Film Text & Context

Name the films

Which is the odd one out and why?

Film Text & Context

Jaws (1975)The Godfather (1972)

Star Wars (1977) The Titanic (1997)

The Rise of the Blockbuster, Format

Wars and multiplexes•The emergence of the multiplex / megaplex cinemas in out-of-town locations / shopping centres / retail parks in the UK and the decline of city / town centre ‘fleapit’ cinemas

•The arrival of film series and ‘blockbuster’ films

•The dawning of the home video age

Multiplex Layout

From Multiplex to Megaplex Article

1.Where was the first Twin Cinema built?

•Answer: The first Twin Cinema was built in

2.How many new shopping centre theatres were built in America between 1965 - 1970?

3.What two inventions in the 60s greatly benefited the rise of the multiplex?

4.What two developments in sound during the 70s benefited the rise of the multiplex?

5.How were megaplexes different to multilplexes?

6.Which cineplex chain is often credited with beginning the era of the megaplex?

7.Why would Blockbuster directors favour the boom of the megaplex?

•Cineworld•8 screens•Wandsworth Shopping Centre

•Odeon•16 screens•based on an industrial estate

•Picture House Cinema, Uckfield•More than 3 screens•Rural Sussex Town

Give an example of...•‘Flea-pit’ cinema

•Multiplex cinema•Megaplex cinema

Point: An example of an ‘Flea-pit’ cinema is the Picture House

in Uckfield.

C Grade: Back up your point with facts

A Grade: discuss what type of audience would

use the theatre and what films they may show

Give an example of...

C Grade: It is an independent cinema because it only has

small amount of screens

A Grade: Because it has a limited amount of

screens the cinema is limited as to what films

they can play over a certain amount of time. This will have an impact on the type of audience that will use the cinema

•‘Flea-pit’ cinema•Multiplex cinema•Megaplex cinema

Point: An example of an ‘Flea-pit’ cinema is the Picture House

in Uckfield.

Research Glossary• Blockbuster• Multiplex• Megaplex• Fleapit cinema• The Godfather• Jaws• Star Wars• VHS• Betamax• Moral Panic• ‘Video Nasties’• Statutory Regulation