Section B - Past Papers & Essay Plans

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The rise of the blockbuster, format wars and multiplexes (1972-84)


To what extent did audiences benefit from the development of multiplex cinemas?

Discuss the key reasons the emergence of statutory regulation for home video in Britain during the early 1980s.

Discuss the economic factors that led to the emergence of ‘blockbuster’ films in American cinema during the 1970s.

Explain the key reasons for the decline in British cinema attendance figures in the 1970s and early 1980s.

How much did the success of the 1970s ‘blockbusters’ impact on exhibition strategies used by cinema operators?

To what extent was the use of home video linked to the decline of the ‘fleapit’ cinemas in the UK?

Developments in 21st Century cinema and film (2000-present)

Discuss the factors that have led to the rebirth of 3D cinema in recent years.

To what extent has the introduction of the UK’s digital cinema network benefited film audiences or institutions?

‘Online film distribution will lead to the death of the cinema’. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Discuss the view that 3D films represent a major part of the future of cinema.

Discuss how institutions are using digital technologies in film distribution and exhibition to create new business opportunities.

‘The recent revival of 3D has proved to be a commercial failure’. Discuss this view.













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