Ali-AbanGCSEMediaStudies

FILM INDUSTRY:FINAL INDEX                                                         Link to  Marvel Cinematic Universe                                                        Link to  Black Widow                                                        Link to  I, Daniel Blake

                                                   I, Daniel Blake: blog tasks 1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? An Independent film is low budget and usually sends a message. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I, Daniel Blake is about how hard it is for people to live 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken Loach  4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least  three  different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  how  they targeted their audience. Social media and by using quotes from the film  5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film? The Guerrilla marketing on the houses of Parliament  6) What was the estima...

                                                                                          BLACK WIDOW - CSP 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 , marvel 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? Conglomerate ownership is the company that owns smaller companies. Disney owns marvel, Marvel owns Black Widow  3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? CGI - Fire explosions, The car flipping , Big Stars  4...

  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? 22 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? $18.2bn 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? In 2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Marvel - he is in many marvel films and marvel have the rights over him  5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? Marvel 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney has plans for many movies such as  Thor's a...

                                                    Industries: Ownership and control  1) What is a conglomerate in the media industries?  A company that owns many other companies 2) What is a subsidiary? A company that belongs to another company 3) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integration? They get more money therefore get more profit. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? Companies can expand their 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 universal and Amazon 6) What is convergence and what device has changed the relationship between audiences and producers?  Technological convergence refers to the fact we can now access all dif...

1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete.      Camera movement and Editing, Reception Theory Blog Tasks, My index links.      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.   I need to re write my Camera Movement and Editing task as well as my Reception Theory. Then I need to make sure  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.           I will make more revision Cards and make sure I don't use AI for future tasks.

                                                                  AUDIENCE EFFECTS THEORY   1) Write a definition of a passive audience:  Passive audiences are Audiences that absorb any information from the media - my definition  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 audiences are audiences that engage and respond to the media in cotroversial ways - my definition 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:  The hypodermic needle theory is a...