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Viewing Films Lesson 4

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Viewing Films. Lesson 4. Objective. Understand how the ways we view films have changed over the last 100 years Assess the effect new technology has had on the dominance of the Film Industry. Can you name these media formats?. Can you name these media formats?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Viewing Films

Lesson 4

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Objective

• Understand how the ways we view films have changed over the last 100 years

• Assess the effect new technology has had on the dominance of the Film Industry

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Can you name these media formats?

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Can you name these media formats?

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Can you name these media formats?

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Can you name these media formats?

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Can you name these media formats?

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Prior to 1956

• Films viewed in cinemas• Attendance grew each year (from 903m

attendances in 1933 to 1.6bn in 1946, declining to 1.1bn in 1956)

• Then suddenly, a change.

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Between 1957 and 1987

• Slump in cinema attendance• 915m in 1957• 72m in 1987• Reason is very simple...

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Television

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Weighing it all up...

Cinema TV

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Methods, Pros and ConsMethod Advantages Disadvantages

Cinema Spectacle, crowds, shared experience, novelty, event

Spiralling cost, poor quality product, where to watch

Blu-ray Quality, extras, sound Limited choice, cost, ‘niche’ product, quality?

DVD Cheap, quality, extras, sound, choice

Permanence, storage, capacity

Online streaming Immediacy, cost (free?), availability

Infrastructure, copyright, cost (subscription)

Digital TV (e.g. Freeview+, Sky+, VirginMedia TiVo)

Choice, convenience, quality

Permanence? Monthly cost, capacity

Smartphones In your pocket! Privacy, convenience

Capacity, data limits, interruptions

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Viewing proportions - Cinema

• In 1984, 49% of population• In 1999, 75% of population

• Why has there been such a change?