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.

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 
• Blitz Film & Video Distribution
• PixStone Images
• The Third Floor
• Industrial Light & Magic 
• SSVFX 
• Stereo D 
• 5th Kind 
• Abbey Road Studios 
• Act One Script Clearance 
• Ages Film & Tv

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

- When a major media company has control over a smaller company (subsidiary), because Marvel is originally owned by Disney and so Disney is a big part of the creation 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?

• Reputable actors 
• Many locations and characters
• Large budget
• Complex plot
• Part of a franchise

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.

• Traditional methods such as posters and teaser trailers on TV and in cinema.
• Stars of the film appeared on a range of TV chat shows and press events. 
• Film trailers were released on YouTube and in cinemas. 

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

The production budget for Black widow = $200m, How much it made= $379m

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

I would think black widow was a successful Hollywood blockbuster as the movie is known worldwide, it brings in a lot of money due to the high rise in promotion. Also, the blockbuster collaborates with many famous actors that is involved with the franchise.

  

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

BBFC (British Board Of  Film Classification)

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

12A 

It was given to this certain age rating as 

Black Widow was awarded as 12 A rating. This was deemed to have “moderate violence, injury detail”, yet was not too graphic.

With a 12A, no-one under the age of 12 can see the film at the cinema unless accompanied by an adult. It is quite a new classification and was introduced due to the large gap between PG and 15. 

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? 

The audience interaction was such an important aspect of modern film marketing as the it can point out the audiences wants and needs towards the film. Then so, the more personal opinions for the franchise the more film maker can adapt their film market and to promote new movies in the future. 

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 Tik-Tok influencers to help promote the film.

-Black Widow’s budget was $200m

-It only made $379m at the worldwide box office due to the pandemic.

- Marvel would have spent well over $100m on marketing the film globally so the profit level is very low. 

-Most Marvel films have made around $1 billion at the box office. 

-They use TikTok where they enhanced their film onto videos in Tik-Tok so it can spread more to other fanbases.