Film Industry: 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 and Walt Disney studios.
2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow?

- Conglomerate ownership is when a bigger company owns other, smaller companies. This links to Black widow since Disney owns Marvel.

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

- The trailer of Black Widow has aspects of a blockbuster movie 
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.

• Posters - Traditional, physical papers that people will come across them on poles, walls etc..

• Star Power - People will hear that a famous actor will be in a film and people will want to watch it.

• Trailers - They may be advertised on YouTube which is one of the most used streaming service for all videos.

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

- The estimated production budget is $200,000,000. Gross worldwide it only made $379,751,655

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

- I would consider that Black Widow is a successful Hollywood blockbuster since even though, due to the pandemic, its still a quite well known film and if without the pandemic it may have become much more popular.
7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

- The film industry in the UK is regulated by Film Classification (BBFC) who give an age rating and content warning for all film released in UK.

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

- Black widow was given the age rating of 12 - moderate violence, injury detail.
9) Look at the Marvel Black Widow website. How does the website help to promote the film? Give specific examples from the website and how they appeal to the audience.

- The website has everything you need to know about the film such as trailers, a brief summary, and posters

10) 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? 

- Audience interaction is an important aspect of modern film marketing since when consumers see another person/viewer enjoying a piece of media such as a film (Black Widow) they may take that persons opinion into consideration and go out of their way to watch it too.