https://youtu.be/TdknhQqH43w “a projectionist has become an overhead the cinema no longer needs” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214101106″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] An audio response to Jonny’s first point about the paradigm shift. Jonny mentioned about the redundancy of the projectionist, but I’d argue whether this actually makes it any more affordable to go digital to both…
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Should Cinema Stop Illegal Downloads? A Response
Jonny Bark posted yesterday his thoughts on cinema, and film piracy. And I must say, I have a few thoughts myself. The way I see it is that film and music are completely different from one another and their respective industries. Although in today’s understanding, the actual difference between a song (MP3) and a video…
Accessing Archvies
On Tuesday 29th October 2013, I went to the Herbert Gallery to enquire about doing some archive research on the cinema industry in Coventry. I have been interested in the cinema industry all my life, being a daughter of a cinema proprietor. Coventry was famous for having such a booming cinema industry in the 20th…
Research: Dovedale Cinema, Longford
Prewar cinema called Dovedale Cinema, built after 1931, no records in the 1925 or 1931 Kinematograph year books. However, there is an aerial photograph from 1929 of Windmill St, before Dovedale Street was built. 1929 Top Right 1932, Forked road bottom right The Kinematograph Year Book 1942, 1949 & 1954 Rivoli Cinema –…