“Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.” IdeasAudienceOriginalsVersionsNo IdeaCensored Author:Todd Solondz
“To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it.” PeopleKnowsPlayMightCertainRealizingNumbersAudienceMaterialsDegreesMusic IsOriginalsYeahAvant Garde Author:Archie Shepp
“Sixties folk rock was my original muse and the folk audience-people who listen to music off the beaten track-fostered my career. I definitely don't want to abandon the genre but I also need to make sure I'm Dar Williams first.” PeopleWantNeedsFirstsCareersAudienceRocksOriginalsFolksTrackGenreAbandonSixtyMuseBeatenListening To Music Author:Dar Williams
“The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.” PeopleJobsSongOrderAudienceOriginalsHaggard Author:Randy Owen
“Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will for Die Hard die hards, who will be wondering who that impersonator is and what he did with the real John McClane. The original Die Hard came out of nowhere to blitz the 1988 summer box office. The fourth installment arrives with a weight of expectations that Atlas would have trouble shouldering and, when the dust settles in September, it's unlikely that Live Free or Die Hard will be one of this year's big success stories.” KnowsYearsMayRealHardStoriesBigsDiesWonderAudienceTroubleOfficeSummerExpectationsWeightOriginalsSeriesBoxesDustSettlingFourthSeptemberUnlikelyBox OfficeAtlasSuccess StoriesLive FreeBlitzImpersonators Author:James Berardinelli
“The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations.” MadeAudienceEasierBuiltOriginalsStudiosLandscapeCinemaAdaptationRemakes Author:Charlie Hunnam
“Just as a salesperson is never extreme or original or overdressed, so the TV retailers never do anything to distract their audiences from the real product, the commercial.” RealAudienceTelevisionTvsProductsOriginalsExtremesAdvertisingSalespersonRetailers Book:Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television
“I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.” PeopleThinkingSongMy OwnAudienceSingingOriginalsCompetition Author:Birdy
“There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what preceded it: to be original, an artist must also belong to the tradition from which he departs. To put it another way, he must violate the expectations of his audience, but he must also, in countless ways, uphold and endorse them.” WayFirstsMadeArtistBreakAudienceExpectationsTraditionInnovationOriginalsDistinctionCrucialOriginalityAnother Way Author:Roger Scruton
“Financing films that are demanding is a task, in itself. Because people are so afraid of taking any kind of chance, because they're afraid the audience isn't going to respond. But the audience is so hungry for anything that's a bit original, personal, or different.” PeopleKindDifferentFilmBitsChanceAudienceTasksOriginalsHungryFinancing Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. It's about making a work that is inspired by something preexisting but changes it to have a new value and meaning that doesn't in any way take away from the original - and, in fact, might provide the original with a second life or a new audience.” PeopleWayArtImportantFactsMightValuesLanguageAudienceCommunicationArt IsOriginalsInspiredExtensionsLanguage And Communication Author:Shepard Fairey
“When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get closer to what his stories are really about. Most other adaptations I've seen sort of follow the story but they never satisfy me as an audience member or as a reader.” StoriesWantedAudienceMaterialsReaderMembersDecidedOriginalsVersionsAdaptation Author:Raul Garcia
“When I went to do "Carson" that night, they wanted us to do two songs, but we were a brand new band. "Conga" hadn't even hit the top 10 yet. They go, "Do you think you could do something that people know, because we want you to do a second song, but not two originals, because we don't want to lose the audience, just in case."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTwoWantedNightSongLosesCasesAudienceBandOriginalsBrandsBrand NewTop 10Congas Author:Gloria Estefan
“My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.” KnowsIdeasPlayAbleActionSpeakStepsAudienceMinesMajorsTownsOriginalsContributionPlotFormatOriginal IdeasWilderOur Town Book:Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed Source: Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed
“I still don't really know what my style is. I like a lot of different kinds of comedy, I like watching it and I like being inventive and original. That's the problem with doing a longer set - you can't do every joke that you have because some stuff contradicts other stuff. Even when you know that the audience knows that you're joking and it's not true, you still can't do a joke about your family dying and then later talk about your Mom. I mean you want to keep some kind of cohesive order going.” KnowsWantKindMeanStillsDifferentProblemOrderStuffAudienceComedyDyingStyleMomJokesOriginalsOur FamilyDifferent KindsYour MomTrue You Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“I'm not a network executive, but it seems to be a time when networks take more of a gamble with higher-concept shows. And so, it's fun to be on something that's original, that's finding viewership, that's finding a great audience, and really distinguishing itself. Summer's a great place to do that.” ShowsSeemsFunAudienceHigherFindingsSummerConceptsOriginalsExecutivesGamble Author:James Wolk
“I'd like to think that if you find your audience there are still opportunities there to go and tell an original story.” IfsThinkingStillsStoriesOpportunityAudienceOriginals Author:Gore Verbinski
“Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century that such tales were deemed fit only for small children, stripped of much of their original complexity, sensuality, and power to frighten and delight.” ChildrenLastsYoungAudienceCenturyFitOriginalsDelightTalesSensualityComplexityFairyFairy TaleOnce Upon A TimeSmall ChildYoung And Old Author:Terri Windling