FILM TV 106A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Francis Ford Coppola, New Hollywood, Spider-Man 3
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5x number of theaters that showed regular movies. Seasonal release: by 1970 people went to live sometimes, target audience was teenagers and young adults during summer. Jaws was released at good time for kids to watch . So hollywood changed to release big lms at beginning of summer: ancillary markets - pay cable. 24 transponders: early 1970 us congress deregulated nasa and they began launching satellites for non television companies, 1975 exploit all things with hbo- uplinked onto satellites so it could be downlinked anywhere. Hollywood freaked out cause it played back their copyrighted movies. Court said it was not crime in home. Sold in us: 1977- vhs- rival to betamax, 1977- prerecorded videocassettes labels. issue classic titles. charge people 60-80 for a cassette. Price resistance- to expansive: 1977- first videocassette rental store opens in la. exploded in popularity. dollar for movie per night, 1979-home video gains market, sell through price point, 1997- dvd.
