Film distribution through the internet has little influence over movie theatres

Just like sharing and downloading music online, the availability of films online is used widely by internet users even though we know most of time we are doing illegal acts. Although it is illegal to do so, majority of the internet users do it anyways and it is seen as a pleasure and advantage to people as it is widely accessible in the online world. Not only the website gives users the chance to download and watch the film that they wanted to, lists of new films, most watched and highest rated films are being listed. This way we as viewers aren’t limited to the one film that they know and wanted to watch but may also enjoy not just one film but multiple films that they may not ever know of.

Since the online distribution of film is widely available and people benefit from it, the people going to the cinema theatres is might decrease. The experience of viewing films at movie theatres and at home is very different, therefore I don’t think that the film distribution through the internet will affect the movie theatres greatly. The image quality, sound quality, the aesthetic of the film all differ due to multiple reasons such as the resolution of the screen, size of the screen and sound system all affect the aesthetic of films. But the difference isn’t just simply due to technology characteristics. Even watching the same film at different movie theatres, the experience would be very different.

It is very hard to compare the two experiences and state which one is better or not, but what I can conclude with is that through the film distribution online, users gain different kinds of experience of viewing films and enjoy through the process of getting the film and watching it.



-Vivian