The environments of where cinema is consumed has significantly changed over the years due to the of accessibility of films. Historically, films were once only able to be consumed in a cinema however today due to the numerous platforming services available we are able to consume films in a wider variety of environments. Today far less people go to the cinema as a consequence of this accessibility.  

Today people have access to watch films in public spaces on your phone as well as at the comfort of your home or even in your bed on a laptop. With this excessive accessibility to cinema people are far less encouraged to go to the cinema to watch a film which can be seen as more of an inconvenience having to travel to a cinema and pay more money than it is to rent a film online or even stream through a subscription.

Going to the cinema has almost turned into a high culture as the common audiences today that go to the cinema are often film enthusiasts apart from when big block busters are a released which attracts a wider audience. This can be compared to the transformation of how music has been consumed. For example with the excessive accessibility to millions of songs you can stream digitally through apps such as Spotify far less people listen to music via analog forms such CDs and Vinyls. Vinyl collecting has become a high culture where music enthusiasts spend more money than streaming to listen to music in an analogue form. It has definitely attracted an audience of collectors today due to the now exclusivity of it due to it’s reduced accessibility. Similarly, I feel this can be translated with how going to the cinema is viewed as more of an exclusive practice because it is not as common and todays culture there is a strong attraction towards exclusivity due to the over exposure we experience.

By Zara Bloom – 33751437