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 - see the company credits page - but the answers can also be found in the notes above.

Marvel studios-the main production company who made/created marvel movies like Black Widow

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures-the distributer

2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow?
conlomerate ownership is where  media companies own a range of smaller companies. It links to Black widow as Disney owns Marvel which also mean that they own part of Black Widow
3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie?

In the Black Widow film  trailer its a big budget blockbuster monie as they had famous actors (scarlett Johnsson) who played in otherMarvel movies as a lead character another thing is that the CGI was very high quality only meaning they spent alot for that.
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.
Advers on billboards on the main street this is because when people drive past it they can perhaps dicide on watching it or not.

Trailers this is bc it can allow the audience to see whats in the movie and go watch it fully

5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office?
The production budget was $200m and only made $379m while most marvel movies have made around $1 billion at the box office

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

i would consider BLack WIdow as a successsful Hollywood blockbuster as it made over $100m which is already a lot for a movie

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?
The British Board of Film Classification
8) What age rating was Black Widow given? Why?

Age 12 as there is blood explosions in  it which people over 12 are allowed to watch.

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? 

As the audience can make films have a better reputation allowing more people to go watch the film.

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.

Major TikTok influencers typically cosplay as Disney characters as they help to promote the movie. They would also tweet about it allowing it to may become the highlight of a brand-new billboards

Extension Task

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?
Yes as they broke the contract
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?

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

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?