Seen that brought up in relation to the overly detailed light novel titles. Word is that because there is SO much competition for attention, you have to grab audience's interest as fast as possible or they go wandering off to something else.
Though recently some of us learned about the B stream (https://thebstream.com/) and a few minutes on there we were ready to watch several options just seeing some trailers.
There's a reason it's called "art" and not "science" because it is a trick. You don't want to waste your audience's time. On the other hand, you do need to let the story breathe too. There's no "one right answer" but each piece has its own unique needs, and it's on you, the artist and creator to figure out where that line is going to be.
Thank you. The topic has been on my mind for a few years now but I could never find the opportunity to discuss it. Can you point to a link that discusses the light novel prologues? I am curious as I always saw more of a connection with traditional novels and episodic TV shows.
I had a very similar experience when I attended Obsession with a bunch of noisy teens and I was bemused by their behaviour. I looked at it less as a violation of etiquette and more as a blissful ignorance of it. Some of these kids have barely been to cinemas as young adults and I think some of us old grumps forget that. Further, having attended films around the world I have come to realize that the North American and European filmgoing experiences (though the two also have their differences) differs wildly from other parts of the world where phones, chat, verbal interactions with the screen, coming-and-going and even live-streaming (!) are quite acceptable. Now we're seeing that on a generational basis as well as a cultural one, with the impact of Covid, streaming, etc. on the kids. I've come to the conclusion that if they are attending, spending and enjoying themselves then that's plenty for me.
So I decided to check out this movie because I love bad ones ironically (especially bad twilight parodies) and couldn’t help but laugh as it was just another great example of the “spoiler prologues” you brought up and the whole time I’m watching it, “man Mikhail is right, this film would work so much better without that opener.” Otherwise everything else about the film just kind of falls apart and becomes boring. You could have had something of an engaging insanity-mystery going on if we weren’t already spoiled at the beginning.
Good point about the prologues.
Seen that brought up in relation to the overly detailed light novel titles. Word is that because there is SO much competition for attention, you have to grab audience's interest as fast as possible or they go wandering off to something else.
Though recently some of us learned about the B stream (https://thebstream.com/) and a few minutes on there we were ready to watch several options just seeing some trailers.
There's a reason it's called "art" and not "science" because it is a trick. You don't want to waste your audience's time. On the other hand, you do need to let the story breathe too. There's no "one right answer" but each piece has its own unique needs, and it's on you, the artist and creator to figure out where that line is going to be.
Thank you. The topic has been on my mind for a few years now but I could never find the opportunity to discuss it. Can you point to a link that discusses the light novel prologues? I am curious as I always saw more of a connection with traditional novels and episodic TV shows.
Well I could not find the exact source I encountered once before, but here’s another one echoing what I’ve seen elsewhere.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-light-novels-have-obnoxiously-long-titles
I had a very similar experience when I attended Obsession with a bunch of noisy teens and I was bemused by their behaviour. I looked at it less as a violation of etiquette and more as a blissful ignorance of it. Some of these kids have barely been to cinemas as young adults and I think some of us old grumps forget that. Further, having attended films around the world I have come to realize that the North American and European filmgoing experiences (though the two also have their differences) differs wildly from other parts of the world where phones, chat, verbal interactions with the screen, coming-and-going and even live-streaming (!) are quite acceptable. Now we're seeing that on a generational basis as well as a cultural one, with the impact of Covid, streaming, etc. on the kids. I've come to the conclusion that if they are attending, spending and enjoying themselves then that's plenty for me.
this is great!
So I decided to check out this movie because I love bad ones ironically (especially bad twilight parodies) and couldn’t help but laugh as it was just another great example of the “spoiler prologues” you brought up and the whole time I’m watching it, “man Mikhail is right, this film would work so much better without that opener.” Otherwise everything else about the film just kind of falls apart and becomes boring. You could have had something of an engaging insanity-mystery going on if we weren’t already spoiled at the beginning.
https://tubitv.com/movies/552335/fallen