Video

Audience Response Lesson 1

Facts for Exam

Digital Screens:

• Prints of 35mm films cost US$1,500 each
• Digital distribution via DVD, IP networks, cable or satellite are cheaper, but they can promote piracy as they can be intercepted
• Digital means that you can watch football/sports/television/concerts etc from the cinema
• Digital Projectors cost $150,000 each and only last 5 years
• Analogue projectors cost $70,000 and can last up to forty years
• Exclusive Runs: 1 off, Bollywood or foreign films in one off venues.
• Multiple Runs: British Film with low impact marketing, not usually a wide range of publicity.
• Saturation Runs: Massive blockbusters perhaps in 2 screens in one cinema, things like Harry Potter or Star Trek

Multiplex:

• November 1985 Milton Keynes The Point first Multiplex in Britain
• Prior to Muliplexes cinema attendance was 54 million
• Ten years after attendance figures had more than doubled to 123.5 million

"Film Censorship is motivated by fears about audiences and technologies"
Discuss this statement in reference to the concerns expressed about uncensored and unregulated video content in Britain in the early 1980's.

Use case studies from the lessons to support your answers

Revision Guide 2

Please find the second revision guide for the roll out of digital technology.

Revision Guide One

This is now up on the side and is for all of the work we have done on the Rise of the Blockbuster etc... I will hopefully get one completed tomorrow for Developments in 21st Century Cinema and Film.

The work on Boy, Kickass, This is England and Animal Kingdom will follow later in the week or before Tuesday when I see you all.

Please make sure you are using all of your notes and looking back at the prezi's.

Thanks and enjoy your break!

You can also get the revision guide here

Broadband and Piracy