HUDA GCSE MEDIA BLOG

1) Film Industry: Marketing - Marvel Cinematic Universe 2) Film Industry: Black Widow 3) Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake

  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? 22 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? M ore than $18.2bn (£13.7bn) to date. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?# In  2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Spider-Man was sold to Sony. The studio made a Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire, and soon afterwards rebooted the franchise less successfully with Andrew Garfield as the webslinger. 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? 20TH century fox 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Announced plans for several new Marvel TV.

  1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies.   2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? A single mother who is not being given benefits and is struggling 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken loach because he has been a director for 50 years 4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least  three  different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  how  they targeted their audience. word of mouth film was premiered in Newcastle and not in London to gain more public support  5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film? Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended the London premiere and people that were denied benefit payme

  1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use   Black Widow's IMDB entry   to help with this -   see the company credits page   - but the answers can also be found above. Disney and Marvel 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? When a major media companies own subsidiaries which are smaller companies 3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? the views in the establishing shot looks like it costs a lot of money 4) How was Black Widow promoted to an audience? List at least  three  different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  why  they were effective in promoting the film. trailers actors platforms influencers  5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office? 379m 6) Would you consider Black Widow a successful Hollywood blockbuster? Why? yes as it would have made more mone