{"id":3365,"date":"2022-07-04T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T18:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2022-07-04T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:06:25","slug":"entertainment-is-a-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/entertainment-is-a-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment Is A Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" data-attachment-id=\"3370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/entertainment-is-a-craft\/craft\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?fit=2000%2C1271&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1271\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"craft\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?fit=1024%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?resize=1024%2C651&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?resize=1024%2C651&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I discern entertainment as a craft instead of an art because it has a goal. If we forget that it has a goal, or we ignore the responsibility to the audience we don&#8217;t do what we&#8217;re supposed to. We&#8217;re supposed to entertain. We sign up for it and we come through as heros with as much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-dirty-secret-of-entertainment\/\">consistency<\/a> as possible. That means refining the product, but also being as agile as we need to be to adjust to incoming situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Performance is an art. It&#8217;s okay to be a performer who does it for ourselves or to express the inexpressible, but entertainment is not about being subjective. It&#8217;s about capturing the audience and giving them a rewarding experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discern entertainment as a craft instead of an art because it has a goal. If we forget that it has a goal, or we ignore the responsibility to the audience we don&#8217;t do what we&#8217;re supposed to. We&#8217;re supposed to entertain. We sign up for it and we come through as heros with as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/craft.jpg?fit=2000%2C1271&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-Sh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3237,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/where-the-doing-happens\/","url_meta":{"origin":3365,"position":0},"title":"Where The Doing Happens","author":"scot","date":"December 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend called me and asked what to do with his event. 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