Law 20

20. A bad design with a good presentation is doomed eventually. A good design with a bad presentation is doomed immediately.
 - Dave Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

I really have no time left to consider presentation on my entries for Poeta and especially Tempore Atlantia.  In Tempore Atlantia, I will be sharing a table with all manner of fabuous static A&S items.  A binder with some music and notes stuffed in it does not show well next to a Norman gown with hand-embroidered trim, glittering period jewelry, or detailed illuminations with gorgeous calligraphy.

In this case, it's a weak entry anyway.  Presentation will not cost me the competition; content will.  But in general, I should consider what kind of presentation I can give to my poetry and/or music.  And it should be modular: the artfully designed tableau meant to evoke a scribe's table might be fine when there's room for it, but an evocative and attractive binder might do for a crowded table.

Comments

[Niall Dolphin]

Static presentations for both Bardic and Poetry have huge challenges. I am encouraging folks here to get into the digital age and start using multimedia... Videotape your poem or performance and toss it on a laptop in an interactive (i.e. kiosk setting) powerpoint, and slap your docs on it...