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.

Marvel studios and Walt Disney.

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

Characters in "Black Widow" grapple with the legacies and control of larger entities — mirroring the corporate narratives often observed in real-world conglomerates.

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

It is related to a very big blockbuster movie avengers end game her character is related to a person who died in the 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.

One of the key methods used was the strategic rollout of trailers and teaser clips. Another effective strategy was the use of social media influencers. Lastly, exclusive merchandise tied to the film played a critical role in its promotion.

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

$200,000,000 - Production Budget

$379 million- What it made in the box office

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

No because compared to their usual movies they made less of what they were hoping for mostly because of the Covid pandemic.

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

 British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). 

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

12A Because it wasn't that gory and it did not show much blood or inappropriate stuff.

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? 

It shows that the movie isn't only there for the money and that some people enjoyed the movie so not the only people who like it are the people who made the movie isn't only doing that to get more money for the movie and themselves.

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.

The actors used social media to promote the movie and some of the audience like the actor and not the movie much so maybe they would give the movie a try.