Outdoor cinema
Under the name of open-air cinema (also open-air cinema, rare outdoor cinema ) is the screening of movies under the stars. Usually find open-air cinema during the summer months often held at central or special places in many cities. However, there are also in winter with ice and snow more frequently open air cinema events. Oftentimes, these shows are even free of charge ( for example, the open-air cinema in the town hall market in Hamburg).
According to the Federal Film Board ( FFA), there were 2011 in Germany 510 open-air theaters and outdoor stages, representing 11 percent of all movie theaters corresponded to just 0.7 per cent of visitors ( 940,000 ) and 0.6 percent ( just over 6 million euros ) of the turnover of all cinemas attracted.
A variant of the open-air cinemas, the drive-in movie, which achieved cult status in the 1960s. Today, there are only relatively few drive-in theaters ( in Germany about 20 in 2010). In the drive-in movie, viewers can watch the movie from their car and the sound is usually transmitted by radio and received with the car radio.
Places
The locations are parks, swimming pools, football stadiums, castles, amphitheater, or similar suitable locations. Depending on the venue seating ranging from selbstmitgebrachten blankets over grandstand seats in the stadium and stone stairs in the amphitheater to a single seating.
The oldest open- air cinema, which is still operated today by the " Sun Pictures theater " since 1916, is located in Australia. Large and well-known open -air cinema events in Germany include the " movie nights on the banks of the Elbe " (Dresden ), the " Open Air Cinema " ( King, Munich ), the "Franken Home Cinema" ( Dusseldorf ), the " open-air cinema on the Town Hall market "( Hamburg) and the " Summer Open Air " (Münster).
"Movie Nights on the River Elbe " in Dresden
Portable drive-in cinema ( screen size 16x8 m) in GER