Content Analysis of Film Distribution in Norwich

On the 22nd and 23rd of November (Saturday and Sunday) 29 films were being exhibited between 4 cinemas; The Odeon, Vue, Cinema City and Hollywood Cinema. Here is a list of those films.

Quantum of Solace - UK
Max Payne - Canadian
High School Musical 3: Senior Year - US
Zach And Miri Make A Porno - US
Ghost Town - US
Body Of Lies - US
Burn After Reading - US
Choke - US
Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian - UK
Easy Virtue - UK
Igor – US
Mamma Mia! - US
My Best Friend’s Girl - US
Pride And Glory - US
Quarantine - US
Saw V - US
Scar 3-D - US
Make It Happen - US
Ghosts of East Anglia - UK
Heidi - US
W. - US
Waltz With Bashir – Foreign Language Film
The Baader – Meinhof Complex – Foreign Language Film
Young @ Heart - US
A Taste Of Honey - UK
Met. Opera: La Damnation De Faust – Foreign Language Film
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - UK
Brideshead Revisited - UK
Space Chimps - US

Over this particular weekend, 17 of these films were being shown at the Odeon, 11 were shown at Vue, 9 at Cinema City and 8 at Hollywood Cinema. 63% of the

It has been accurately stated that Hollywood films are becoming more and more like advanced computer games. The two mediums, action films and computer games feed off each others violent themes. Violence is becoming a more increasingly popular way of dealing with conflicts and American films definitely have something to do with this. The action films are filled with stereotyped, strong men who often manage to solve their problems with fights and violent behaviour. These films are sometimes then made into video games. By producing merchandise, including video games, it promotes the idea that the violence within the film is not a bad thing, but a realistic feature of life. It becomes apparent to the audiences (mostly teenage boys) that it is alright to be violent towards people.
24% of the exhibited films were British films. It would seem to make sense that in a British cinema, the vast majority of films shown would be British, but this is obviously not the case.
If the Hollywood Film industry continues to grow, there may be a time in the future when British film makers won’t have any business left. This would have a huge affect on certain people in Britain; directors, actors, producers, make-up artists, technicians and costume designers would lose their jobs in the film industry. Audiences would only ever be able to view films with other cultures’ beliefs and values.