“Movie Theaters - US: Consumer Trends.” Mintel. Mintel Group Ltd., Mar. 2011. Web. 6 June 2012.…
This exam is closed book, closed notes. No computers, PDAs and other aids. It has 10 pages and 100 points. Please pace yourself accordingly. It may be a good strategy to answer easy questions first. Good luck!…
Scale Economies and Diseconomies at the Movies: Movie theater concession sales account for well over half the profits at most theaters. Given this, what are the benefits of the staggered movie times allowed by multiple screens? What is the benefit to a multiscreen theater of locating at a shopping mall?…
The second difference between the cinema venues is their environments. At the drive-in, you have the privacy of your own vehicle within which to enjoy the movie, converse with others within your vehicle, and/or use your mobile phone without disrupting the movie for other patrons. Now, it may be a matter of preference, but if being exposed to inconsiderate patrons and their etiquette, or lack thereof, is your idea of a good movie experience, then one might enjoy the movie theater.…
2. I can’t believe I’m waiting in this long line just to buy movie tickets. By the time I get to the front, I’m sure the movie will be sold out; I should have just rented a movie at home.…
There are many norms for attending a movie theater. These include explicit norms, norms that have been openly written or spoken (Straker, 1) and implicit norms, norms that are understood but not precisely recorded (Kornblum, 59). Explicit or formal norms have clear rules for punishment. Creating a disruption during the movie is grounds for ejection from the theater. Most theaters openly state during the previews that cell phones need to be turned off and that talking should be kept to a minimum. Implicit or informal norms regulate seat selection…
I have been enjoying going to the movies for over 20 and have never stopped loving the experience. I even remember the name of my first movie “The Land Before Time.” It was about a baby dinosaur that had lost his mother and had to make a great journey to the Great Valley to find his grandparents. In the end he does find them, after a great adventure with friends. I have always love movies that have a happy ending and also a little adventure. Another story that I read that had a happy ending was an essay called “Going to the Movies” by Susan Allen Toth 1980. In this essay she writes about what type of experiences she has with four different friends when she goes to the movies with them. Also, another essay I have read recently is called “A Century of Cinema” 1995…
|Watching movies is an activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. However, there are distinct differences between renting a movie and watching a movie in a|…
On average, most Americans go out to public places to eat and for activities. Majority might agree that public outings are no longer as pleasant of an experience. Going to the movies is becoming one of the less appealing outings for the general public. Movie goers alike can see that reasons such as, overly disruptive teens, obnoxious gabbers, and uncontrolled theaters are to blame for the decline of enjoyment and satisfaction at the movies.…
It is clear that going to movie theaters is expensive and there is no way to get around it other than just not going. According to the article “Is It Ever Okay to Sneak Food Into a Theater” “The price of food in movie theaters tends to be unconscionably, irrationally…
4. Identify variables that make discussion and decision making difficult and provide examples from the movie. Then explain how your own group can overcome these difficulties should you encounter them in your own…
In a recent study, it shows that three-quarters of adults, would rather watch movies at home, than going out to the movies. (Pew Research Center, 1994) Many people feel that going to the movies is becoming increasingly expensive these days. Unlike the old days, when you could afford to take your entire family out to the movies, now you can barely go on a date to the movies. Another recent study shows that about 72 percent of Americans go to the movies at least once per year. (Screen vision, 2011) In 2007, there were 2 percent less people that went out to the movies than, in 2006. (mpaa.org, Movie Attendance Survey 2007)…
I, personally, hate going to the movies. The prices are always more expensive every time I go. When I was in middle school I could go for around 8$, and now it’s more in the 15-20 dollar range. All to sit in a theater for 2ish hours and stare silently at a screen, something I could easily (and would prefer to) do at home. The only time I have gone to movies in the past few years are with family and friends, as a group activity. The cultural idea of seeing a movie is so culturally ingrained that people actually will spend 20$ on a movie ticket . Movie theaters are probably one of the few remaining “push” innovations, along with magazines and newspapers. You have to show up at a certain time, to a certain selection of movies, and pay by the movie. Movies are highly advertised (although I am told that LA had way more movie advertising than other US cities, which I had never really noticed since I’ve lived here my whole life) and an extremely money-based business. The movies produced by big names and companies are so different from independently made movies, especially in artisitc value. The movie industry is so highly commercialized that maybe we balance it out by seeing the films in something as old-fashioned as a theater. Seeing the movie in a theater also allows you to be one of the first to watch it (except for…
“Yapping away on a cellphone in a restaurant. Weaving in and out of traffic -- at 60 mph. Swearing like a sailor when there's nary a Navy shipyard in sight” (Barker 1). These are all signs of a plague sweeping through the United States of America, one that is almost impossible to cure. A recent poll by “Are Modern Americans Rude” revealed that seventy percent of the population believes people are ruder now as compared to twenty or thirty years ago (1). People in America feel entitled to certain things such as a preferred table at a restaurant or maybe a seat on a subway, for example. This entitlement leads to people disrespecting needs of others and displaying acts of rudeness, regardless of who the other person may be, thus becoming part of the seventy percent statistic (“Rudeness in America” 1).…
The movies are a great way to pass some time and escape reality for a couple of hours. People like movies for all sorts of different reasons. Movies usually come out each week on Friday night and on average three to four movies come out a week. That comes out to over two hundred movies a year and that is just mainstream film. One of the decisions people have to make is what movies to watch. The paper will discuss what the writer likes to watch, what he finds enjoyable, and what he does not. There is also the choice to watch in the theater or rent and watch at home. The first choice is more immersive and on a bigger screen while the second choice is less expensive and more intimate.…