A Study On Spatial Structure And Benefit Of Cinema Of Shanghai

In 1908, Hongkou theatre was established, which was the milestone of the modern entertainment industry development of Shanghai. In 1920s and 1930s, Shanghai was famous for Shanghai Night, and the Shanghai cinemas had an irreplaceable reputation for theri dazzling images, and they stood for the top level of the flourishing and prosperity of the urban entertainment life. Accompany the further upgrading adjustment of industrial structure and the high speed development of social economy, citizens focused much more attention on their daily amusement and relaxing, and the demand of cinema had long been kept in a relatively high level.Basing on the full use of materials of Shanghai Culture and Media Administration Bureau and statistics of Shanghai Statistics Almanac, Shanghai Culture Almanac, etc, the paper comprehends the recent year's relevant research findings of the academic circles, and implements a relatively all-around and systematic discussion on the spatial structure and benefit of cinema in Shanghai in the past 100 years.The paper consists of six chapters: Chapter one, introduction. It is the theoretical foreshadowing of the whole paper. Chapter two, summary of Shanghai cinema history. This chapter reviews the comprehensive course of development of cinema in Shanghai as well as China since the initiative of cinema, and focuses on the important role of cinema in the public leisure life in Shanghai. Chapter three, distribution structure analysis of cinema of Shanghai. As the core of this paper, this chapter introduces the structure characteristics of cinema of Shanghai in spatial distribution in different historical periods in detail, and probes into the basic factors. Chapter four, benefit analysis of cinema of Shanghai. Putting box office, number of spectators and screeningsas as the basic index, this chapter clarifies the operation efficiency of cinema of Shanghai since the reform and opening-up. Chapter five, the analysis of the existing issues and development tendency of distribution structure and benefit of cinema of Shanghai. This chapter summarizes the current issues in spatial distribution and management of cinema of Shanghai, and based on the distribution of cinema of foreign developed cities, to find out the underlying future development trend of cinema of Shanghai. Chapter six, conclusions and suggestions. Basing on the detailed clarification of the previous chapters, this chapter comes to the basic characteristic of the basic characteristic and benefit of the cinemas in Shanghai, and gives the feasible suggestions for the future vigorous development of cinemas in Shanghai.Generally speaking, several changes in spatial distribution of structural conditions and operational effectiveness of cinema have come out since the first cinema came into being in Shanghai. This paper mainly focuses on the characteristics and causes in spatial structural distribution of cinema of Shanghai, and put the management benefit for a plane, to discuss the spatial distribution putting the impact on the operational effectiveness of cinema. By means of the review of the development history, it proves the direction of the future development of cinemas in Shanghai.