Global Hollywood and Little ol’ UK

  Escapism

Hollywood domination

1)      Genre movies

·         Repeated conventions

·         Recognisable conventions

2)      Glamorous movie stars

3)      Cutting edge technology 3D

4)      Merchandise (particular Disney movies)

5)      Structure of the companies- worldwide distribution chains

6)      Franchises (making a hit movie then making a sequel)

7)      Blanket release (if the film comes out then it comes out around the world) trying to stop piracy

8)      Glamour attracts UK audiences ( aspirations)

9)      Big budget (blockbuster movie)

10)  Responds to technology

·         TV

·         3D

11)  Digital screen network

Odeon
The top 10 movies currently playing at the Odean multiplex cinema are

1)      Rango

2)      Battle: Los Angeles

3)      Unknown

4)      The Lincoln lawyer

5)      Chalet girl

6)      A turtles tale 3D

7)      Hall pass

8)      The adjustment bureau

9)      Anuvahood

10)  Gnomeo and Juliet

 Out of the 12 screens in the cinema they have 6 screens for Hollywood movies and 3British movies out of 12.

In this particular cinema no foreign language movies are being shown, but Odeon does show foreign movies.
the American movie ‘Limitless’ is an independent film as it is not made by any major companies, instead it was made by Many Rivers Productions.

in my local cinema which is Peckham Plex, it has 7 screens and is featuring Hollywood movies such as

·          Red riding hood

·          Pirates of the Caribbean

1.      I believe that 5 screens are showing Hollywood movies whilst 2screens are showing British movies. In this arthouse cinema there are no foreign movies being shown.
·· Are there any American independent movies?3. Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures) / £69,157,833

2.      Quantum of Solace (Sony Pictures) / £50,627,578

3.      The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / £48,686,653

4.      Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull / (Paramount) / £40,088,636

5.      Sex and the City (Entertainment) / £26,427,325

6.      Hancock (Sony Pictures) / £24,718,240

7.      WALL-E (Disney) / £22,772,269

8.      High School Musical 3 (Disney) / £22,739,722

9.      Kung Fu Panda (Paramount) (£20,044,229)

10.  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount) / £17,958,254

4. Hollywood attracts British audiences by Glamorous movie stars, Cutting edge technology 3D, Franchises (making a hit movie then making a sequel), Blanket release (if the film comes out then it comes out around the world) trying to stop piracy, Glamour attracts UK audiences (aspirations), Big budget (blockbuster movie), Merchandise (particular Disney movies)