Examples of entertainment

Entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although in the case of a computer game the "audience" may be only one person). The audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera, or actively as in computer games.

The playing of sports and reading of literature are usually included in entertainment, but these are often called recreation, because they involve some active participation beyond mere leisure. The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry.

Examples of entertainment

Animation

Animation provides moving images. Cartoons are a comedic form of animation.Anime or TV manga refers to animation originating from Japan in the Occidental use of the word. In Japan the word refers to all animation. It may contain adult themes and futuristic locations.

Cinema

Cinema provides moving pictures as an art form. Cinema may also be called films or movies .

Theatre

Theatre encompasses live performance such as plays, musicals, farces, monologues and pantomimes.

Circus

Circus acts include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hula hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists.

Comedy

Comedy provides laughter and amusement. The audience is taken by surprise, by the parody or satire of an unexpected effect or an opposite expectations of their cultural beliefs. Slapstick film, one-liner joke, observational humor are forms of comedy which have developed since the early days of jesters and traveling minstrels.

Comics

Comics comprise of text and drawings which convey an entertaining narrative. Several famous comics revolve around super heroes such as Superman, Batman. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are two publishers of comic books. Manga is the Japanese word for comic and print cartoons.Caricature is a graphical entertainment. The purpose may vary from merely putting smile on the viewers face, to raising social awareness, to highlighting the moral vices of a person being caricaturised.

Dance

Dance refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Dance includes ballet, cancan, charleston, Highland fling, folk dance, sun dance, modern dance, polka and many more..,

Reading

Reading comprises the interpretation of written symbols.An author, poet or playwright sets out a composition for publication to provide education or diversion for the reader. The format includes paperback or hard cover books, magazines, periodicals, puzzle books, crossword magazines and coloring books. Fantasy, horror, science fiction and mystery are forms of reading entertainment.

Games

Games provides relaxation and diversion usually following a rule set. Games may be played by one person for their own entertainment, or by a group games. Games may be played for achievement or monetary benefit such as gambling or bingo. Racing, chess or checkers may develop physical or mental prowess. Games may be geared for children, or may be played outdoors such as lawn bowling. Equipment may be necessary to play the game such as a deck of cards for card games, or a board and markers for board games such as Monopoly, or backgammon. A few may be ball games, Blind man's bluff, board games, card games, children's games, Croquet, Frisbee, Hide and seek, Number games, Paintball, and Video games to name a few.

Music

Music is an art form combining rhythm, melody, harmony and/or vocals for entertainment, ceremonial or religious purposes.

Other forms of Entertainment

Corporate Entertainment and Conventions arise from an industrial or business setting for clients and or staff. Lecture,Magic, Morris,dancers entertain in the grounds of Wells Cathedral, Wells, EnglandMass media,Revue,Television Radio.

See also

Leisure

Osamu Tezuka

History of Film

Broadway theatre

West End

Philip Astley-father of the modern circus

Literature .

ANIMATION

Welcome to Animation Library

Welcome to the NEW Animation Library, a site featuring over 13,748 free animations for you to use on your website or send as digital postcards using our powerful Postcard Station. While you are browsing the Animation Library, you can listen to great music by using the Jukebox. To navigate our site, just use the Links in the menu below and on the sidebar to select animation you want to see. You can also search our free animations using the search box above. Enjoy your visit!

Poll: How often do you watch animations?

You'd be surprised how many animators don't actually watch animations, or very rarely watch animations - whether it's online-only web shorts, afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons, animated feature films, or the nonstop cartoon deluge of Cartoon Network or Toon Disney. Maybe they don't want to run the risk of copying someone else's idea, or maybe they're just not interested in what's on the boob tube and are more focused on producing what they really want to see. Then again, some of us can't seem to stop watching; where do you fall in between?

WorkAround for the Flash/ ActiveX Activation Issue in IE6+

I admit, as a Firefox user, I tend not to think about Internet Explorer issues until I'm testing web pages for cross-browser compatibility and want to make sure that they work properly in all browsers and across all platforms. Since Flash keeps everything self-contained in an SWF file that works just about anywhere, you'd think that testing Flash web pages and animations wouldn't create any problems, right? Wrong.

Internet Explorer versions 6.0 and higher have an annoying little extra built in: Flash and most ActiveX controls can't be used when embedded in the page, unless the user actively chooses to click on them. Mousing over the embedded SWF will highlight it with a grey bounding box, with a small error message that states that you must click the control to activate it. Only after clicking does that grey bounding box disappear, and only then is the active content of the SWF accessible. While it's only one extra step, it can add a level of irritation to an otherwise intuitive design, and even annoy users into not clicking anything at all. But there's no reason to despair - not when a simple JavaScript can remove that problem in a matter of moments.

Poll: How do you feel about Flash?

Some people are Flash gurus; some won't even allow their browser to display anything Flash-related and will automatically block any movies, applets, etc. from playing. Because of its multiple uses and long history, though, Flash seems to be everywhere - and unless something unlikely arises to oust it from its position, it isn't going anywhere. How do you feel about Flash?

Poll: How do you feel about Flash?

I love Flash and use it for everything I can. I use Flash for animation, but nothing else. I use Flash for web design, but nothing else. I use Flash for applications, but nothing else. I use Flash for various things, but only where it's useful. I don't like Flash much, but will use it if there's no other alternative. I like Flash, but avoid it due to the security vulnerabilities. I can't stand Flash, period. Other (will explain in comments).