ABSTRACT

This chapter will be directly relevant to FS2 – Producers and Audiences for the WJEC’s AS Level in Film Studies. (Considered in conjunction with work on ‘The dominance of Hollywood’ and ‘Fandom’ in the A2 companion book on Film Studies, this will also be relevant to the final exam at the end of the full A Level, ‘FS6 – Critical Studies’.)

■ Undertake a survey amongst as many people as possible to investigate their use of modern film-related technologies. Try to bracket your responses into groups according to age and sex. You should put together your own carefully thought out questionnaire but aim to find out the answers to the following sorts of questions:

■ How many have access to satellite or cable TV and how many subscribe to the film channels? How many satellite or cable TV films do they watch in a week? How many pay-to-view films do they watch in a week?