Task 6- Cinemas

Independent Cinemas in and around Essex
Cramphorn Theatre
Genesis (London)
The Cornerhouse (Manchester)
The Orion (Burgess Hill)
Zeffirellis (Ambleside)
Prince Charles (London)
The Phoenix (Falmouth)
Watershed (Bristol)
BFI Southbank (London)
Watermans (Brentford)
Rich Mix (London)
Rio (London)
National Media Museum (Bradford)
The Phoneix (London)
Above are lots of Independent Cinemas that can be found in and around Essex mainly in London.

Genesis (London)
This independent cinema is in East London and remains high on the list of quality indie cinemas in London. Some of its screens may once have been glorified TV screens, but in recent years it has been improved the most high-end of multiplexes. It holds many different events including a remix of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Ghostbusters, a poetry slam, and live art in the gallery. A bonus to the cinema also is that you can get married there!

The Electric (Birmingham)
Is this the oldest cinema in the UK? It certainly has a good claim to it. Opened in 1909, it’s been called a variety of names over the years, including The Tatler and The Tivoli, but reverted to its original Electric name in 1993. Showing a wide variety of indie, mainstream, and world cinema. It also plays host to its own film
 post and production company Electric Flix. It is said that one film that you should definitely make a trip here to see is the film The Last Projectionist, which tells the story of a really wonderful picture house.

The Cornerhouse (Manchester)
The Cornerhouse is situated in Manchester and is a former furniture shop, it is now a charitable cross-media powerhouse. With patrons including Helen Mirren, Danny Boyle, and Damien Hirst, its three screens, three galleries, café, and bookshop bar guarantee something interesting is always going on there. With a mix of the best independent cinemas, slightly more auteur focused Hollywood films, and events such as live scores of films.

Hyde Park Picture House (Leeds)
Hyde Park Picture House is in fact not owned by Picture house/Cineworld, Hyde Park Picture House is a true institution going strong in the heart of Leeds. It turned 100 years old on the 7th November. It is said to be the very best of under the radar cinema from around the world, this council owned cinema has a vocal and dedicated fan-base and mixes gorgeous Edwardian touches such as gas lighting, an outside box-office, and balcony seating, with bang up to date Dolby Digital.

Zeffirellis- Ambleside  

 This cinema screens films which most cinimas show like new films such as kung fu Panda 3 and Hail Ceaser.This however means that this cinema will appeal to a bigger audience as most people want to the see the new big films instead of the small less known ones.This cinema is different as it has a café, restaurant and live music which cinimes like Odean lack.

This means that Zeffirellis isn’t just for people to go and see a fil but to do other events.  

Prince Charlies- London

This cinema screens the normal films but also classic ones for a lower price like £1. This means that the audience is very large as people who like watching normal action films but also for people who loved the older classic films will go. This is a lot different from cinemas like cine world due it showing different types of films and the price is different.

Watershed- Bristol 

Watershed is a social enterprise and a registered charity. As the leading film culture and digital media centre in the South West, they advance education, skills, appreciation and understanding of the arts with a particular focus on film, media and digital technologies. This show they show all kinds of films for education value. This means that the audience is very different, due to it being a place of learning which means the main audience is the younger generation. Cinemas like this are a lot different to ones like cine world as they are used for educational value.

Broadway- Nottingham 

This cinema screens films which most cinemas show like new films such as the revenant and Hail Ceaser however this cinema also has screens for people who have autism. They have done this because Children with autism are sensitive to sound and light and they can find going to the cinema stressful. So, during Supportive Environment Screenings, low lights are left on in the auditorium and the volume of the soundtrack is reduced. And it's fine for customers to move around, make noise or take a break during the film. This means that the audience isn’t just for normal people but disabled ones too. 

Lyntoncinema- lynton 

This cinema mainly screens indie films but also shows main stream films so the cinema still makes money. Due to this the audience is quite large as it is a mix of people who like watching the big box office films and others who like watching independent less known films. This is again different to cinemas like Odeon due it showing more abstract films which are less known.

Rio- London

The Rio Cinema is an independent art deco picture palace which show a mixture of arthouse and mainstream films. They also do a key venue for several film festivals, and home to the London Turkish Film Festival. We also host special events from the likes of Cigarette Burns Cinema, Hot Since 91 and Amy Grimehouse.  This means that the audience that go there is massive as many film lovers go there to see different types of things like film festivals and art house films as well as mainstream films. This is massively different to the likes of cine world as it holds events such as film festivals which little cinemas do.