Audience measurement

Both The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris and La Jetée by Chris Marker are movies whose diegesis revolves around their respective filmmaker’s unique theories on memory. My argument for this paper is that Morris’ stance on memory paints it out to be a fluid, changing subject and he does so through his use of highly stylized elements of mise-en-scene, sound, and straying from the codes and conventions of documentary-making. Chris Marker, on the other hand, portrays memory as a solid, immobile…

left the “Beautiful Thing” audience after seeing two men kiss. But, nonetheless, these individuals are insignificant and rather closed minded. As a whole, if we continue to shy away from these issues, we are no good. Collectively, we must expose ourselves to reality; just because we hide from it does not mean it just disappears. Life goes on, no matter if we choose to pay attention or not, but plays are a great way to convey such difficult messages, and get an audience of individuals, who may…

Roots of Dystopia in Children of Men A film is a double-edged sword. Though capable of providing an escape from modern day society, a film is equally capable of jolting audiences out of their inaction by bringing them face to face with the consequences of their choices. Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuaron and released in 2006, is a classic example of the latter. The story is set in the year 2027 where women have lost the ability to conceive children. The story follows the protagonist…

create, one must be willing to play with the unknown. To do what is dangerous and expose himself or herself truthfully for the sake of play. As an actor, there must always be this curiosity to play with fire and do what is unexpected not only to the audience member, but the actor as well. This risk is the most difficult challenge to any artist for they must harness courage within themselves to go into the unknown and reap the benefits of their adventure. This idea of risk is expressed similarly…

to portray a message? Yuri Herrera wrote to portray his message to his audience. He uses many different types of methods to get it out to them. Some people may find his work difficult to understand but with the right mind others see it as a way to change the world we live in. In Herrera’s short story “The Objects”, he writes about a rat and a louse in a world of classification. He uses these characters to tell his audience about the truths of this cruel and unjust world we live in today. In…

The 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford University written and spoken by Steve Job’s was a speech about the things he’d learn when being close to death and the things he valued in life after that. He delivered the speech describing that his near death experience taught him the importance of his life and made him learn to take more risks. He advocated that life is too short to turn down opportunities because it is a risk factor in life. We should always have the mentality of “What would I do if…

The floundering of the character Charlie Kaufman is only interesting, because the audience knows the actual Charlie Kaufman at one point was stuck on how to write a film only to finally come to a conclusion. He must have, because the film is finished, it is being watched, it must have an ending. Another layer to the world is added through…

for H.A.I.L.: honesty, authenticity, integrity and love. As an analogy, Julian uses tools in a toolbox that represents how you can take advantage of your voice to convey a point, and to entice audiences. The tools were as listed: register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch, and volume. Julian then asks the audience to stand up, and to warm up their voice by: putting your arms up, deep breath in, sighing out, warming up your lips, warming up your tongue, and performing the siren method to prep…

in this scene. It forces the audience to think about Celia and why she is missing. The next transition takes place during a close up of Paul playing a song to Celia and discussing what Jackie’s dreams were as a teenager and then transitions to young Jackie lip syncing to the same song Paul and Celia were listening to. This forces the audience to witness Paul’s past as he relives it. These sudden cuts leaves the audience with a sense of mystery and questions the audience what do they really know…

responses. But what an essay does, that a video can’t, is that it allows the audience to interpret the content in their own way. Videos tend to be very direct, this sometimes loses the audience’s interest and can even bore them. Therefore, in order to keep the viewer’s curiosity , the length of the project should be limited to a more appropriate time span. Being that it is a film, there is the opportunity to give the audience visual aids on how exactly things went down, and this allows the use…