industry research -- difference between art house cinema and a blockbuster

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An art house film is a film that is made with a small budget and for a niche market audience. This is due to its low budget the movie doesn’t need a lot of viewers to become financially possible. It is mainly decided how many viewers there will be by columnists and bloggers because there isn’t any money for marketing campaigns. Therefore this means that the art house cinema do not require special effects, huge celebrity stars or any expensive equipment. The art house cinema are for an audience who have an interest in film making and have a passion for knowing the ingredients for a good movie, therefore appreciating the movie. Furthermore these sorts of films aren’t shown in just any kind of theatre only a small amount of theatres show these films and they are also often shown at film festivals. Famous art house films are Andrei Rublev and clockwork orange. A blockbuster film is a film that is made for entertainment purposes and for mass-market audience. It is made with ‘A’ ranked stars, which get paid a lot to act in such films. Huge demands of finance are spent to make the blockbuster film appear more realistic whilst the blockbuster films have huge marketing campaigns. This is fascinating and thrilling for majority of the audience as they aim to view such movie due to its appearance and story line being fun. Most of the people don’t even look at how it’s thought out and made when the spectators of art house films do. Blockbusters need a lot of viewers to make profit because they’ve invested a lot of money in it. So they are shown in almost all movie theaters around the country to get as much viewers as they can. Almost all blockbuster films are popular and known by everyone but probably the most famous are avatar, titanic, the dark knight and pirates of the Caribbean.

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Page 1: Industry research -- Difference between art house cinema and a blockbuster

An art house film is a film that is made with a small budget and for a niche market audience. This is due to its low budget the movie doesn’t need a lot of viewers to become financially possible. It is mainly decided how many viewers there will be by columnists and bloggers because there isn’t any money for marketing campaigns. Therefore this means that the art house cinema do not require special effects, huge celebrity stars or any expensive equipment.

The art house cinema are for an audience who have an interest in film making and have a passion for knowing the ingredients for a good movie, therefore appreciating the movie. Furthermore these sorts of films aren’t shown in just any kind of theatre only a small amount of theatres show these films and they are also often shown at film festivals. Famous art house films are Andrei Rublev and clockwork orange.

A blockbuster film is a film that is made for entertainment purposes and for mass-market audience. It is made with ‘A’ ranked stars, which get paid a lot to act in such films. Huge demands of finance are spent to make the blockbuster film appear more realistic whilst the blockbuster films have huge marketing campaigns.

This is fascinating and thrilling for majority of the audience as they aim to view such movie due to its appearance and story line being fun. Most of the people don’t even look at how it’s thought out and made when the spectators of art house films do. Blockbusters need a lot of viewers to make profit because they’ve invested a lot of money in it. So they are shown in almost all movie theaters around the country to get as much viewers as they can. Almost all blockbuster films are popular and known by everyone but probably the most famous are avatar, titanic, the dark knight and pirates of the Caribbean.

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