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

  1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? The style of ‘indie’ films is very different to Hollywood blockbusters, as the directors and producers have more creative input. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I, Daniel Blake is an award-winning independent British Drama film. The main character, Daniel Blake, 59, who has worked as a joiner most of his life in the North East of England needs help from the State for the first time ever following an illness. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken Loach has been a director for over 50 years and had directed I, Daniel Blake. He’s never had Hollywood success, mainly because he’s never wanted it. Loach’s style is social realism – telling stories that represent the lives of ordinary working-class people and the social issues they face, for example unemployment, poverty and addiction. 4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least three different metho...

  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? This will be the 22nd film. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? The MCU made $18.2 Billion Dollars. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Marvel Introduced Characters Like Iron man, Captain America, Hulk and Thor uniting them in the Avengers film. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Spider Man was sold to Sony and now Sony and Marvel are having an alliance to Spiderman coming in both. 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? The 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+? That There would be several more Marvel TV Shows coming out.

 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. Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) And Walt Disney Pictures 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? When a company owns smaller companies for example Walt Disney buying Marvel. 3) Analyse the  film trailer  for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? There is a lot of CGI which suggests on how big of a budget the film has. 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. 5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office? The budget was  $288.5 Million and it mad...

1 ) What is the preferred reading of a media text? How the producer wants you to view their product/service. ) 2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text? How the producer doesn't want you to view their product/service . 3)  How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film? Teenagers are affiliated with gangs and violence so Harry Brown is focusing on a type of audience teenagers to watch the film. 4)  Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer? Some teenagers might not be affiliated with gangs and be regular good kids and they wont like the film. 5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings. McDonalds  Preferred reading could include that how the burger looks and tastes could encourage them to go get McDonalds  and everything positive about the burgers on how it looks and how its tastes i...