What makes a Cosplay Photo popular?
I know I shouldn't be blogging about this as it is such a flammable topic, again. But in sight of the many Cosplay photo competition that have been popping up. All these competition just begs the question:
exactly what makes a cosplay photo POPULAR?
Cosplay quality, photography, costume etcs aside. Let's focus on POPULARITY.
What do YOU think makes a cosplay photo popular? What makes a single picture stands out from the competition? Why do you think the winner of such competitions won/deserved to win?
To be honest, I feel that smaller scale competition (most Cosplay competitions are small. Big scale would be stuffs on TV like American Idol etc).are very much waivered by the popularity of the cosplayer. And of course, their ability to garner their help to vote.
And even though I’m unwilling to say this… but I too feel that the looks of the subject is a determining factor 70% of the time. Let’s admit it, we all love eye candy. That’s why high profiled celebrities get paid so much. Because people like us are willing to shell out money to see/watch them. Or at the very least, pay attention to them or any publication/promotional medium they appear on. And that pulling factor in them is what outshines ‘normal people’.
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Of course, voting is not the most accurate/fair way of judging but it sure is the best and easiest way to garner attention to your event or organisation. And I guess it’s also more interactive for the participants =)
What do you feel about competitions that are based on a voting system? Comment and let me knowwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Comments
So let's say cosplayer A has minimal character potrayal but has 1000 friends compared to cosplayer B who potrays the character spot on but only has 100 friends.. Who do you think will win?
Either way, photo contests can be rigged when a cosplayer has "X" number of friends voting while the other has "Y" number of friends supporting.
in the end, this is just a natural fact somehow it is unavoidable. first impression always goes for looks first before anything else.
thats my opinion from what i see :O
Marketing ourselves is important and also pulling more vote is even more important. No matter how outstanding the person is in the piture, if voting stands a great part of the competition, then be sure to lose liao..
Take a look at me for example today.