Audience measurement

People of all ages can have inspirational speeches and messages to others. For example, the speech from Admiral McRaven to the 2014 graduating class from the University of Austin, Texas captures his audience with a strong message. McRaven utilizes a central theme throughout the speech to the student body. This theme was all about making a difference in the world as the students become adults in the real world. Admiral McRaven conveys his speech through many devices. The first device he uses is…

character. Moving to the next photo with the man standing on some type of stair way and behind him in lights it says "Jesus" so one could infer that he is playing the part of the almighty God. All of the lights are shinning on him. This could make the audience infer that the character is the reason for this scene the main focus.…

Fort Campbell’s Division Parade Field was a sea of blankets and lawn chairs; people adorned in red, white, and blue chirped merrily in the spirit of Independence Day. The alluring aroma of deep-fried carnival treats saturated the thick humid air; a constant reminder of the festival that served as the audience’s backdrop. The dense crowd of a thousand consisted of older veterans proudly wearing their decorated hats, parents attending to their children’s needs, and teenagers chattering around the…

Bo Burnham is an influential comedian who incorporated both modern comedy and modern events to create songs or poems. Most all of his songs and poems poke fun at certain events or troubles and subjects that people don’t like to talk about. He uses catchy tunes and catchy lyrics to convey a hidden message or something that is interoperated in many ways. The uses of satire are prominent in all of his songs due to the hatred he has for certain aspects of the modern era. One of the ideas he uses if…

the characteristics not only reconcile one foundational structure of the film, but also create hierarchical variations in either visual aspect or auditory aspect. Repetition in Entr’Acte builds up the fundamental structure rather than confuse the audience. Some scenes are repetitive like the overlapping architecture, ballet dancing, roller coaster. Satie said, “An artist must organize his life” (216). Besides his attitude about personal life, it is conspicuous in Entr’Acte that Satie allocated…

A way to mark a new beginning in your life is to dive into a pond and watch god - at least that’s what Janie does in the film adaptation of Their Eyes Were Watching God. The central theme of the film centers around the main character, Janie, and her search for true love and happiness. We get to see Janie struggle through two painful relationships before she finds “the one”. The film follows Janie as she pushes through a failed arranged marriage to Logan Killicks, and an abusive relationship to…

I was in the military for 23 years and based on the job positions I have held, I have done quite a bit of public speaking. During my time in the Army, I held several positions such as an Equal Opportunity Representative, an Operations Officer, Pre Deployment Briefer, Drill SGT/AIT Cadre and eventually First Sergeant. With those types of positions, I had to brief anywhere from 30 to sometimes 350 Soldiers at a time, sometimes right on the spot. The most formal speeches were to two star generals…

On November 17th, my friend and I observed a musical at Carroll University called Numbers Nerds presented by the Carroll players. The musical is about a Waukesha high school competitive math team who received second place in their state competition due to their team captain getting stage freight. However, one of their competitors cheated on a problem and the Waukesha team was able to progress to nationals in New York. Although the play consists of a lot of disagreements between the main…

The birth of a nation by D. W. Griffith is the longest film till date sitting at almost three hours in length; film scholars also agree that it is plausibly the single most important and key film of all time in American movie history. This is because it contains many cinematic innovations, refinements, technical effects and artistic advancement and all these contribute to creating the ideal theme and message of the director. To begin with, Camera angles are dire in other to evoke the directors…

Roland Friedgo!" Roland moved onto the stage. He really was into character, you could tell he was embarrassed by the way he held himself. He was walking, slowly and carefully to chairs and he looked like he was avoiding the looks of everyone in the audience. "Roland! How are we?" Caesar says with gentleness in his voice obviously noticing Roland's nervousness. "I- um" Roland starts and looked between…