Black Widow: blog tasks

 Black Widow: blog tasks

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 in the notes above.= Established in 2003, Black Widow is a part of the MOTIS Brands family. Based in Germantown, Wisconsin, Black Widow products are distributed worldwide.

2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? 

3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? =The marketing campaign for Black Widow was comprehensive and multi-faceted: Tie-in products including books, toys, and music were released.

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. Tie-in products including books, toys, and music were released.

5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office? 288.5 million

6) Would you consider Black Widow a successful Hollywood blockbuster? Why? = Black Widow's success is difficult to judge due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK? = the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)

8) What age rating was Black Widow given? Why? it's best suited to older teenagers and adults.

9) Read this feature on Marvel using a fan's tweet to help market the film. Why is audience interaction such an important aspect of modern film marketing? Through these interactions people develop relationships with films, cinema venues, and other people. 

10) What other interesting details can you pick out of the article about Black Widow marketing? For example, you may want to make a note of some statistics, ratings or how they used Tikka influencers to help promote the film. Merchandise. Traditional advertising (posters, trailers)

Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks

 Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks

Read this BBC article on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and answer the following questions based on the article:

1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? =  34 films, with at least 10 more in various stages of development.

2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? =The Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks as the highest-grossing film series of all time grossing over $29.8 billion.

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?= to introduce the Avengers, similar to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's comic books in the 1960s.

4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?=  Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?

5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? In March 2019, Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the Fantastic Four

6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+?=

• Inside Out 2. Young Woman and the Sea.

industries ownership and control

Industries: Ownership and control - blog tasks

Create a new blogpost called Industries: Ownership and Control. Complete the following tasks and reading exercises:  

1) What is a conglomerate in the media industries? =  a very large organisation that owns different types of media company 

2) What is a subsidiary? =a business entity or corporation either fully owned or partially controlled by another company, known as the parent company. 

3) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integrations greater economies of scale, lower variable production costs, decreased logistics costs and quality concerns and — yes — increased profitability.

4) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? .=  involves buying competitors to dominate a specific market segment.

5) Give three examples of media companies or brands that have used synergy to maximise their profits. There are examples in the notes above to help you.  =an advertisement on television might be more persuasive than its print counterpart in convincing the consumer to purchase the product or service.

6) What is convergence and what device has changed the relationship between audiences and producers?= one that, if connected to a keyboard, monitor, and mouse, can run applications as a desktop computer would.

Now read this article about Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and answer the following questions

7) Why did Facebook buy Instagram for $1bn? Answer in as much detail as possible = Zuckerberg wanted to buy Instagram as it was becoming a threat to Facebook

Now read this BBC article on Disney buying 21st Century Fox. 

8) What is the name of the media billionaire who used to own Fox? =Zuckerberg wanted to buy Instagram as it was becoming a threat to Facebook.

9) List 10 companies that are part of the Disney media empire. The graphic below will help you.=  Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, and Searchlight Pictures.

10) Why did Disney buy Fox - what are the benefits? These benefits are particularly discussed towards the end of the article.=

gave it ownership over numerous popular titles and properties, including the X-Men characters and the Avatar franchise.

Effects theory .

 1 An audience which accepts the messages encoded in a media text without challenge

2   engages, interprets and responds to a media text in different ways and is capable of challenging the ideas encoded in it.

3   A linear communication theory which suggests that the media has a direct and powerful influence on audiences, like being injected with a hypodermic needle.

4 e.g. newspapers, magazines, brochures, and books.

5 .  the are Anamosa are good and there really and this was good  animas and the best but was when there  with euchre and thins.  

Blog feedback and Learner Response

WWW: It is great that your blog is set up and you have posted some work on there already. It is good to hear that you  are looking forward to creating some practical work when we complete coursework in Year 11. Your blog work on camera work and camera movement and editing is good – well done for using the snipping tool effectively for this blog work.

EBI: Just ensure that you are writing in full sentences – check your overall spelling, punctuation and grammar even when typing up your work.

LR: Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘Blog feedback and Learner Response’. Copy and paste this WWW/EBI feedback into your blogpost then complete the LR tasks/questions below:


1. What do you feel is your strongest piece of work so far? I think my strongest piece is camerawork

2. What is your weakest? fruit bowl 

3. What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course? I have develop  a lot of thinks like editing.

Media assessment 1: Learner response

1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).

www : a fair first assessment morad you here been able to apply some dentation and identify the camera shot used in the water aid adverb. EBI not enough specific  media timenoguy seed in your responses can sider your revision flash back.  

 
2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question: 
Q1: 1
Q2: 1
Q3: 3

Q4:2

Q5:3

Q6:2

3) Identify one of your stronger questions. Why did you do better on this question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. I like the  questions number 3 because it was telling me a about what dress that she wearing  and how was she.

4) Identify one of your weaker questions. Why did you score lower on this particular question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. number 6 : because I should add more information and more stuff and more perch.  

5) Finally, write a new, detailed paragraph for Question 3 - the unseen text 12 mark question. Use the mark scheme to identify anticipated content you can add to your response and make sure you refer to the text and write in detail. 

costume = red dress luxury health romance lines to petune.  

 

low -  angle connotes she is a celebrity and is pow full and well known .  

Demographics and Psychographics: blog

 psychographics 

1. What information do media companies use to create a demographic profile of their audience?

  


2 helps you unlock new insights about your target audience to map into new business opportunities that drive your marketing strategy forward.

3 the succeeded = I think am this because I like a lout of brands and I am addict to this think and I like it and it is funny.

4  grouping customers based on social status, interests, and opinions

 

5 efjefruieifrrr What psychographic group or groups do YOU belong in? Think about your own interests and lifestyle and explain your decision. Remember, you may fit into two or three different groups.