Homework: Rise of the multiplex

Lesson 4.3.2: Rise of the multiplex
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What are the arguments about the multiplex?
Treat their audiences as 'cattle'.
Money not going in to paying for Ushers or Projectionists.
Too focused on profit (Raise in 2D film prices).
Compares them to supermarkets (Multiplex) more choice. Put's natural grocers out of business (Art house cinema).
Under Staffed, films are not always projected properly.
What is PDE?
Production - Overseeing and creation of the film
Distribution - The company which sells the film out to cinema's/multiplexes. Includes advertisement/marketing (Toys, games etc). A way of increasing revenue.
Exhibition - Sales/profit made from the film in the cinema.
What is the effect multiplex had or production, distribution and exhibition?
Distributors want 3D in the multiplex.
Production - Bigger films (Stupider films).
Exhibition - People still going to see films but not always enjoying them after.