Audience theory

when he does nothing to earn the audience’s sympathy. Without a backstory or reasoning behind the character’s actions, any empathy for him diminishes. Scenes early on in the film, such as when he’s disappointingly rejected a job, do nothing when the audience are aware beforehand of how evil a character Lou Bloom is by the film’s opening scene. Can we really support the character’s endeavours when he’s so detestable and unlikable? I found that a difficult concept to wrap my head…

how do audiences know what they should go see and what they should avoid? The two examples of mass media chosen for comparision are two theatre reviews of the current stage musical ‘Dirty Dancing’. I chose to take the reviews from two different reviewers from different websites, Brian Godfrey for Glam Adelaide and Vito Mattarelli for Australian Stage. Glam Adelaide is a website which is dedicated to revewing and writing stories on local south Australian businesses and update their audience with…

Thursday, October, 8, 2015, I was privileged with the opportunity to see the production, Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder, and directed by Rose Riordan. Our Town takes place in a small town called Grover’s Corner in the early 1900’s. Our Town is presented in a much different manor than most plays today. Instead of changing sets and meticulously hand painted backdrops, the actors use nothing but some chairs and a pair of ladders. The storyline of the play is intriguing, but not so much as the…

this class that I thought I would never know. The things that I’ve learned will help me in the present and in the future. Credibility is something that you need to become successful and it has to be part of you. According to “Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach,” written by Beebe, credibility is based on the audience’s perception of a speaker’s competence, trustworthiness, dynamism, sociability. An ethical communicator is someone who is responsible of thinking, making decisions,…

is clear and the stakes feel high. The plot features a compelling mystery. The storyline centers on the disappearance of a drunken father. It’s a mystery that easily engages the audience. The audience knows that the father was a drunk and that something terrible appeared to have happened that night, but the audience doesn’t know the entire story. This creates nice anticipation and tension. The script offers a nice twist at the end that works well to surprise the viewer. In addition,…

this commercial premiered (NBA15). Dwyane Wade on the other hand has been in 11 All-Star games, has 3 Championship Rings, and has also won MVP in 2010 (NBA151). By Gatorade having these two outstanding men on the commercial, it appeals to their audience even more because of their believability in the star…

Many different themes reoccur through the play, three of which are; trust, belief and being your self. Examples of these can be found within each of the main characters and are shown in many different ways. The idea of trust and learning to trust is one of the bigger themes to Footloose. We see each of the main characters struggling with trust at some point in the story line until they eventually do trust one another and themselves. Two major times when people learned to trust one another in…

Receiving a standing ovation as a violinist in Carnegie Hall may have just been the most incredible moment of my life. All the long hours of practicing since I was three to develop this talent were being recognized, but it felt like an ordinary concert in the United States. Every culture has their own unique interpretation of the same piece of music and, thus, I am always intrigued by other’s perspective of my piece. But after my first concert during my Germany tour, I could only nod back in…

the same movie. The meaning would not be the same, plus it wouldn’t be the action pack movie that the audience would be use too in a Bruce Willis movie. If the role were to be reassigned to another actor or actress the meaning would completely different. The meaning would give off a distinct different feel to the movie. From watching Die Hard, the movie is an in your face action and has the audiences’ attention from the very beginning. If Bruce Willis’s spot got reassigned to someone else, it…

1. Describe an audience (an individual or a group) with whom you find it difficult to communicate. Explain the problems you have in communicating with this audience. What are the needs, concerns, and expectations of this group? Having read Chapter 4, how might you take these needs, concerns, and expectations into consideration more successfully with this audience? I provide technical support under the clinical trial environment. Speaking to elderly – both Japanese and non-Japanese patients…