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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: BaldricksTrousers on January 19, 2013, 01:48

Title: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on January 19, 2013, 01:48
Anyone stopped to look at the front page? The One Thing contest, where you are invited to submit entries for video or print to show "One Thing everybody agrees on"?

Look at the list of judges ... CEO of MTV, boss of a media company AND the Senior Vice President, Creative, at GETTY IMAGES, no less! http://zooppa.com/contests/one-thing-we-agree-on/brief?isource=EN_HS2 (http://zooppa.com/contests/one-thing-we-agree-on/brief?isource=EN_HS2)

It's a great concept, isn't it? One thing that we can agree on that some of the media industries top bosses will judge personally... I know a lot of you are much more creative than me so I just thought I would alert you to this wonderful contest, in case you skip the iStock landing page the same as I do.

Perhaps some of you could post your entries here, too, for us to admire.

It just depends on thinking up one thing we all agree on.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: rubyroo on January 19, 2013, 01:51
Quote from: BaldricksTrousers link=topic=18019.msg292287#msg292287
It just depends on thinking up one thing we all agree on.

That's very easy to answer right now.  ;D
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on January 19, 2013, 01:53
Well, get to work on it, Ruby! The senior vice-president at Getty wants to see your ideas.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: ShadySue on January 19, 2013, 01:57
Could be an "interesting way to hand in your notice"
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: rubyroo on January 19, 2013, 01:57
Quite honestly, I can't think of a way to illustrate that 'one thing' that would be suitable for any audience.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on January 19, 2013, 02:30
Hmmm -- I didn't realise at first, but it is being run through some organisation called zooppa, so istock presumably don't get to see/"curate" the submissions before the judging. Though other people might.

Obviously, any message needs to be conveyed in a creative way.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: rubyroo on January 19, 2013, 02:36
... and obviously this isn't just about us... but 'Fair Trade' is surely something everyone can agree on, so if I were participating in this I'd start with that.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: gillian vann on January 19, 2013, 03:39
photographer shooting a model/set up in the foreground, whilst in the bg we see a suited guy handing over something to a goggle t-shirted guy, who's holding a sack of $$?
Title: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: iStop on January 19, 2013, 06:10
Perhaps a gold crown being thrown off a bridge?
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: gillian vann on January 19, 2013, 06:13
ah, that is so simple, which is perfect.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: Reef on January 19, 2013, 06:46
Perhaps a gold crown being thrown off a bridge?

:)

or maybe someone wearing a gold crown with holes in their socks.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: w7lwi on January 19, 2013, 13:10
Perhaps a gold crown being thrown off a bridge?

:)

or maybe someone wearing a gold crown with holes in their socks.

A homeless, dirty, raggedly dressed person wearing a gold crown sitting on the sidewalk and begging with a tin cup.  Sign behind him leaning against a dirty brick wall with appropriate wording such as "iS exclusive will take photos for food" or something similar.

Alternatively, an image of the Danish statue of a little boy taking a piss (I forget its name) and peeing on a Getty and/or iS logo.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: Guntars.G on January 19, 2013, 13:23
The prizes are stupid though... istock credits, somebody should warn the participants that they could be worthless by the time they get their hands on them  :P
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: disorderly on January 19, 2013, 14:12
Alternatively, an image of the Danish statue of a little boy taking a piss (I forget its name) and peeing on a Getty and/or iS logo.


Belgian, actually.  He's called the Manneken Pis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis), which means exactly what it sounds like.
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: RacePhoto on January 19, 2013, 16:20
Perhaps a gold crown being thrown off a bridge?


(http://s5.postimage.org/j1ed47zon/and_another_thing_dithpicable.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
And I like it! (http://postimage.org/)
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: Anyka on January 19, 2013, 16:33
A homeless, dirty, raggedly dressed person wearing a gold crown sitting on the sidewalk and begging with a tin cup. 
Yes!  And a big fat guy with Google suit and expensive cigar giving $12 alms ...
Title: Re: ONE thing about iStock
Post by: w7lwi on January 19, 2013, 16:41
A homeless, dirty, raggedly dressed person wearing a gold crown sitting on the sidewalk and begging with a tin cup. 
Yes!  And a big fat guy with Google suit and expensive cigar giving $12 alms ...

Perfect.