In the Hollywood movie industry , a four-quadrant movie “quadrants” of the moviegoing audience: both male and female, and both over- and under-25s. [1] Movies are at least two such quadrants, and most tent-movies are four-quadrant movies. A film is often correlated to the number of quadrants, the film is expected to reach, and is less often than not. [2]
Although four-quadrant movies are generally family-friendly , this is not a requirement. [3] Some other genres meeting this may be romantic (such as Titanic and Meet the Parents ) or horror films ( The Exorcist ), gold be crowd-pleasing in nature, [4] [5] such as high-profile action films gold adaptations of popular novels. Four-quadrant movies often have both adult and child protagonists. [6] They are often built on a ” high-concept ” premise with well-delineated heroes and villains, with emotion, action and danger present in the story. [7]
See also
- Family movie
- Blockbuster (entertainment)
- Tent-pole movie
References
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- Jump up^ “10 Great Quadrant Movies Screenwriters Can Learn From” . Industrial Scripts . September 28, 2013 . Retrieved 7 December 2014 .
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