AS FILM STUDIES REVISION

1. The Death of Town and City
Centre Cinemas
Test your parents feedback?
The Emergence of the Multiplex and Megaplex
Film, Text and Context 1972 - 1984 15/03/12
What is another name for city centre cinema?
How many screens does a multiplex have?
Terminology Recap
• Fleapit Cinema
•Multiplex
•Megaplex
•Sociological
•Economic
•Technological
•Box office

2. 156.60
134.20
138.50
116.30
103.90
103.50
126.10
111.90
101.00
86.00
64.00
65.70
54.00
What are these numbers?

3. 1972 156.60*
1973 134.20
1974 138.50
1975 116.30
1976 103.90
1977 103.50
1978 126.10
1979 111.90
1980 101.00
1981 86.00
1982 64.00
1983 65.70
1984 54.00
Facts: UK Cinema Admissions 1972 -1984
These numbers demonstrate _______________________
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What factors contributed
to the Death of City
Centre Cinemas?
*Figures in the millons

4. What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?
1970s cinema audiences were declining
1972: 156 million
1979: 111 million
Which of these factors are:
Sociological
Economic
Technological
Ticket sales fall
Ticket prices rise
Poor sound in Fleapits
Limited screens in Fleapits
Limited seats in Fleapits
Increase sales of VCR
Increase in TV Channels
Increase in TV Sales
Increase in unemployment
Recession
Strikes

5. What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?
T S E
Point
Evidence 1
Fact / Stat
Evidence 2
Fact / Stat
Evidence 3
Fact / Stat
Explain
(relate back to question)
Sociological
Economic
Technological

6. What factors contributed to the
Death of City Centre Cinemas?
• Sociological
– Britain was in a recession
– “It was the decade of strikes, electricity shortages
and piles of rotting rubbish on the street.”
– a widespread feeling that cinemagoing was no
longer a fashionable activity.
1972: UK unemployment tops one million
The number of people out of work and
claiming benefit has risen above one million
for the first time since the 1930s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/20/newsid_2506000/2506897.stm
1979
Unemployment: 1.4m
Public concern: 53% say it is
biggest issue facing UK

7. What factors contributed to the
Death of City Centre Cinemas?
• Economic (British Film Industry)
– Decline in ticket sales meant increase
in ticket price
– Further television channels
launched television ownership
increased
– The arrival of home video (enabling
the rental of very recent films)
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/cinemas/sect6.html

8. What factors contributed to the
Death of City Centre Cinemas?
• Economic (British Film Industry)
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/cinemas/sect6.html

9. What factors contributed to the
Death of City Centre Cinemas?
• Technological
– fleapits poor sound
– limited amount of seats space
– limited screens
– maximum were converted ‘triples’
1970s Fleapit Cinemahttp://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/cinemas/sect6.html

10. What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?
T S E
Point
Evidence 1
Fact / Stat
Evidence 2
Fact / Stat
Evidence 3
Fact / Stat
Explain
(relate back to question)
Sociological
Economic
Technological

11. Homework
• Read article
• Make notes
– What factors made Multiplex cinemas more
desirable for audiences?
– What impact did it have on city centre cinemas?
– What event occurred in 1985 that allowed
Multiplexes to flourish?