You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Directors hold responsibility for audience emotional states and sometimes seek discomfort to provoke thought. This challenges the norm of entertainment comfort.
- In plain terms
- You are responsible for how your movie makes people feel.
- What can you take from it?
- Intentionally design audience feelings for thematic effect.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you want viewers to feel?
- Is discomfort a valid goal?
Another view
Constant discomfort can alienate general audiences.
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