Task 7 - Audience and cinema going statistics

Task 7 - Summarise your findings in a paragraph and title the post Audience cinema going habits

One area you need to be familiar with for your exam is finding out what audience cinema going habits there are out there (hence the survey) and the documents below. You should now be ready to answer the following questions.

• What days to audiences go to the cinema?
• What are the most popular genres? 
• What was the top film in each of these genres?
• How do audiences hear about films?
• Do audiences prefer US, UK or other nationality films?
• Do audiences like 3D films?
• What other ways to audiences watch film aside from the cinema?
• Who do audiences go to the cinema with?
• When and where are most audiences likely to go to the cinema?

http://www.launchingfilms.com/research-databank/uk-cinema-admissions

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2016.pdf

Task 1 - Top films of 2016

Summarise your findings in a couple of paragraphs on your blog.

1. Look up top grossing films of 2016 - Write down top five and their producers/exhibitors and when they came out.

• What are the big six film companies?
• Think of the dates and school holidays
• Which films are on general release?
• What genre of films are there? blockbuster, indie, foreign?
• How many are sequels?
• How many are blockbusters aimed at a younger audience?
• How many were produced by the Big Six?
• How many different formats are there? Name them.
• What kinds of films seem to be missing?
• How many of the film distributors seem to be producers as well?
• Who do you think are the target audiences for these?

2. Have a look at release schedule in the UK for December 2016, January 2017 and Feb as we approach awards season and have a big blockbuster lead up in the fall. What are your findings?

www.launchingfilms.com/releaseschedule

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Survey monkey questionnaire