Thursday 17 November 2011

Early Footage For Audience Feedback


This clip is a recording of the trailer and not the introduction. It was filmed in an abandoned house and the first scene is when he goes looking for his son "Alex". 

Due to the lack of clips filmed, other clips form previous trailers made and other clips where added in. These clips where put together to show how the clips will eventually role into a montage. The clips that weren't filmed for this trailer, were added to show how the trailer will run and give the audience more of an idea to how our  final trailer will end up. 
In this clip there are scenes from are new film, Big Fat Sweaty Coppers, and clips filmed for the mer purpose of giving the audience a better idea. 

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Cinema attendance

UK Cinema Attendances

Shown below is a table charting the progress of The Uk cinema attendances.


 
1951
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
2009
1365 m
449m
176m
84m
89m
124m
173m


As you can see there is a steady decline from the year 1951 to 1991 with only a slight rise in attendances during the early 2000's. The decline is a result of many factors, he television being most notable. TV's were commercially available from the 1920's, yet very few people had them, many people were content with a wireless. This however changed, the early 1950's saw a dramatic rise in families with televisions, and this is due to The Queen’s Coronation, which took place in 1953. As you can see in the table above in 1951 cinema attendances went down, this can be directly attributed to the rise of the television. The popular demand for televisions led to the continual decline of cinema attendances.


The economy also has an effect on cinema attendance. In the current economic climate
  Peoples high standards of living have decrease because of the poor economy and the
 Recession, Cinema ticket sales have been affected due to people standards of living dropping. 
Many cinemas around the UK are independent businesses; this means that they can close down if sales are low. The lack of money in turn led to the degradation of facilities which again led to attendances plummeting even lower. In recent years Cinemas have joined with each other creating a more stable and facility efficient business. The raised standards of Cinema's nowadays had led to a more positive reputation.

Technology also has an effect on the cinemas in a positive and negative way. For instance new technology for the home such as HD television and sky, has made cinema tickets decrease but new technology in film making has lead to there being a n increase in ticket sales. A great movie for this is "Avatar". Also 3D helped boast the cinema ticket sales. 

 
 



UK cinema screens
Average number of screens open during the year
1911
:
1936
4,500:
1961
2,711
1986
1,289
1912
4,000
1937
4,600
1962
2,421
1987
1,295
1913
:
1938
4,700
1963
2,181
1988
1,416
1914
3,170
1939
4,800
1964
2,057
1989
1,559
1915
3,300
1940
4,600
1965
1,971
1990
1,685
1916
3,450
1941
4,415
1966
1,847
1991
1,789
1917
3,600
1942
4,492
1967
1,736
1992
1,845
1918
3,750
1943
4,569
1968
1,631
1993
1,890
1919
3,925
1944
4,646
1969
1,581
1994
1,969
1920
3,941
1945
4,723
1970
1,529
1995
2,052
1921
4,100
1946
4,705
1971
1,482
1996
2,215
1922
4,125
1947
4,710
1972
1,450
1997
2,383
1923
4,150
1948
4,706
1973
1,530
1998
2,638
1924
4,150
1949
4,800
1974
1,535
1999
2,825
1925
4,100
1950
4,583
1975
1,530
2000
3,039
1926
4,041
1951
4,581
1976
1,525
2001
3,248
1927
3,995
1952
4,568
1977
1,510
2002
3,402
1928
3,760
1953
4,542
1978
1,519
2003
3,433
1929
4,561
1954
4,509
1979
1,564
2004
3,475
1930
5,361
1955
4,483
1980
1,576
2005
3,486
1931
5,090
1956
4,391
1981
1,533
2006
3,569
1932
4,825
1957
4,194
1982
1,439
2007
3,596
1933
4,570
1958
3,996
1983
1,304


1934
4,305
1959
3,414
1984
1,271


1935
4,410
1960
3,034
1985
1,310




Many city centre cinemas turned to bingo halls and retail outlets. The mid 80s was the nadir for cinemas. The rise of home video contributed to lose of the cinema tickets sale.