Browsing by Author "Davis, Charles H."
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Framing audience prefigurations of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The roles of fandom, politics and idealised intertexts
Davis, Charles H.; Michelle, Carolyn; Hardy, Ann; Hight, Craig (2014)Audiences for blockbuster event-film sequels and adaptations often formulate highly developed expectations, motivations, understandings and opinions well before the films are released. A range of intertextual and paratextual ... -
Making global audiences for a Hollywood ‘blockbuster’ feature film: Marketability, playability and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Davis, Charles H.; Michelle, Carolyn; Hardy, Ann; Hight, Craig (Intellect Ltd., 2016)This article interprets two key concepts in movie marketing (marketability and play-ability) through an empirical examination of the effects of commercial interpellation of audiences for a Hollywood ‘blockbuster’ fantasy ... -
Response to Martin Barker's 'Rise of the Qualiguants'
Michelle, Carolyn; Davis, Charles H.; Hardy, Ann; Hight, Craig (2018)In what follows, we respond to Martin Barker’s (2018a) review essay entitled ‘Rise of the Qualiquants,’ published in the previous issue of this journal (15:1). In his review, Barker offers an admittedly not disinterested ... -
Understanding Variation in Audience Engagement and Response: An Application of the Composite Model to Receptions of Avatar (2009)
Michelle, Carolyn; Davis, Charles H.; Vladica, Florin (Routledge, 2012)Although much research documents variations in viewers' responses to screen media, the basis for divergent receptions remains relatively poorly understood and inadequately conceptualized. One possible theoretical schema ...
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