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+?=

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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.

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