
had killed myself to put this show together, I paid strict attention to
the NSA requirement to keep the show under 25 minutes (mine is about 19
to 21 minutes depending on how it is presented)...and here I am being
hurried along because the guy before me had almost an hour. Put yourself
in my shoes on that one!

 
So I have been lobbying for shorter programs, and lesser programs.

I did not do a show in Rochester for this reason...why should I bother
putting a show together under 25 minutes, with all these long hog
programs around...some of them were not even new programs, and were
shown at previous NSA's......and you know...they had good material in
them..BUT THEY WERE TOOOOOO LLLLLLONG!

I'll be back this year at NSA with a show.....and I am keeping it
simple.....short...and fun...and I think I have a neat new angle...but I
aint tellin anywun anthin' yet!




As I said before....KEEP IT SIMPLE AND SUCCINT!!!

So much again....I the long winded will now go nack to the real world.

Regar-d-d-d-s  Jon Golden



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