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Encyclopedia > Entertainment industry

The entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. However, the term is often used in the mass media to describe the mass media companies that control the distribution and manufacture of mass media entertainment. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Recreation. ... Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...

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The traditional live entertainment industry

Types of live entertainment

The theater For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into theatre. ... Musical theatre (sometimes, but not often, spelled theater) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Magic, including the arts of prestidigitation and conjuring, is the art of entertaining an audience by performing illusions that baffle and amaze, often by giving the impression that something impossible has been achieved, almost as if the performer had magic or supernatural powers. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

The music industry: A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A theatre director oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ...

The publishing industry: A composer is a person who writes music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... The Boston Pops orchestra performing on the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts. ... A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ... An opera house is a building where operas are performed. ...

Exhibition Entertainment An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding. ... Categories: Bookstores | Stub ...

The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. ... A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. ... Busking is the practice of performing in public places to receive donations of money. ...

The 20th century mass media industry

A movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. ... A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, California). ... individually-donated time and energy direct government payments or operation indirect government payments, such as radio and television licenses grants from foundations or business entities selling advertising or sponsorship public subscription or membership fees charged to all owners of TV sets or radios, regardless of whether they intend to receive... In the early years of the phonograph in the late 19th century, the music industry was dominated by the publishers of sheet music. ... Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ... Discothèque redirects here. ...

Electronic entertainment

This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Computer and video games A screenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game Boy A console game (better known as a video game) is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment, which consists of a moveable image displayed on a screen that is usually controlled and manipulated using a handheld... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ...

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