SPECTATOR - AMERICAN FILM

Question 1

what would a passive spectator be encouraged by in film? list them

Answer 1

meet and satisfy genre, mainstream for a mass audience, provide a closed ending, clear characters with a defined goal, conform to narrative logic and causality, focus on action driven sequences, follow clear narrative structures, ideological values that conform to dominant power structure, emotional response

Question 2

what may encourage the active spectator?

Answer 2

denconstruct the genre, anti heroes or morally ambiguous, characters have implicit motivations, character driven narratives, narrative that challenges tradition, ambiguous or difficult ideologies, ideology that challenges dominant power, encourage audience to intellectually engage

Question 3

what is the response of the spectator dependant on?

Answer 3

the individual