Reflection:
When creating my piece I first wanted to look at the main question of the assignment “If the cinema is dead or dying how can it be remembered?”. To me personally I do not believe cinema is dying rather rather going through a difficult period of change where in society and technologies has altered peoples relationship with it. Thus, when creating my piece I wanted to focus on how cinema how may not be dead as we know it and rather changing. Upon starting this class I had little love for the cinema itself yet still enjoyed watching films themselves at home. It wasn’t until starting this class and talking to other students about their owns love for cinema and how their relationships with it has changed they I discovered some of my old love for it again.
It was after this I realised that perhaps cinema wasn’t dead and instead it was just “dead” to me as I hadn’t been paying attention or showing interest. In my piece I tried to emphasise this point that although to many cinema may seem dead after events like Covid and the invention of streaming services to many it is still as very large part of their life. However, in my piece I also did not want to completely ignore the fact that cinema has changed a lot over the last two decades.
In my piece I tried to explore how our relationship with cinema will be constantly changing relatively to the world around us whether that be technology or current events. However, I also wanted to highlight that although cinema as a medium for watching film may be overtaken by streaming services in popularity the experience itself cannot be replaced by anything for now. There is no other medium like cinema that can replace the experience and that is why I do not think it is dying or dead.
In my piece I also wanted to explore how others who like myself also think the cinema is dead may simply need to find that excitement and magic that is in cinema. I talked about my own experiences and the stories of those around me who found a new love for cinema after Covid by watching new films with friends or joining forums for film lovers.
I believe I answered the question; “If the cinema is dead or dying how can it be remembered?” by exploring how people’s relationship to cinema has changed overtime and that in order to keep the love for cinema alive and honour it’s past history it is up to individuals and cinema goers to ensure that it’s history and the medium is promoted and discussed as much as possible to ensure those who perhaps might not call themselves cinema goers can like myself rediscover their excitement for cinema or even find new fans and movie goers.