“As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the wow factor, the intelligence factor, the I didn't see that coming factor?” AudienceAskingFactorsFilmmakerWowImpress Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the dozen other labels for the roll- em-in-the-aisles gagerissimo. This is the kind of laugh that delights actors, directors, and producers, but dismays writers of comedy because it is the laugh that often dies in the lobby. The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.” FeelsKindImportantWarHomeDiesActorsNationsQualityAudienceLaughingGoneComedyDirectorsLaughterUnderstoodDelightProducersLabelsLoudEmsWarmthWowDozenBellyMirthAisleAppreciativeDismayChucklesBelly LaughsYaks Book:Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself Source: Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself
“I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play. It was just a little thing that I did because I really liked the film and I liked Benedict [Cumberbatch] and I loved Morten's [director Morten Tyldum] previous film, Headhunters. For me, it was something I did thinking, "Wow, this is a lovely quality piece of work."” ThinkingLittlesPlayCharacterFilmGamesQualityAudiencePiecesDirectorsResponseLovelyLittle ThingsWowImitation Author:Mark Strong
“I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.” WantFeelsTryingMomentsFilmAudienceFilmmakerWow Author:Michael Pitt