Audience theory

Sound sets the tone, the mood, the mise-en-scene of the shot. Sound tells us much about the movie and also clarifies the situation. If we are to feel the suspense and fear of a scene, the background sounds get louder such as foot-steps and ticking clocks. A close-up of a sweating face in the dark tells us the person is scared of what might happen or that they just woke-up from a nightmare, depending on the sounds or lack thereof. Sound has great meaning in film when used creatively as a means of…

our workshop on ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Lucy got one of my classmates, Laura, to chew up cucumber and then spit it into bread. I was aware of the process involved and, of course, ate the cucumber sandwiches, to the vocal displeasure of the audience. Laurence was unwilling to eat but was encouraged to by my response. Jess, who had been…

specialized language, purposes for writing , genres , guidelines , rules, audiences, and steps to join . To become part of the “Hampton University Student Body” discourse community one must first fufill…

follow the laws, they are all sinners. Edwards puts fear in his audiences to make them believe that what he has to say is the truth. Edwards also want his audiences to feel guilty by making them believe they are all sinners.Edwards uses descriptive, vivid, and strong imagery. When Edwards states “But your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing and you are every day treasuring up more wrath” he is trying to petrify the audience, that if they don’t go back to the Puritan life and follow…

atrociously murder’s his wife. When simply observing actions alone, Othello would certainly be considered evil; however, William Shakespeare implements various literary devices to create Othello so that he evokes sympathy, instead of rage, from the audience. Primarily, Shakespeare utilizes linguistic changes by Othello to evoke sympathy for Othello from…

not, an effective commercial that is focused on advertising a product is meant to equally influence our attitudes towards a product. Having said that, many marketers have a number of different strategies they use in order to convince the targeted audience that they need something in their life. Notably, one of these many strategies used are rhetorical methods. One particular commercial that successfully uses rhetorical methods is the Cover Girl #GirlsCan commercial. In this commercial, Cover…

discuss the uniqueness of the piece and what made it stand out the most from other pieces. “Sit on the floor, in three straight rows. If you wish to get the full experience of the performance” Said one of the group members as they addressed the audience.…

The old rule is to uses voice, moving image and performance to talk about a general story with a familiar aesthete, while the modern digital aesthetics requires rigorous narrative and complex concepts to mobilize the audience, inspiring an interactive experience to the audience. It sometimes even ask them to repeat watch a same movie, ultimately gain decoded pleasure, such as the dream level discussion in Inception (2001). The old rule strictly abide by the existing program of filmmaking,…

to get the audience’s attention or calling for actions. The authors use different strategies and styles in their writing to introduce their topic and their arguments. Each author has their own styles and strategies that they use to convey to the audience. In the article by Jean Kilbourne, “Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising And Violence,” she talks about how women are being represented in the media as subordinate and as an object, in which those things lead to violence and abusive…

Analyze the audience, purpose, and context of technical communication projects, including cultural and ethical considerations Throughout the course of the semester, the course objectives were reached and produced an increase in my ability to write valuable technical communication documents. The major projects that contributed to the achievement reached within each objective were the job application, memo proposal, instruction sets, formal proposal, and presentations. The audience, purpose, and…