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The Death of Town and City Centre Cinemas
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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
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What are these numbers?
1972 156.60*1973 134.201974 138.501975 116.301976 103.901977 103.501978 126.101979 111.90 1980 101.001981 86.001982 64.001983 65.701984 54.00
Facts: UK Cinema Admissions 1972 -1984
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What factors contributed to the Death of City
Centre Cinemas?*Figures in the millons
What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?1970s cinema audiences were declining
1972: 156 million1979: 111 million
Which of these factors are: SociologicalEconomicTechnological
Ticket sales fallTicket prices rise
Poor sound in FleapitsLimited screens in FleapitsLimited seats in Fleapits
Increase sales of VCRIncrease in TV ChannelsIncrease in TV Sales
Increase in unemploymentRecessionStrikes
What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?T S EPoint
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Explain (relate back to question)
Sociological
Economic
Technological
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
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
What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?
• Economic (British Film Industry)
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/cinemas/sect6.html
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
What factors contributed to the Death of City Centre Cinemas?T S EPoint
Evidence 1Fact / Stat
Evidence 2Fact / Stat
Evidence 3Fact / Stat
Explain (relate back to question)
Sociological
Economic
Technological
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?