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1 ) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? Indie films are usually made on budgets, and filmmakers rely on crowdfunding, grants, or savings to help bring a vision to life. Hollywood blockbusters are made by the big movie studios, and indie films are made outside the studio system by independent production companies. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? This film is about a 59 year old man who suffered a heart attack. He seeks support from the Uki government. He then meets Katie ( a single mother) who is facing housing issues herself. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken Loach who is a director for over 50 years directed this film. It is important because it focuses on political themes and the style is social realism which represents the lives of ordinary working, for example unemployment, poverty and addiction.  4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least three differen...

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

  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. 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? Most major media companies are conglomerates that own a range of smaller companies (called subsidiaries). An example of this is Disney owning Marvel. This links to Black widow because Disney owns marvel.  This means that they can afford to make more expensive films, market them around the world at great expense and ensure that they are hugely profitable.  3) Analyse the  film trailer  for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? Some features that tell us the film was made with a big budget blockbuster is by there being well-known actors and the protagonist Scarlett Johansson is also very well-known. There...

  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 conglomerate is a major media company. 2) What is a  subsidiary ? A subsidiary is a company that belongs to another company. 3) What are the benefits for media companies of  vertical integration ? The benefit is they make more profit.  4) What are the benefits for media companies of  horizontal integration ? The benefit is that it widens the audience. 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. - Disney - Call of Duty - Fifa 6) What is  convergence  and what device has changed the relationship between audiences and producers?  Convergence is the process by which multiple media technologies are brought together i...

  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? There wer e 22 films. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? They have made $18.2 billion. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? In 2007, marvel was recovering from bankruptcy so had to sell of the most popular characters like the X-men and Spider-Man. However, marvel still owned the characters - Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America - so used the early MCU films to introduce these heroes.   4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Spider-Man was sold to Sony. However, Sony and Marvel have agreed a partnership that allows Spider-Man to appear in MCU films. 5) Which company owns the rights to the...

1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete. - reception theory blog tasks - blog feedback and learner response  - audience effects theory- Blue Planet   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. Do some work at home to catch up. 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. - complete any work missing - revise at home 

1) Write a definition of a  passive  audience:  Passive: This is the view that audiences  passively  take in information from the media and that these messages have the same effect on everyone. 2)  Write a definition of an active audience:  Active: This is the more modern and generally accepted view that audiences  interact  with and make conscious choices regarding the media they consume. 3) Write a definition of the hypodermic needle theory :  This is the suggestion that audiences are always  passive  and therefore take the intended message from the producer as if it was injected into their minds. This assumes no individual difference in audience members.  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 fo...