January 28, 2017
The most Golden Globe wins by one film (7). A record 14 Academy Award nominations.
These are the “thumbs up” so far for La La Land, the romantic musical comedy starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as the couple who wants to make it in Hollywood.
“[The] immense adoration La La Land has received is an interesting look at what audiences want out of their movie going experience,” says a prof at USC Thornton School of Music. We concur: The Big Screen is a great indicator of social mood in action, whether it’s a thriller, romance, horror, etc.
The trends and turns in social mood really do show up in popular culture — including movies.
If you look closely, you can see patterns in social mood that help you predict social trends. Learn more with the Socionomics Premier Membership.
The Socionomist enables you to see trend-shaping waves of social mood, as reflected by the stock market — and capitalize on them. The August issue looks at the connection between social mood and the repatriation of other countries’ cultural items. Mood Riffs topics include secession and the trend away from political compromise. Read the August issue when you become a Socionomics Premier Member.
