Black Widow: blog tasks

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.

• 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 
• Ags 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 owned by Disney, 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 for CGI and effects
• Complex plot
• Part of a franchise
• Released during the summer

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.

• Stars of the film appeared on a range of TV chat shows and press events, using reputable actors (star power) attracts more audiences
• Traditional methods such as posters and teaser trailers on TV and in cinema
• 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?

Production budget= $200m, How much it made= $379m

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

No, because of the pandemic it didn't make a lot of money compared to other films in the MCU that usually make around $1 billion

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, because it has some violence and injury. Also to allow younger audiences to watch the film and make the producers 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? 

Because it helps spread information about the film, therefore it can gain more popularity and profit at box office 

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.

Black Widow received an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and with a 92% viewer rating. As well as using an unusual method of marketing by using tweets from audiences