“Pulling off the extremes…PT.2…”

A major criticism from the last presentation was a forced stereotyping of the people cataloged in the last presentation. “These people have name for chrissake!” A certain condition of Hollywood/Highland’s commercial appeal and dislocation from the actual production from the movie and television industry is what we call “face-value.” The first approach was through random selection of everyday people on Hollywood Blvd. (which can be criticized for mainly picking out the extremes. ) and then composing narratives on they interact with in the context of Hollywood. This information would lead to design of vinyl characters and illustrations that would communicate a diagnosis of the particular urban conditions (socio-economic, etc.) of Hollywood/Highland. (Check next Post for Diagnosis :FILL IN BLANK)

Yet, the current presentations and way of cataloging have some how stripped a humanity aspect from the project. Also, to merely design a vinyl toy with a narrative language (whether it be illustrations, packaging, etc. ) , is more of an in-between step in putting this collective research together. So again, the step back is “how can you show this information that the project has gathered without an urban vinyl toy…”