I am confused. Conflicting emails?
I received the following emails today in this order:
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:00 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Decorations Challenge' has been accepted.
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:05 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Decorations Challenge' has been accepted
Monday, October 31, 2011 1:10 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Props Challenge' has been accepted.
Monday, October 31, 2011 3:59 PM
We regret to inform you that your project Book of Spells box does not fit the requirements for the Halloween Decorations Challenge.
*scratches head*
am I in or am I out?
and while I am here, is there any official definition here of the difference between a prop and a decoration?
I just entered all my stuff in both because it's kind of a vague line.
In Theater, a Prop was anything that the actor held in their hands, Set Decoration was "everything else".
Something like a sword or a book could be either, depending on if the actor ever picked it up. If it just hung on the wall or sat on a shelf, it was decoration.
Is it the same in Instructables?
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:00 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Decorations Challenge' has been accepted.
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:05 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Decorations Challenge' has been accepted
Monday, October 31, 2011 1:10 PM
Your entry 'Book of Spells box' for the 'Halloween Props Challenge' has been accepted.
Monday, October 31, 2011 3:59 PM
We regret to inform you that your project Book of Spells box does not fit the requirements for the Halloween Decorations Challenge.
*scratches head*
am I in or am I out?
and while I am here, is there any official definition here of the difference between a prop and a decoration?
I just entered all my stuff in both because it's kind of a vague line.
In Theater, a Prop was anything that the actor held in their hands, Set Decoration was "everything else".
Something like a sword or a book could be either, depending on if the actor ever picked it up. If it just hung on the wall or sat on a shelf, it was decoration.
Is it the same in Instructables?
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Nov 1, 2011. 9:54 AMCarleyy
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I moderate the contest entries. There was a batch of 10 projects or so that were entered into the Decorations Category twice due to a page time out issue. So I had to go back through the entries and remove the second instance of those projects from the entries list.
Do not worry, your project is entered. I'm sorry about the confusion!!
Do not worry, your project is entered. I'm sorry about the confusion!!
To clarify this, you should email HQ at service@instructables.com.
I think the difference here is that decorations are passive, and props are interactive. A decoration might have lights and sound, but they don't react to people. If that same decoration has a sensor so that the lights change as people come closer, then it becomes a prop (caveat: that's where I draw the line, not where HQ draw the line).
I think the difference here is that decorations are passive, and props are interactive. A decoration might have lights and sound, but they don't react to people. If that same decoration has a sensor so that the lights change as people come closer, then it becomes a prop (caveat: that's where I draw the line, not where HQ draw the line).
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