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Tag Archives: audience desire
The Pink Panther: Voyeristic Pleasures In a Gem of a Trailer (Part II)
As promised at the end of my last post, an attempt to answer the critical question: Who do the trailermakers think they’re addressing and what is it they think we want from our entertainment?. First, we notice that the trailer … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Readings (of classic film trailers)
Tagged " trailer, 1960s, audience desire, blake edwards, capucine, claudia cardinale, david foster wallace, david niven, diamond, editing, fran jeffries, HENRY mancini, infinite jest, marketing, peter sellers, PINK PANTHER, robert wagner
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AUDIENCE DESIRE MARKET RESEARCH AND THE (PSEUDO) SCIENCE OF ENTERTAINMENT
At the risk of offering an obvious observation, let me start by remarking that whether a film is conceived as a commercial entertainment or a work of cinematic art, finding an audience—finding the right audience—is a critical component of the … Continue reading
Truth In Advertising: Contagion and the Value of a Tell-All Trailer
A recent New York Times Opinion piece by the epidemiologist who consulted on the film CONTAGION, to ensure that the story was compatible with the science, makes a number of interesting observations about Hollywood representation and public health policy while … Continue reading
Posted in Readings
Tagged audience desire, contagion, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslett, market science, matt damon, pandemic, participant media, soderberg, tell-all, tew york times
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