“A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater.” ImportantAudienceElementsTheaterGood Endings Author:Walt Disney
“The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer society, television audiences and news magazine readerships, who vote with money at the cash counter rather than with ballot paper at the polling boot. These huge and passive electorates are wide open to any opportunist using the psychological weaponry of fear and anxiety, elements that are carefully blanched out of the world of domestic products and consumer software.” WorldAudienceTelevisionProductsHugeElementsPaperAnxietyNewsVoteMarketingWidePsychologicalMagazinesConsumersLandscapeZoneSoftwareCashBootsPassiveTechnologicalBallotsPresent DayElectorateReadershipWeaponryOpportunistPolling Author:J. G. Ballard
“The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the character of any battle is determined by three elements; the gun (including the gunner), the ammunition, and the fortress against which the attack is made.” MadeCharacterThreeAudienceParticularMaterialsBattleElementsGunIncludingDetermineDeterminedPreacherSermonsFortressesAmmunitionGunners Book:The Joy of Preaching Source: The Joy of Preaching
“I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it. I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture. It has to move all the time... It's not the stage. A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson. Their eyes need to be dazzled. The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.” IfsNeedsI CanImportantEyeCareFilmMovingAudienceStageLessonsElementsPagesPicksDon't CareScreensI Don't CareFlipScreenplaysLearning Lessons Author:Robert Evans
“Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to “SNL” was his “Best Of” VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements, and engage with the audience.” PeopleFirstsLongPlayShowsGuyWatchesAudienceElementsLong TimeExposureMurphySnl Author:Taran Killam
“I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for so long, and I know that audience well. The process is no different whether I'm writing for children or adults. Really, the elements of making a good story are the same.” ThinkingKnowsWritingWellsChildrenLongDifferentStoriesKidsProcessEnjoyAudienceTeacherElementsAdultsGood Story Author:Rick Riordan
“CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers.” RealAudienceRocksGoes OnElementsConcertsPerformersBack And ForthRock Concerts Author:Chris Stein
“The business model of the conservative media is built on two elements: provoking the audience into a fever of indignation (to keep them watching) and fomenting mistrust of all other information sources (so that they never change the channel).” TwoAudienceMediaInformationSourceElementsModelsBuiltStrategyConservativeProvokingNever ChangeFeverMistrustIndignationBusiness Models Author:David Frum
“I think there's the element of the excitement of what I'm going to see, and with the special effects where you see men flying and walking through walls and shooting flame or whatever they do, especially the younger audiences, which make up a bulk of the moviegoers, they love that sort of thing.” ThinkingMenAudienceSpecialEffectsWallWalkingElementsFlyingShootingFlamesExcitementSpecial Effects Author:Stan Lee
“We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.” KindSongLinesAudienceModernRocksBandElementsCrossesEnjoyedAppealsVisualsBarriersGapsPortionsRock And RollModern Music Author:Andy Biersack
“It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the audience that's intellectually oriented, into the lyrics... then there's another element of the audience that's into a sex trip. I'm into both of them.” PeopleCertainSexInterestingAudienceElements Author:Lou Reed
“To me, being brave is an element that is so important with stand-up comedy. It's not essential. There are many comics who were just funny, and that's fine, too. But that's never been what I was trying to do in comedy. I was always trying to do something that involved not pandering to the audience.” TryingImportantAudienceComedyFineInvolvedEssentialsElementsBraveAlways TryingStand Up Comedy Author:Bill Maher
“Most movies don't have the ability to find an audience. So the movie plays out very quickly in a lot of theaters to get the biggest gross. So that demands that we make things that are hits before they open. So they have to have the elements, they have to be franchises.” PlayAbilityAudienceDemandElementsTheaterGross Author:Laura Ziskin