“Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they start talking, that's when you've lost them.” IfsMeanStillsLostAttentionSilenceTalkingAudienceQuietOkayPay AttentionBombs Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.” KindTwoCountryThreeSoundPayAttentionAudienceRocksBeatsHistoricalWesternFolksHeavyRapPay AttentionMetalsCentsCultHeavy MetalCountry Western Author:Al Stewart
“The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.” MatterActorsNumbersPayAttentionAudienceTruth IsOfficeConnectionsBoxesPay AttentionMovieBox Office Author:Tom Hanks
“If you can get an audience to identify themselves with a character, they will subconsciously feel that their own lives are in danger. People tend to pay attention in situations like that. I think fear is the easiest, and most visceral, emotion to activate in an audience.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsCharacterPayEmotionAttentionSituationAudienceDangerPay AttentionVisceralActivate Author:David Hayter
“The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.” PayAttentionAudienceDetailsPay AttentionAttention To Detail Author:Idris Elba
“If an audience finds themselves paying attention to how you made your film, you're sunk because that means they're unplugged from your story. What matters is what's unfolding on the screen, not how you put it there. It doesn't matter if it's red triangles or million dollar software if the audience doesn't care.” IfsMeanMadeMatterStoriesCareFilmAttentionMillionsAudienceRedDollarsScreensPay AttentionSoftwareWhat MattersMillion DollarsUnfoldingTriangles Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those-in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can't escape them, but once you have steered clear of them, give them the shortest shrift possible. Above all, try to avoid telling stories about the unjust treatment you received at their hands; avoid it no matter how receptive your audience may be. Tales of this sort extend the existence of your antagonists.” IfsGivingTryingWellsMaySelfMatterStoriesHandsSufferingPayExistenceAttentionAudienceClearCapacityTalesMiserablePay AttentionOfficialsTreatmentUnjustTelling StoriesReceptiveAntagonist Author:Joseph Brodsky
“Horror I appreciate is one of the few genres that can wind the audience up and make them pay attention. I kind of like that. It's one of the few genres that can be very manipulative.” KindPayAttentionAudienceWindHorrorAppreciatePay AttentionGenreManipulative Author:Bruce Campbell