Audience theory

specifically behave at the games. O’Neill uses an exciting tone to arouse his audience to be as mentally involved with the sort as the spectators were at the time. The audience of this excerpt is sports fans; O’Neill uses the diction he does to reach out to these audience members and, in turn, they are the ones that are the most intrigued by the excerpt. This also shows that O’Neill’s purpose in writing this excerpt is to excite the audience of sports fans with the game Cricket. Because of the…

Throughout the production of The New Mrs. Tesman, the skill and technique displayed by Ernest Briggs and Kristina Johnson stood out amongst the rest, while the dry and unemotional performance of Matthew Bratko left much to be desired. Briggs and Johnson’s use of body language paired with their sly and conniving tones, provided an authentic element to their performance. However, Bratko’s lack of emotion and poor projection, seemed too scripted and forced, making it difficult to buy into his…

Before the Oscars there is always a feverish dash to see as many nominated feature and short films as possible. Now that the Academy Awards have passed, the public just wants to relax. Most audiences tend to return to romantic comedies and superhero flicks. You may be compelled to do the same; but first check out Vows. There are many things to appreciate in this fourteen minute short. From the set design of sleek, modern life to the beauty of the Hebrew language. While the subject matter is a…

Effectively Confusing “Our only rule was very simple: No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted.” Luis Buñuel had this to say about his first film, Un Chien Andalou (1929), made during the heart of the surrealist period. This film came at a time during which the Dada movement was being substituted by the surrealist group, who were more intrigued by a materialist investigation of desire and irrational knowledge, and a de-alienated…

From busking the streets of Santa Monica to Pasadena, Katie Ferrara's carefree determination have led her to share her sweet sounds of folk and pop. Upon her latest EP, released this past October, Dream Catcher embodies the heart developed through Ferrara's travels. The Los Angeles native and her 6-track bliss, becomes a stance on wishful thinking, and as Ferrara states, "following your dreams." Paired with loving melodies and beautiful harmonizing, Ferrara creates a warmth at the end of each…

I started the project with a design the we drew on paper. I created my whistles with clay. I used wedged clay to create the main shape of my animal. I then took a ribbon tool to hollow out the base of the whistle so that it would be able to whistle. For my octopus I put a knife through the bottom part of the front and a pencil through the bottom. This allowed the wind to move through the whistle and come out of the pencil hole to create a sound. For my hippo I made the whistle on the side and…

details would you share with each group and which would you leave out? Would the order in which you told the various details be different? As one can see in this story, the way the story is told depends on a how one want to appeal to a specific audience. The end of one semester and the beginning of a new semester can be seen as a transition period for most students. For the extent of individuals, this period is all but a glimpse onto the next…

key to succeeding in the transition period, but to form a great relationship with the audience and other church leaders, communication is the key. Just as great communication is the key for teams to perform high, it is also the key for religious organizations to build a healthy relationship and lead effectively through change. It’s important for pastors to constantly communicate with other leaders and the audience, but communication is also needed for reinforcement, much-needed acknowledgment…

‘Out of the wood’ video exemplify the Taylor Swift feeling ‘Out of the Woods’ is a song for Taylor Swift. In the song, she was taking about a relationship with someone. She remained him about their relationship. She lost him, but she found herself. The video of the song attracted me. I liked the video. How she found herself by the end. Even the music tone was the perfect, it is matched with the song and with the video. At times that only person that can help fight your clashes is yourself. In…

Robert Cohen and John Harrop begin their creative directing instruction Creative Play Direction by presenting a brief history of the advent of directors. In their first chapter “The Directorial Function,” the authors make a clear emphasis on one definite role of directors; they should have a diverse knowledge of everything in a theatre, ranging from the script to various production elements. Separated into ten chapters, the book explores script interpretation, theatrical compositions,…