Black Widow : blog task

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.

Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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

A conglomerate ownership refers to a large co operattion owning numerous smaller companies and black widow is often seen as navigating through different organisation much like a small entity within larger conglomerate.

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

-The change of setting

-The cgi

-production design

-and familiar faces

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 marketing (posters, billboards etc)

-social media campaigns

-merchandise.

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

Black Widow's budget was $200m, and 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 is very low.

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

In my opinion black widow was not successful due to it being released during covid 19. Not many people knew about it coming out so it was not really promoted.

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

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

The age rating is 12a so anyone who is 12 or under ( with parental guidence ) can watch the film This is because, most kids and teens like to watch blockbusters and not many adults so if it was put out for a younger audience it would get more attention then if it was put out for an older audience.

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 was able to help promote the film by making sure that the trailer is there, that also made a brief summary, so that the audience know what they are about to read. They also photographed different parts of them when shooting, they made posters, and there's an information about the casts, and related movies to Black Widow. They used Cinema: special link with IMAX, DVD and Blu-ray, and they used Disney+, as they know that many audience like to watch different films their own way.

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?

It is important to have a connection with the viewers because without it, the producers are unable to appeal to the wider audience which will ultimately decide whether the movie is worth watching.