Film distribution in norwich

I collected cinema listings for the weekend of the 13th and 14th of march at both; vue and cinema city and answered these questions about the listings.



1). How many films in total are being exhibited?



Cinema city; 5

Vue; 13



2).Select a range of three different films for each cinema. How many times is each film screened? What does this mean for audiences?



Cinema city

The girl with the dragon tattoo - 6

Fantastic Mr fox - 2

The floods of east anglia 1912-1953 - 1

The amount of times that each film is screened affects the audience, because the films are only on at limited times this may affect the amount of people that watch the films as they may not be convinent for everyone, however at a mainstream cinema, films are screened many more times than at an independant cinema which creates more felxability for the audience.


Vue

Alice in wonderland 3D - 7

Green zone - 6

Hachi;A dogs tale - 7

This affects the amount of people that watch the films, as they are on many times, people are more likely to use a mainstream cinema such as vue rather than an independant cinema like cinema city, because of the large variety of times that films are shown.



3).Identify the total number of films in relation to the total number of screenings.



Cinema city

On the weekend there are five films that are being shown and sixteen screenings.



Vue

On the weekend there are thirteen films that are being shown and eighty-nine screenings.

4).Identify the % of hollywood films vs british films for each cinema that weekend.



Cinema city

The girl with the dragon tattoo - swedish

Fantastic mr fox - american

Floods of east anglia 1912-1953 - british

Shutter island - American

The 39 steps (re-release) - American



Vue

Alice in wonderland - American

Alice in wonderland 3D - American

Avatar 2D - American

Green zone -British

Hachi;a dogs tale - American

Leap year - American

Percy jackson and the lightening theif - American

Shutter island -American

St trinians 2 - British

The crazies - American

The lovely bones - American

The princess and the frog - American

5).What conclusions can you draw about how different audiences are catered for in your local area?

From the research, i have learnt that different audiences are catered for in norwich by the wide range of films that are being shown across both of the cinemas; mainstream and independant. The vue cinema, a mainstream cinema caters mainly for people who want to see hollywood mainstream films, however they do show some british films, however they are all mainstream and very well known and heavily advertised films. I have also learnt that independant cinemas cater for a variety of different people however the screening are very limited which may not suit all people, however they cater for children, the elderly, people who are interested in specialised documentary films and foreign language films.