audience reaction
Viewers' collective feedback
Audience reaction is the collective response of spectators to a performance, speech, or event—applause, laughter, gasps, boos, or silence.
The term often appears in broadcasting contexts where such responses are recorded or manufactured: The sitcom added audience reaction to sweeten the jokes.
In live settings, audience reaction can shape the performance itself.
- boosShouts of disapproval
- gaspsSharp sudden breaths
- jaw dropShocked facial expression
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
- tearsViolent pulls apart
laughter · nervous laughter · cheers · applause · shout · groan · murmuring · hush · silence · jeer · standing ovation · wild applause · roar · squeal · sniffles · heckling · walk out · awe
- News Coveragelive broadcast, press pass, interviews, photo ops, press pool
- Japanese Comedycomedic duo, double act, straight man, funny man
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- film remakesremake, reboot, adaptation, reimagining, retelling
- B-roll shotsestablishing shot, crowd shot, product shot
responsiveness vs. initiation
audience reactionopening act
Preliminary concert performer
first move · call · prompt