What People Like about Films and How they Keep the Audience's Attention

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What People Like about Films and How they Keep the Audience's Attention

What is it that you like about films? There’s no right answer to this

question of course. Many viewers have different opinions on what

catches their attention- it could be the comedy in a movie or the

horror that keeps them interested. The genre is what the film is

related to for example: the film ‘Final Destination’ is related to

thriller whereas ‘Cats and Dogs’ is related to comedy. The genre is

aimed at certain groups such as audience who like adventure, action or

romance in a film. Young children, generally observe animation

movies, like ‘Sherk’ and ‘Antz’. These films consist of imaginative

beings that only appeal to children but not adults. Most films

include a hero, but to make the film complete you also need a

villain. The relationship between these two characters is what makes

the film more engaging and attractive. In all films to give a clear

connotation to the target audience, messages are not just delivered by

the acting of the actors- it also involves various presentational

devices. These devices are able to convey to the target audience the

filmmakers point as well as communicate the right impression of

particular characters. One example of a presentational device is

costume-a evil character might wear an evil-looking mask, a long black

cloak and a black hat, all of which indicate that this character is

evil. However, a villainous character doesn’t always have to wear

dark costumes, so there are more presentational devices to imply that

the character is evil; e.g. the setting, the music, body language,

character interaction, props, lightin...

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...hildren do not know this. This is why the

children are able to enjoy the film more then the adults. The

children would expect the ‘goodie’ to win in films like this, but the

anxiety of just waiting for the ending and the anxiety of the plot as

well as the excitement of the narrative makes the film all the more

enjoyable. In films, some parts show the ‘baddie’ winning and the

children would say, “oh no the goodie is supposed to win, not the

baddie.” This explains that at times the children do expect the

‘goodie’ to win and not the ‘baddie’. This film can also be enjoyed

by adults,

From now on I will look out for any film language used in a film as

well as try to figure out how the maker’s have emphasised that this

character is good and that one is bad (if I can, I will try to watch

the making of the film).

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