Entertainment
When it comes to entertainment the juiciest stories are the ones that contain a big surprise. They are the stories that keep you on the edge of your seats, watching, reading and looking. As all good stories reveal a secret, an element of unknown keeps us hooked and wanting more. Whether they are true or false does not matter, because a secret and a lie can be just as thrilling.
When it comes to media, there is not one movie, television show, work of art, or book that does not have an element of secrecy, mystery or a sense of the unknown. In order for producers (and/or writers) to capture their audience, a key factor to keep people content is having a plot that keeps their audience in awe. Making them want to continue to watch or read on. Without this factor of unknown, the viewer will turn off the television or put down the book. There isn't something to keep their attention. For example, in Homer's epic tale, the Odyssey, if we already knew the story and what happens to Odysseus, there will no longer be that sense of mystery, thus causing the reader to dismiss the book.
It is up to a producer or author to grasp their audience’s attention and in order to do that they need to keep their audience wondering, encouraging them to read on or to watch the next episode. In order for this to be accomplished there has to be a secret or some aspect of unknown to keep us guessing and wanting more. The best movies, books, or mysteries, they are the ones that get us to the edge of our chairs as we await to see what will happen next. To get an audience at the edge of their chairs is hard, but the best authors, artists, or producers can keep their audience satisfied with just enough mystery, secrets, and wonder or even a big enough twist to keep everyone in rapt with attention. To find movies and television series that well represent secrecy click here or take a look at this article to see how much trouble Warner Brothers had to go through to keep their next hit movie a secret before the premiere.
When it comes to media, there is not one movie, television show, work of art, or book that does not have an element of secrecy, mystery or a sense of the unknown. In order for producers (and/or writers) to capture their audience, a key factor to keep people content is having a plot that keeps their audience in awe. Making them want to continue to watch or read on. Without this factor of unknown, the viewer will turn off the television or put down the book. There isn't something to keep their attention. For example, in Homer's epic tale, the Odyssey, if we already knew the story and what happens to Odysseus, there will no longer be that sense of mystery, thus causing the reader to dismiss the book.
It is up to a producer or author to grasp their audience’s attention and in order to do that they need to keep their audience wondering, encouraging them to read on or to watch the next episode. In order for this to be accomplished there has to be a secret or some aspect of unknown to keep us guessing and wanting more. The best movies, books, or mysteries, they are the ones that get us to the edge of our chairs as we await to see what will happen next. To get an audience at the edge of their chairs is hard, but the best authors, artists, or producers can keep their audience satisfied with just enough mystery, secrets, and wonder or even a big enough twist to keep everyone in rapt with attention. To find movies and television series that well represent secrecy click here or take a look at this article to see how much trouble Warner Brothers had to go through to keep their next hit movie a secret before the premiere.
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