Entertaiment is an area that spans activities ranging from playing games or watching performances to engaging in sports and creative arts. It can be as intimate as a one-to-one experience in a restaurant, or as global as a performance or competition for thousands of people. It may involve familiar forms, such as the story of Scheherazade from Persian professional storytelling tradition that has inspired orchestral works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel, a film directed by Pasolini, and innovative video games. Entertainment also has the power to cross over into other media, and many of the themes, images and structures that make it up have demonstrated remarkable longevity and durability.