Jonathan Rogers
Author's posts
Aug 21
‘Let’s All Go to the Lobby’: How Concessions Shape Cinema
The thick waft of buttered popcorn; the over-sized cupholder stuffed with empty sweet packages; the stale soft-drink puddles you can’t avoid stepping in – and who can forget that endless chorus of chewing and slurping? The consumption of food and beverages are, to say the least, heavily embedded in the cinema-going experience – yet this …
Nov 01
How Virtual Reality Revolutionises Filmmaking by Jonny Rogers
How Virtual Reality Revolutionises Filmmaking by Jonny Rogers Where some have hoped virtual technology would enable us the ability to create for ourselves brand new worlds, others have worried that it would encourage us only to neglect our present one. Little thought, however, has been given to how virtual cinema has thus far best thrived; …
Aug 07
Cinema at the Foundations of Human Culture
In the southwest of France, a queue starts to form. Progressing forward slowly over the next hour, countless men and women silently wait in eager anticipation: with the ticket they receive, they shall access an enclosed space, which, as many previous visitors have claimed, may radically enrich or challenge their understanding of what it means …