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Coursework preliminary exercise

                                  Statement of intent  I plan to make a 60 second fantasy TV drama scene called 'The Chase'. My fantasy drama consists of a chase between 2 characters, a faceless character who plans to taunt the helpless victim a 15-year old  school girl . The scene is set in a isolated  unnamed forest/field  area I plan to film when its cloudy to set the scene of enigma and to emphasise the plot a chase. It will start of as a harmless walk past a forest trying to make her ways back home.  She then begins to here a weird sound coming from the forest, her curiosity gets the best of her and she reluctantly walks closer to seek discovery. She then enters deeper into the forest and a dark figure is seen and the chase begins. The girl will be dressed in casually clothing and the chase will take place in a walking trail in the beginning but then shifts into a forest. I will film the chase within 8 scenes with my filming consisting of a variety of shots but majority

I, Daniel Blake

  1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters?  Independent cinema are low budget films and they are very different from blockbusters as they are produced and distributed small companies and often funded by public service broadcasts,lottery funding or public money. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about?  I,Daniel Blake is about a man who loses his job due to a heart attack which means he needs to go on benefits but couldn't claim them, along the way he meets a single mother who is having trouble settling into the town. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important?  Ken Loach directed I,Daniel Blake and it's important because the film is meant to expose and educate people on the things that people in society go through, it brings to light hat politicians what to hide. 4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least  three  different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and  how  they targeted their audien

Black Widow

  1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow.  Black Widow was created by Walt Disney Studios. 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow?  Conglomerate ownership is when a major media company owns  subsidiaries . 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? -High quality  - range special effects -famous actors - setting exotic locations 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. - Billboards  - Interviews with stars  - Social media  5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office? The production budget for the film was $200 million and it made $379 million at the box office.  6) Would you consider Black Widow a successful Hollywood blockbuster? Why?  I'd cons

film industry: intro Marvel and MCU

  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? At the time of this article, there were 22 films. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? MCU films have made $18.2 billion according to this article. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Sony owns the rights to Spiderman but have agreed on a partnership that allows Tom Holland's Spiderman to appear in MCU films, while Sony retains the rights to the character. 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? The Fantastic Four series and the X-Men are owned to 20th Century Fox. 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney has announced plans for several new Marvel TV serie

reception theory blog task

    1)  What is the  preferred readin g of a media text? The preferred reading of a media text is the meaning that the producer intends to communicate.  2) What is the  oppositional reading  of a media text? The oppositional reading of a media text is when the audience rejects the preferred reading and makes up their own meaning. 3) How does the Harry Brown trailer  position the audience to respond  to the teenage characters in the film? The trailer may position the audience to respond to teenage characters as careless and a menace to society. 4) Why might  young people reject this reading  and  construct an oppositional reading  of the trailer? Young people may disagree with this reading as they are more aware about why people in the same age group act a certain way. This will allow them to construct a oppositional reading of the trailer siding with the "misbehaved" as they can reason/ sympathize with them. 5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using  pr