Spectacle: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
(Fixed image/caption markup)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{trope}}
{{trope}}
[[File:final_fantasy_x2_concert.jpg|link=Final Fantasy X 2|right|Arena concerts are all about this.]]
[[File:final_fantasy_x2_concert.jpg|link=Final Fantasy X 2|frame|Arena concerts are all about this.]]



All forms of showing off in a work, to wow the audience. Frequently used to set the mood and serve the [[Rule of Cool]].
All forms of showing off in a work, to wow the audience. Frequently used to set the mood and serve the [[Rule of Cool]].

Revision as of 00:27, 13 January 2014

Arena concerts are all about this.

All forms of showing off in a work, to wow the audience. Frequently used to set the mood and serve the Rule of Cool.

For example, for Live Action TV, this includes scenery, lighting, props, costuming, makeup, background music, sound effects, and Special Effects in general. For Comic Books, it includes things like coloring and lettering. And so on.

The name comes from Aristotle's Poetics and is used more broadly here. He considered using spectacle to cover deficiencies in plot and character a flaw. If they are just in addition to good plots and characters, then these are just a bonus.

Not to be confused with Glasses Tropes.


Tropes:

Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Spectacle?oldid=559269"