This document discusses film audience responses and alignment. It asks the reader to find a film that evokes an audience response rather than a spectator response. It also asks how the reader is aligned with the character Pyle in the opening scene and if this changes throughout. Key concepts discussed include micro and macro alignment, spectator versus audience response, and preferred, negotiated, and oppositional readings.

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7. Quick Task
Find a film which evokes an AUDIENCE response, as
opposed to a SPECTATOR response.
Think about the conventions on the last slide.

10. How are you aligned with Pyle in the opening? Does
it change throughout?
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Key Words:
Alignment, Central Imagining, A-Central Imagining, Spectator Response, Audience
Response, Preferred/Negotiated/Oppositional Reading