We saw a great movie at the local theatre last night, which is not what this post is about.
Although the audience was sparse, at the end of the movie, there was applause, very nearly as enthusiastic as at live theatre. Of course anybody with a brain knows those who had any part in the creation of the movie will never know people clapped.
We noted that nearly all the people at the movie were at least 45 years old and that it was all couples. (The movie was not a romance, FWIW.) Maybe audience age or composition has something to do with applause? I don't know.
But I know I've been to great movies lots of times, and applause is quite rare.
What, if anything, makes people clap at the end of a movie they really liked?
Do younger audiences, teens and young adults, applaud? (I know little kids do, but they're little kids.)Is it only couples? Does the kind of movie it is affect applause? Is it only feel-good movies? Is it only dramas which end happily?
Maryn, wanting to hear your theories
Although the audience was sparse, at the end of the movie, there was applause, very nearly as enthusiastic as at live theatre. Of course anybody with a brain knows those who had any part in the creation of the movie will never know people clapped.
We noted that nearly all the people at the movie were at least 45 years old and that it was all couples. (The movie was not a romance, FWIW.) Maybe audience age or composition has something to do with applause? I don't know.
But I know I've been to great movies lots of times, and applause is quite rare.
What, if anything, makes people clap at the end of a movie they really liked?
Do younger audiences, teens and young adults, applaud? (I know little kids do, but they're little kids.)Is it only couples? Does the kind of movie it is affect applause? Is it only feel-good movies? Is it only dramas which end happily?
Maryn, wanting to hear your theories
