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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?.
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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
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.
Between 1957 and 1987 • Slump in cinema attendance • 915m in 1957 • 72m in 1987 • Reason is very simple...
Viewing proportions - Cinema • In 1984, 49% of population • In 1999, 75% of population • Why has there been such a change?