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    Different responses to standing in front of an audience arise depending on the reason I am up there. For instance, when I am giving a speech I have much more trouble than when I am acting. Speeches often give me anxiety. I start to shake and get jittery and sweaty. Sometimes I bite my lip, shake my leg, or pace. In other words, I have a response similar to what most people call stage fright. It becomes hard to stand still. I constantly worry about what people think. The classic visions/nightmares

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    Exploring How Genre and Narrative Features Create Meaning and Generate Audience Response in Twelve Monkeys 'Twelve Monkeys' was directed by Terry Gilliam and released in 1995. Gilliam has written and directed many films including 'Jabberwocky' and the hit 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', which starred many major actors, including Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire. 'Fear and Loathing' follows a journalist and his lawyer as they embark on a drug-fuelled search

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    Audience response to a character is key to the true meaning of plays and novels. Through the characters, authors teach valuable lessons. Novelists usually enlist the help of their own voice or a narrator’s voice to guide audience response to a certain character. Writers of plays however rarely use this technique. Euripides for example, who wrote the complex and morally troubling play Medea, uses the setting, comparable characters like Jason and Medea, and a moral compass such as the nurse to guide

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    intelligence. These differences become clear when exploring an audience 's response to William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, from the Elizabethan era and today. The text was written in 1606 and was set in Scotland. The tragedy construes what egotistical ambition can do to the mind. Key themes of loyalty and betrayal, the increase in intelligence of humans, the way laws govern society and the balance in power between genders affect an audience 's response to Macbeth. Specifically

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    This paper will attempt to answer questions about the audience response to the speakers in the two different modes of communication the author chose to express which are preaching and small group. In the preaching mode of communication, the audience is a diverse group of people which includes, Blacks, Caucasians, and Hispanics. The audience includes people from age 84 - newborn. Although there are a nursery and children ministry as well as young adult ministry, many chose to remain in the congregation

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    Throughout history, literature has been able to captivate and enchant audiences of all backgrounds. Words have an undeniable ability to sway a crowd’s emotions and truly affect them. William Shakespeare, one of the most revered writers of all time, had such skills. His plays are timeless pieces of art considered the foundations of the English literature. Shakespeare’s most dramatic and infamous tragedy, Hamlet, has earned its place as a cornerstone. In the play, Shakespeare poetically writes speeches

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    I thought Alex picked a great topic for the audience he was presenting to. The steps he mentioned for college students to save money are valuable pieces of information. He informed me about things I wouldn’t even consider, such as going to school events rather than other entertainment options. He mentioned you could be renting textbooks for half the price you would be buying them for. Furthermore, I was very shocked by his statistic regarding alcohol and college students. It is just crazy to think

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    Critical approaches to Media Products Assignment 2: Audience Response Date of issue: (w/c) February 22nd 2016 Research and identify one example of a media product which had a strong impact on its audience which you can write about with confidence and enthusiasm. Your example should include connection with at least two of the following theories: Hypodermic needle model: Information is “injected” directly into the audience. Passive audience - More likely to believe the information - Hard to avoid/resist

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    The Effect of Editing and Sound Features on Audience Response in The Usual Suspects 'The Usual Suspects' was directed by Brian Singer and released in 1995. Singer has directed several films including 'X-Men' and (earlier) 'Public Access''. Although Public Access was his first film it did not receive significant recognition, which is why the explosive success of The Usual |Suspects established him as something of a maverick. This film is predominantly a crime thriller

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    How can viewpoints in sentimental matters ever be expressed without the ears of the audience? In reality, speeches are constructed to tend to the ears of the audience and illustrate matters significant to the speakers or society; however, for speeches to be effective it must establish a connection with the listeners and be relatable. An example of the speech that smoothly establish a connection with the audience, while giving crucial viewpoints on a very interpersonal matter is Mary Fisher’s speech

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