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Fourth wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term fourth wall applies to the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. The term "breaking the fourth wall" is used in film, theatre, television, and literary works; it refers to a character directly addressing an audience, or actively acknowledging (through breaking character or through dialogue) that the characters and action are not real. The sudden breaking of the fourth wall is often employed for humourous effect, as a sort of visual non-sequitur, as the unexpected breaking from normal conventions of narrative fiction surprises the audience and creates humour. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fourth_wall   (529 words)

wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The term breaking the fourth wall is used in film, theater, television, and literary works; it refers to a character directly addressing an audience, or actively acknowledging (through breaking character or through dialogue) that the characters and action going on is not real. In A.R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall, a quartet of characters deal with housewife Peggy's obsession with a blank wall in her house, slowly being drawn into a series of theater clichés as the furniture and action on the stage become more and more directed to the supposed fourth wall. Some of the first popularized breaking of the fourth wall in cinema was courtesy of Groucho Marx, of the Marx Brothers in films such as the 1929 film The Cocoanuts and the 1930 film Animal Crackers. www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Fourth_wall   (3523 words)

Origin of the Name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) This fourth wall is the screen through which we view the action, be it the screen in a cinema or the lack thereof (usually) when viewing a play. The concept of "breaking the fourth wall" is a technique in which the characters interact with the audience. While a break reveals the illusory nature of the play, a crack is subtle enough that the damage is done without breaking the overall illusion. mywebpages.comcast.net /scottandrewh/origin_of_the_name.htm   (349 words)

Intelligent Artifice: Breaking the fourth wall Then there are fourth wall breakings which are amusing *and* inaccessible enough that you only get to them if you're trying to, easter eggs of a sort--say, for example, the responses you get from your units in Warcraft or Starcraft if you click them enough times. Breaking the fourth wall is subjective for the designer. Hopefully she is in some way aware of the concept of the fourth wall, and of the consequences of breaking it. www.intelligent-artifice.com /2003/11/breaking_the_fo.html   (1576 words)

Cassandra Complex: Within These Walls The 'Fourth Wall' is generally defined as the barrier between an audience and a work of fiction. The phrase 'Breaking the Fourth Wall' refers to the act of traversing that barrier, and acknowledging from within the fiction that this is a story being told to an audience. Where is he?" And when we shout, "Behind you", we are also breaking the Fourth Wall, complicit in the act of acknowledging that yes, this is just a story, and the people we are watching are merely made-up characters in the story. www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=109   (1405 words)

Beecher.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ‘Breaking The Fourth Wall' puts Beecher in a league with Johnny Truant and Eden Maine as one of a handful of British bands taking the US ‘noise-core' blueprint, fucking around with it and coming out with something that very often improves on their predecessors. With Beecher's Breaking the Fourth Wall doing very much ‘Breaking', it is with out a doubt that they will surely rise to any situation. Even more bizarrely, again without a break, into 'Burning Surface' on an altogether more reflective note before, just over the one minute point, the band powers up, the vocalist roars into life and the immense wall of riffs, rhythms and burning leads rolls like thunder on a merciless storm to ecstasy. www.beecher-online.com /bt4wreviews.htm   (2378 words)

COMICON.com: GOING CHEEP # 38 Breaking the Fifth Wall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Breaking the fourth wall is, as I said, only very rarely done. Other examples of breaking the fourth wall are, as I have said, almost exclusively for humorous effect. Well, if the fourth wall is the transition of mindset of a comic book character to the 'real world' we inhabit, by realising that they're in a comic book, then I'd argue that the fifth wall is the exact opposite, where real people are inserted into the comic book world. www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=003760   (2821 words)

:p:u:z:z:l:e:b:o:x: wiki: Fourth Wall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Breaking the fourth wall refers to stagecraft, where the actors are surrounded by four walls: three real, stage left, stage right and the backdrop, and a fourth imaginary, the one facing the audience. When a character looks through this wall, and sees the audience, and acknowledges it, this what is refered to as breaking the fourth wall. Wall Flower--Player stands at the edge of the room, kinda bobbing their head shyly to the music, while character dances with all the other characters at the club. www.puzzleboxmuck.org /wiki/index.cgi?Fourth_Wall   (797 words)

Actors break fourth wall; fantasy suffers - The Washington Times: Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) If you are going to break down the fourth wall and yak it up with the masses, why not go for it and lock eyes with the poor soul in Row Q? That'll give him a theater experience he will never forget — nor, perhaps, care to repeat. This breaking down of the fourth wall may once have been daring and avant-garde, but it is rapidly becoming a cliche from overuse. Threatening to break down the barriers between actors and audience can be a delicious tease, as seen in Studio Theatre's production of Edward Albee's "A Play About the Baby." The Man and the Woman, played with dash and danger by Phillip Goodwin and Nancy Robinette, attempt to establish a cozy bonhomie with the audience. washingtontimes.com /arts/20030530-084027-2225r.htm   (1111 words)

Untitled Document To perform in both film and theater, actors often need to present their bodies, faces, and voices to the audience, but they attempt to mask this frontality so as not to destroy the illusion that they are interacting only with the fictional world. When an actor violates this convention, the act of directly facing and addressing the audience is called breaking the fourth wall—the imaginary wall that separates the performance space from the audience. The shot above is a carefully staged wall of tense faces that fills the frame in the manner of a classical painting. www.wwnorton.com /nrl/film/movies/discovery/ch1_staging.htm   (1090 words)

Beecher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The cut and paste feeling I great from Breaking the Fourth Wall threatens to override the vigor of Beecher, and really causes the listener to lose interest in the album early. The only walls they manage to break down are the ones keeping their songs from sounding alike. Breaking The Fourth Wall starts off great, but by the time it's halfway through the wheels come off, only to have it crash and burn. www.rockreview.org /beecher.htm   (488 words)

Proscenium In general practice, a theater space is referred to as a "proscenium" any time the audience directly faces the stage, with no audience on any other side, even if there is not a formal archway over the stage. The side of the stage that faces the audience is referred to as the "fourth wall". The phrase "breaking the proscenium" is also known as breaking the fourth wall: when the actor addresses the audience directly as part of the dramatic production. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/proscenium.html   (264 words)

Beecher Client Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Since their inception in the early part of the year 2001, Manchester's Beecher have been on a mission to further the constraints of conventional music classification. In February 2003, Beecher decamped to Boston, Mass and recorded 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' with legendary producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, Cave In, American Nightmare, Old Man Gloom, Drowningman, The Hope Conspiracy, Eden Maine) at Godcity Studios. Having most recently toured the UK with Killswitch Engage and Poison The Well to mass plaudits, and 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' taster track 'Dead For Weeks' currently on just under 20,000 downloads on MP3.com since April 2003, early indications suggest 2003 will be Beecher's year. www.heropr.com /clients/34.hpr   (436 words)

Self-reference -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Self-reference also occurs in (Creative writing of recognized artistic value) literature when an author refers to his or her work in the context of the work itself. This is closely related to the concept of (Click link for more info and facts about breaking the fourth wall) breaking the fourth wall. The (Click link for more info and facts about surrealistic) surrealistic (An artist who paints) painter (Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967)) René Magritte is famous for his self-referential works. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/self-reference.htm   (600 words)

Quantum Piett: The Ponte Trilogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Very slowly, Sean began to dismantle the framework of his universe by 'breaking the fourth wall' as it is called. This means that we break through the 'reality' of the story and have the characters interact with outside forces- such as the audience, or the writers. Episode 11 started with me not onyl breaking that fourth wall, but completely destroying it as the writers became discernable characters in the storyline. www.geocities.com /quantumpiett/ponte.html   (480 words)

Direct: Breaking Down the 'Fourth Wall'.@ HighBeam Research Byline: RICHARD H. In the theater, the "fourth wall" is an invisible line at the end of the stage that separates the actors from the audience. Actors break the wall when they address the audience directly. But to Bob DeSena, the fourth wall is the line that prevents communication between a company and its customers. highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:106133055&refid=ink_tptd_mag   (206 words)

LitKicks: Metafiction and the 4th Wall The fourth wall is the space between the audience and the actors on a stage, the first three walls being stage left, the background, and stage right. When an actor in a play addresses the audience directly, this is called "breaking the fourth wall." It is not generally done in traditional plays or movies because it would interrupt the "reality" of the story, but we can all think of exceptions to the rule. One character, Toph, breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the author. www.litkicks.com /BeatPages/msg.jsp?what=FourthWall   (1227 words)

XenoCam 6 - Framed!!!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Breaking the fourth wall is a technique from theater that got imported into comic strips. When a comic strip breaks the fourth wall, the characters exhibit knowledge that they are in a comic strip. Fortunately, comic strips don't have to do either one of those, and vast numbers of strips break the fourth wall routinely or as a running gag. wscholars.keenspace.com /xenocam06.html   (271 words)

Anemic Magazine: Beecher Album Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Their debut album "MCD" was released last year and with the effort being the driving force towards their fan base and the media hype was soon created for the next offering from the lads who obviously thought Man U sucked and music was. Now on a new label then previously and the quintet are back with a their new album "Breaking The Fourth Wall". It has to be said that this effort is debatably their most concentrated effort to date, as hardcore tendencies are on the top of the priority list for Beecher with this full-length opus. www.anemicmagazine.com /beecherreview.htm   (327 words)

Fourth Wall Specifically in a proscenium theater, the term fourth wall applies to the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a theater through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. In an arena theater, or theater-in-the-round, all four walls are in effect "fourth walls." One also speaks of a fourth wall in fictional realms, in literature, movies, television, radio, comic books, and other forms of entertainment. One of the first movies to tell a fictional story, The Great Train Robbery (1903), ends with a famous shot of a cowboy firing a gun directly at the camera. www.jahsonic.com /FourthWall.html   (1543 words)

[appropriately clever weblog name here]: "She would only be mine for an hour...A Bantha is forever"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) A question is asked (such as "What is your secret talent?" or "If you could have brunch with anyone living or dead, who would it be?") and each character responds. It's totally outside the story, totally breaking the fourth wall, and gives great insight into the characters that every time I read one, I couldn't wait for the next one. Now that I think about it, you don't see prose breaking the fourth wall as much as comics or film. abeger.semifat.net /000084.html   (361 words)

UK Scene Report Formed in 2000 they are already garnering much kudos for their sophomore album, 'Breaking the fourth Wall' a heavy metal typhoon that packs more rhythmic punch per track than Chuck Norris speedballin' Ape steroids. What makes Beecher a band of such great interest is that they are very hard to define in glib journalistic terms, much to my chagrin I found I was unable to do the "sounds like a cross between X and X scenario", and have to admit they sound like Beecher. 'Breaking The fourth Wall' was expertly produced by Converge's Kurt Ballou, who does a bang up job of bringing Beecher's fists of fury rhythms to the fore and neatly avoids the homogenous/processed US Metal-core sound and creates a very vibrant, clean, heavy mix which should happily distress many an eager listener's eardrum. www.roadburn.com /pgspecial/uk_pt1.html   (5064 words)

Urban Dictionary: Fourth Wall When a character in a story tells the reader in some way that they know that they are a character in a story, that is called 'breaking the fourth wall'. The audience and actors aknowledge this deliniation as a convention of theatre, unless the director chooses to "break" the fourth wall. An actor making eye contact with the audience is breaking the fourth wall. urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Fourth+Wall&defid=174852#174852   (166 words)

Breaking The Fourth Wall - The Sugar Quill Breaking The Fourth Wall - The Sugar Quill Breaking The Fourth Wall, The use and abuse of author notes From: In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie www.sugarquill.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=5350   (2456 words)

Loud Noise # booking agency # artist management # tour production In February 2003, Beecher decamped to Boston, Mass - USA to record 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' with respected producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, Cave In, American Nightmare, Old Man Gloom, Drowningman, The Hope Conspiracy) at Godcity Studios. The station were so enamoured with their performance, that it was repeated on air for an unprecedented second time. Fast forward to 2005, and legendary extreme music label Earache recognised the tremendous potential of the band, and are releasing 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' worldwide for the first time, as well as the hotly anticipated follow up later this year. www.loudnoise.nl /index.php?page=roster&ArtistID=5   (171 words)

‘Arrested,’ ‘Gilmore’ bend the fourth wall - TV COMEDY - MSNBC.com On stage, or in movies or TV, when a character stops, pulls himself out of the action and directly addresses viewers, it’s called “breaking the fourth wall,” a reference to the imaginary barrier that separates the actors from the audience. The most rewarding is when a show slides right up to the edge of breaking the fourth wall — without smashing through. That was as close as we’ve ever gotten (to breaking the fourth wall). www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6340330   (1141 words)

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