For next Thursday - to be completed in Mentor Pairs
Task 1: Mock Exam Preparation using last weeks notes
Write up your answer timed response 15 mins (This is half of your essay)
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"Why
did the 1980s see the
decline of Fleapit cinemas and emergence
of
the Multiplex? Give
reasons linking to the Production, Distribution & Exhibition of Blockbusters and their popularity."
Answer Scaffold:
Intro: Your answer to the question (production, distribution, exhibition)
3 x paragraphs: Point> Example (film)> Explain how this answer the question
Summary: Why Blockbusters are linked to rise in Multiplex cinema in 80's/personal opinion?
Task 2: Lesson Preparation
1. Read through and make notes on the articles and the videos linking to:
Technology
Economics
Social
2. Mind Map "Multiplexes in the UK"
surround the statement with your notes under the 3 contextual categories
3. Connect the answers to the questions - you may have to research more extensively beyond the starting point articles/video (& beyond wikipedia...)
- When was the first Multiplex in the UK?
- What was cinema attendance like in this time?
- What films were being played in the new Multiplexes (name and year?)
- How were these Multiplexes encouraging audiences to go to the cinema?
- Where are these Multiplexes built instead of the High Street and why?
- What had happened to audience leisure patterns that meant 'Fleapit' cinemas lost popularity?
- What advantages did Multiplexes offer cinema audiences and film distributors over Fleapits?
- What reasons was cinema attendance low? (Technologies and Audience Leisure Patterns)
Some answers (but not all) match up & explain (the bit where you THINK and deduce a connection)
Youth Audience
Multiplex guarantees a larger audience
Audience Leisure Patterns: Fashion of Home Video (VHS/Betamax)
Piracy & Home Video
The Rise of Blockbuster 'Event' Movies
Fleapit cinemas sound & picture quality experience and run down
Recession & Cinema Attendance
Audience Leisure Patterns: Shopping & Out of Town leisure
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