“The close-up says everything, it's then that an actor's learned, rehearsed behavior becomes most obvious to an audience and chips away, unconsciously, at its experience of reality. In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.” RealityFacesActorsAudienceStageBehaviorObviousYour FaceInchesChips Author:Marlon Brando
“Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience is a very important factor in shaping the men's behavior. In fact, it is probable that the men are more exhibitionistic because the women admire their performances. Conversely, there can be no doubt that the spectacular behavior is a stimulus which summons the audience together, promoting in the women the appropriate behavior.” MenImportantFactsTogetherAudienceDoubtHe ManBehaviorPerformancesAdmireFactorsNo DoubtReasonableAppropriatePromotingSpectacularStimulusReasonable DoubtAppropriate Behavior Author:Gregory Bateson
“I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.” WantHumansBodyActionHuman BeingsAudienceTreePlanetsFlowerCreaturesBehaviorMiracleDanceEverydayWaveDancerPhenomenonExoticModern Dance Author:Martha Graham
“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for a lack of an audience, close after a week. Similarly, an idea will not move from the fringes to the mainstream simply because it is good; it must be skillfully marketed before it will actually shift people's perceptions and behavior.” PeopleIfsNeedsMayIdeasPlayMovingAudienceWeekBehaviorPerceptionProducersMainstreamMasterpieceFringePromoters Author:David Bornstein
“I challenged myself to write/direct a romantic comedy. People trash talk the rom com, but it's one of the oldest cinematic genres, with stellar origins like Twentieth Century and Trouble in Paradise. I think as audiences lost their innocence, the genre lost its suspense. To create suspense, you need obstacles, so I gave my couple an obstacle that very few people ever overcome: their own behavior and their past.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWritingPastLostAudienceComedyTroubleCenturyCoupleBehaviorDirectOvercomingObstaclesInnocenceSuspenseGenreParadiseTrashTwentieth CenturyCinematicStellarTrash Talk Author:Leslye Headland