Black widow

                                                               Black Widow:

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 but the answers can also be found in the notes above.

Disney and marvel help to make Black widow.

2) What is conglomerate ownership? The definition is in the notes above. If you can, explain how Black Widow links to conglomerate ownership.

Conglomerate Ownership is when a company owns a rang of smaller companies.( called subsidiaries).An example of this is Disney owning marvel.

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

I can tell Black Widow cost tons of money because of the extremely expensive's settings and the expensive's customs.there were also lots of items used in the movies E.g weapons,trucks and cars.The editing most have also have costed a lot because by just watching some scenes you couldn't tell if the were edited or not.They also used expensive's cameras i can tell this because of the high quality shots. 

4) How was Black Widow promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign.

- Traditional methods such as posters and teaser trailers on TV and cameras.

- Stars of the film appeared on a range of TV shows and press events.

- film trailers were released on You tube and cinemas.

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

The production budget of black widow is £200 million and they made $376 from Black Widow.

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

I don't think Black Widow was successful because it didn't make the amount of money it was expected to make.This is because they released it in July 2021 and their was lock down at that time so people couldn't go to cinemas to watch it.Therefor Disney decided to release it on Disney+ however the money Disney+ makes goes to Disney as a whole. 

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

The film industry in the UK is regulated by the British board of film classification (BBFC).

8) What age rating was Black Widow given? Why?

Black Window was given the age rate of 12.This is because if they delete some scene that are containing violence,brief language or nudity then the British board of film classification might decide to change the age rating from 15 to 12.This helped Black widow to gain more watchers.This is because more children can watch it now.This benefited Black widow because the more children that are watching it the more the rate of the kids buying black Widow toys will increase.

Extensions Tasks 

Look at the Marvel Black Widow website and note down the different promotional devices used.

They used trailers and teasers to promote it. They also used tweets from audience to advertise the movie.They also customised toys as the characters from black widow to promote it but also to gain money from it.

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?

Fans interaction is important because if fans come together to make positive tweets about the movie and recommend it to others.It might attract the public attention therefore some people might decide to watch it to see what the excitement about the movie is all about.marvel also inspires fans to comment positive tweets about by making an advert of a fans tweet which made the other fans exited to tweet more stuff.  

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?

They used IMAX screen because it fit best with the camera shape and size therefor it fills the entire screen .IMAX screen are also better quality which helps to give the audience a better experience with the movie.Although IMAX screen is more expensive it still has everything the directer wants.