Calendar project
Lazarus Long 11 Jan 2008
I think this is not only a low cost manageable idea but one that can be accomplished by a small team. I also think it could be inspiring to many and function as recruitment tool and as a revenue instrument. A well crafted calendar could be a very good meme spreader and contain a lot of useful contact information for this organization, sponsors, and other like minded organizations. It is a chance to combine art and science with a functional tool that increases exposure for the meme.
Lazarus Long 11 Jan 2008
Live Forever 11 Jan 2008
Lazarus Long 11 Jan 2008
I also do not think the images all have to be of people but some could art. There are 12 prominent images but room for a few others front and back etc.
The key is also placement of contact info where casual viewers can find links to groups, products, research and ideas online.
Live Forever 11 Jan 2008
Marking dates of upcoming conferences and things would also be helpful, although knowing about them so far in advance might be tricky.The key is also placement of contact info where casual viewers can find links to groups, products, research and ideas online.
Mind 11 Jan 2008
Lazarus Long 11 Jan 2008
Marking dates of upcoming conferences and things would also be helpful, although knowing about them so far in advance might be tricky.
Other content could be important dates/years in the history of longevity/medicine...little tidbits of information. The date when the average lifespan hit 70. The date Robert Ettinger founded CI. The date the Immortality Institute was founded. The first artificial heart transplant. etc...
Both are exactly the kinds of items I have in mind.
Shannon Vyff 12 Jan 2008
Other content could be important dates/years in the history of longevity/medicine...little tidbits of information. The date when the average lifespan hit 70. The date Robert Ettinger founded CI. The date the Immortality Institute was founded. The first artificial heart transplant. etc...
This would be great! I'd love to see it be informative as well as attractive. There would be plenty of time to put a calendar together before the next conference too. I like the system Snapfish uses--you can add a picture, or text to any day you want within the month. The people that are working on the calendar could all have the password, so they can upload pictures to be used for the month, or day. You can save a calendar before actually ordering it--and for large orders you can get up to 75% off. They have an extra large laminated calendar, that would give us more room to write things in--plus it's pages are laminated, and of higher quality.
More here:
http://www1.snapfish.../storecalendars
solbanger 23 Jan 2008
solbanger 23 Jan 2008
We can find 12 attractive people, no problem...
Alright then show me... including you and me we have 10 to go.
Most calendars are shot by pro photographers, apparently the girls on the covers of Car & Driver are too busy shooting down guys to work the camera on their own. To get that cool, slick artistic style that really strikes a pose you're gonna need to spend a little for a studio session. I take it that's the kind of photos people were thinking of - I mean imagine a pair of flexible females forming a human infinity symbol for the calendar cover! (Shannon, I bet you can help us there.)
The kind of shots that I imagined I assumed involved a photographer. When I think of a calendar I presume the photos would each be magazine cover quality. You know arranged, lighted, airbrushed and cleaned up. If you are going to have specific members/couples that have a perspective on the ideology, you're going to have to send them to a professional guy so that the pics don't have that set-up-on-a-nightstand look. Cause think of it, if you're going to use real members and not just easy models paid to have an opinion you're going to deal with scores of entries from across the nation. Perhaps you could leave it to the submitting candidate to pay for their own studio shot, or maybe refer them to someone.
Shannon Vyff 24 Jan 2008
For artsy-- you'd need a photographer, one can hire college students--but it still costs a bit more than the glamour shot route, and is hit or miss.
The only other way to do this inexpensively would be to have people take their own pictures, then use a photoshop program themselves, or send it to someone with one--to make it more artsy--daring colors, or dramatic black & white.
Lazarus Long 24 Jan 2008
We can vet the photos before they are entered in the contest to make sure of no copyright concerns and each person making a submission can have up to 12 entries.
This way we let people make the images and we in turn have the best to select from and a pre-tested selection by members as to what is most interesting and attractive. It does not have to be just about the human form IMHO but certainly a beautiful human form would be a good vote getter.
Lazarus Long 24 Jan 2008
I think by going democratic on this we are basically market testing the images as we develop the product.
The contests and selection are all done by July and the calendar is in the can by August.
Throw out some themes here and we make a poll of all the choices soon to start with.
You know, something like B-Movie SciFi fem fatales lol
Or Super Cyborg Man
and The Future is Now
BTW how about we let everyone poll the themes, submit entries, and vote the contests but since the institute is paying for the calendar only Full Members select the final product.
Lazarus Long 24 Jan 2008
Starship Erotic
Transhuman Women and the Men who love them
Fast women and their Machines
Other Worlds*
Beyond the Norm
* I had Another World but then remembered it was once a popular TV soap opera for decades.
Lazarus Long 24 Jan 2008
solbanger 29 Jan 2008
I was thinking along the lines of an age range of people and their perspectives on the future of life extension. This would include male and female teens - twenty year olds - middle aged - and then seniors. This can include couples, or whole families. This follows the pattern that we are attempting to break, the spring, summer and winter of life. I'm fairly certain that a famous age researcher will make it in one of the months. I assume we'll have the winners write blurbs about their experiences i.e. "I want my dog to live forever!" or "I put my wife in cryo." and place it at the bottom of the photo, like what they do with most theme calendars. Little touches here and there would be great such as age enhanced photos of the young people or comparisons of elder people with old photos of their faces (ask for permission).
Edited by solbanger, 29 January 2008 - 11:06 PM.
Shannon Vyff 29 Jan 2008
Lets get a deadline, and guidelines going--these are all good ideas.
Lazarus Long 29 Jan 2008
From that we can have a run off of the top 3 choices asa full member vote.
That should not take more than the next few weeks and if there is no further input to this thread for the next week I will move the list to a poll as the first step.
Shannon Vyff 29 Jan 2008
Natasha and Max can be in as founders of Transhumanism, and perhaps in front of Natasha's H+ body proto-type.
I think the best would be people sending in their submissions, I could be in charge of say Robert Ettinger's page.
I'd love to do a "21st Century Kids" page, with child cryonicists--unless the whole calendar is going to have an adult theme. (not sure how Ettinger's page could be 'sexy' unless he lets us use his two wives pictures, who are preserved? might be weird though...)
Mind 02 Feb 2008
basho 02 Feb 2008
Yeah, like that 70 year-old guy who scaled Everest last year. Inspirational!Not sure if I can succinctly put it into words but pictures of older people who are very healthy or have conquered a major disease would be neat.
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Something uplifting...people beating back the ravages of aging.
Lazarus Long 02 Feb 2008
thughes 05 Feb 2008
I really like the inspirational quote idea btw.
As a suggested theme to add to the above: Things and places important to transhumanism (well actually, as a more narrow focus, life extension)
Eg. A lovely shot of the cryonics building. An electron microscope picture or an artists rendition of a mitochondria. Maybe an artists rendition of the fountain of youth. A photo of a tablet from the epic of Gilgamesh.
Or, go with a dual picture: larger one on a pretty/inspiring theme, smaller one in lower left hand corner featuring a member (beauty contest!) with a small quote, to give it a more personal feel. The introduction to real people in the organization may make it seem more approachable.
- Tracy
P.S. there's a membership bonus right there, free calendar with signup =P. If it goes off well, it should be a yearly thing.
solbanger 08 Feb 2008
As for celebrities, don't a few video game designers frequent this place? I'm sure they've been in contact with Hollywood silverbacks for voiceovers and stuff. If not celebrities, I remember seeing yesterday's Oprah where they were profiling age defying diets and there was some African-American woman who's physical age was 45 when she was in fact 60! Get her under the lights pronto.
Also consider that there could be two or more calendars with variant covers and such.
thughes 08 Feb 2008
So, say, 10$-12$ per calendar should be the aim (not including photography costs of course). I'm not sure how we'd distribute, certainly the people here could order some and give them out, then there's the conference, but how do you get them in front of people that haven't thought much about life extension? Having members give some out may be a good way. Not going to make a big profit since I don't think you could sell them for more than 15$, but profit isn't the aim anyhow.
Anyways, the categories are likely meant to reduce the unnecessary work. Its easier to hunt or plan a good picture if you have some idea of the parameters. But important life extension people will almost certainly make the list of ideas IMO. Its the most obvious path to take if important life extension people can be convinced to pose.
What are the chances of getting the men to pose with their shirts off? Ok just joking...
P.S. Don't forget to start that poll!
- Mey
Edited by meyusa, 08 February 2008 - 07:05 PM.