Mock Exam 1 The Rise of The Blockbuster 35 mins

Read the Question > Translate the word > Note down what Points are relevant > Conclude your argument > Answer the Question

Time yourselves: Plan (5 mins), Write (30 mins)
Use your notes to answer the question

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Intro: Answer the question - what social, economic and technological factors

1. Cinema Attendance 1975-1985 why was this? ( (Leisure patterns: choice of films, reasons for (Piracy, Home Video, Blockbusters etc) and what age group was going/what did they want to see/part of the 'event'?
2. Production Technologies (Star Wars) & the Big Screen Experience films dominated by special effects
3. Distribution - The 'Event Movie' Hype (marketing budgets), Multiplexes funded by Production Studios to control the distribution of Blockbuster (most popular) films to be screened there
4. Box Office numbers of the early Blockbusters Godfather to Jaws to Star Wars to ET (exhibition popularity of seeing the films in a Multiplex)