Timeline for Is there an industry term that describes the degree to which a body of work breaks the 4th wall?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
3 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2018 at 14:40 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | I'm not sure that "meta" is quite the same as addressing the audience, though the two are related and one can be an example of the other. "Meta" is more about the authors' intent, drawing attention to the fact that the work is a fiction, and the fact that it exists in a wider medium with its own tropes. Addressing asides to the audience, meanwhile, can be more of a stylistic choice, either to advocate directly to the viewer (Spike Lee loves to do this) or to help develop a character (Frank Underwood narrates to the camera to make him seem more conniving and underhanded.) | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 14:39 | comment | added | Paulie_D | This defines a "term" but otherwise does not actually answer the question. The question is about degrees of metaness, for want of a better term. There really is no answer to the question because no such mathematical expression exists. | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 4:58 | history | answered | Ryan Veeder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |