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.

Marvel Studios

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

Conglomerate ownership is when a larger company owns a smaller company. links to black widow because it is produced by marvel and marvel is owned by Disney.

3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie?

very difficult to understand the story, lots of CGI, big budget, intended to release during summer, celebrity actors.

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.

teaser trailers- interests people, makes them want to see more., posters- in cinemas for people to know when its released, and famous celebrity actors.- people like to look for certain characters and Scarlett Johansson.

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

$200m to make and $275m in the box office.

6) Would you consider Black Widow a successful Hollywood blockbuster? Why?

no because although it did get a profit, it is not that good comparing to other movies that gets $1billion in profit.

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?

12A, all marvel movies are 12a, this gives a much bigger audience a chance to watch films, more profit.

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? 

This makes the audience believe that the film is good and will watch it, as they see a good review. more promotion for the movie.

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 TikTok influencers to help promote the film.

there are people who watch influencers and they are often influenced by them, so if an influencer says a good review on something, their fans will have a try as well.

Grade 8/9 extension tasks

If you want a top grade in Media, you should also complete the grade 8/9 extension tasks once you've completed the basic eight questions above. Try the following:

1) Read this Guardian report on Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over the release strategy for Black Widow. Do you agree she is right to be angry with the multiplatform release strategy?

I somewhat agree, if her contract is breached and she is not earni9ng more from the streaming, then she should be paid the money that the streaming earns because although flexibility is good, she's not being payed from the movie being streamed (as the movie flopped and she's not being payed enough as expected and there may be more people watching the streamed version, she mentions she only gets payed by the box office.)

2) Read this feature on how Black Widow shot 22 minutes of IMAX footage to give viewers an incredible widescreen experience in IMAX cinemas. Why is IMAX an important part of marketing a blockbuster movie?

IMAX makes the movie appear much more better quality. makes the audience enjoy the high quality footage. if the movie didn't appear high quality, it can break the immersion and overall enjoyment of the movie. (if youd prefer to watch a high quality video over a lower quality one.)

3) Look at this Guardian website page allowing Marvel fans to discuss Black Widow. What interesting opinions do you notice in the comments? 

"The prequel is set after the events of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, and acts as a stand-alone adventure for Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff. This is probably a good thing, as Black Widow has a narrow window of opportunity for adventures left before she suffers a tragic demise in the events of Avengers."

kind of is as it builds on the story and builds some kind of relationship with the audience before she dies apparently.

Finally, you might want to read this feature on whether there are too many Marvel sequels and spin-offs. Do you agree that there are too many Marvel films?

Yes, absolutely, more than 23 films?  That's very Excessive, but it can also be a good thing as it does build plot. its a big story after all. but people have been noticing the amount of movies and it just seems like marvel is just pumping out content for money. audiences are getting tired of it and even mentions how they felt fatigued from all the movies. (I remember reading something about it on a website, I don't know from where.)