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

  1) What is an independent cinema, and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? These films are produced outside of Hollywood, making it niche. 2) What am I, Daniel Blake about?  A 59-year-old who has worked as a joiner for most of his life in North East England is working for the first time following his illness. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important?  I, Daniel Blake, is directed by Ken Loach. This is important because I, Daniel Blake, is about a 59-year-old man who is denied employment and is identified as unfit to become a doctor by his society's standards. This is important because these types of scenarios occur in people's daily lives which makes I, Daniel Blake important as it can represent someone's life and finally gaining recognition of the struggles of being in finance 4) How was I, Daniel Blake, promoted to an audience? List at least  three  methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  how  they targeted the...

  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. -Disney digital studios -SSVFX                          -Shutterstock -IMAX                             -iStock -4DX                               -Show risk -Ags Film and TV           -The third floor -Love High Speed -Marvel Music -The Georgia film office 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? A major media company that owns different companies and black widow is produced by marvel the subsidiary from the conglomerate Disney 3) Analyse the  film trailer  ...

  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?  There was around 22 movies 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? $18.2bn (£13.7bn) 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Marvel created films of the characters story from the comic books. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Spider man was sold to Sony 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? Marvel studios 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney is planning to add on many marvel series to Disney plus to stream 

  1) What is a   conglomerate  in the media industries? The media companies that are in control and dominant to the smaller companies (subsidiary) 2) What is a  subsidiary ?  Smaller companies that are beneath the conglomerate 3) What are the benefits for media companies of  vertical integration ?  The companies that have complete ownership and own different companies whilst maintaining in the same group. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of  horizontal integration ?  Competition will be cancelled out by making money from both companies. They can spot different ways gain more revenue from hopping to different major platforms and purchasing them such as Disney purchasing fox. 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.  Pixar, Instagram and Coca cola 6) What is  convergence  and wh...

  1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete. All of them are completed and up to date. 2)  Reflect on your tracker/feedback and write what you need to do this week to get your tracker all green or improve your work in GCSE Media. They are all completed. 3)  Finally, come up with a list of  three  things you are going to do this half-term to help you make progress in Media. To use key media words, Understand the purpose of different concepts and how I can define my answer with detail.

  1) Write a definition of a   passive  audience: An audience that gain different messages from movies, texts, journals and more. 2)  Write a definition of an  active  audience: An audience participating/engaging through media messages. 3) Write a definition of the  hypodermic needle  theory: Taking intended messages that are passive for the audience  from the producers as if it was injected in their minds. 4) Write down a  media product  (e.g. TV show, newspaper or videogame)   for each category of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory and  WHY  it fits that particular audience use/gratification. The first one is done for you:  INFORMATION/SURVEILLANCE:  Media text - The Times newspaper  > Why: It tells audiences important information about politics, the world and more. PERSONAL IDENTITY: Media text- Linked in  > Why: It tells the company or the business if the person meets there...