A (New) Hope - COVID-19 and Cinema
Cinemas has dealt with many threats in the past but COVID-19 poses a brand new challenge to the industry. What will cinema look like post-Covid?
Covid-19 continues to pose a threat to countless industries. The events that have taken place this year have brought us all to a halt. Businesses closed for an indefinite period, not knowing when a return would be possible. The film industry was no exception. With cinemas closing across the world and film production being brought to a stop, the world of cinema has felt the ground fall beneath their feet. Now that we are slowly emerging from lockdown, with many cinemas having reopened on the 4th of July, what can we expect from a typical cinema experience? Will cinemas even be able to bounce back? In order to perhaps understand what awaits us, it is important to look at some of the ways cinema has been threatened in the past and see how it has adapted and bounced back.
Threats that have been posed to Cinema:
● Spanish flu
● The threat of television
● Streaming services