What makes a film entertaining?

Of course this depends on the viewer, everyone has their own tastes and interests, we can look at measuring the entertainment value of a film with some agreed opinion — box office numbers can be an indication of popularity and over time the general consensus in the general public means we can say;

“Yes that was an entertaining film!”

However,

• If a film is not entertaining the audiences, word of mouth spreads and people start forming a negative judgement on it.
• If attendance of the screenings in cinemas or online is low then it is then considered a flop.
• If respected film critics write bad reviews or give low ratings then this also influences general opinion on a film’s entertainment value.

As a film producer, I believe in good “production value”, if the film is well made then the target audience will be entertained!

Production value includes many factors, simply listed;

• Budget / financing — basically the bigger the budget the more possibilities for the end result, smaller budgets can also create entertaining films in certain genres and a good production team can work with any budget.
• Script — this is fine art bringing a communication of a vision or idea to the screen — good storytelling…