Media Aaron 2011

 1) Type up your Next Steps in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  Revise all current and future topics. 2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1/1 Q2: 1/1 Q3: 6/12 Q4: 2/2 Q5: 2/6 Q6: 4/8 3) Identify one of your stronger questions. Why did you do better on this question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this.  Question 4, as I identified key features best to get full marks on this question. 4) Identify one of your weaker questions. Why did you score lower on this particular question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this.  Question 5, as I explained myself well, but not in depth enough with media terms and language devices. 5) Finally, write a new, detailed paragraph for Question 3 - the unseen text 12 mark question. Use the mark scheme to identify anticipated content you can add to your response and make sure you refer to the t...

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 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow?  A large company buying out smaller companies to expand diversely,  and it links to Black Widow because Disney, a massive media conglomerate, owns Marvel Studios, allowing them to integrate Black Widow across films, TV, streaming (Disney+), merchandise, and theme parks, etc, creating synergy. 3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? The high quality scenes that dont look poorly made, for example the helicopter scene and fighting in the arctic. 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 promotin...

1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? 22 Films. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? 13.7 billion pounds. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? To build a massive interconnected universe of all marvel films 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Sony Pictures, but marvel owns the merchandising rights. 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? Marvel - 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+? a loki themed tv show

Industries - Ownership & Control Marketing - Marvel Cinematic Universe Black Widow - Blog Tasks I, Daniel Blake - Blog Task

Half Term 1 - Blog Feedback: Half Term 2 - Introduction to Media Feedback

1) First blog task - 10 questions 2) Poster Analysis 3)  Denotation and Connotation 4) Introduction to Photoshop 5) Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things 6)  Camerawork - Doctor Who: Shots and angles 7) Camera Movement and Editing 8) Blog feedback and learner response - not in this lesson  9) Demographic Research  10) Demographics and Psycographics 11) Reception Theory 12) Effects Theory 13) Ownership and Control

1) What is a  conglomerate  in the media industries?  A  conglomerate  is a media company that owns lots of smaller media companies 2) What is a subsidiary? A company owned by a larger company 3) What are the benefits for media companies of  vertical integration ? Vertical integration is when one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production, and benefits media companies with expansion benefits. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of  horizontal integration ? Horizontal integration allows companies to widen their audience and find other ways to make money. 5) Give  three  examples of media companies or brands that have used  synergy  to maximise their profits. There are examples in the notes above to help you. Disney, Paramount, Nintendo 6) What is  convergence  and what device has changed the relationship between audiences and producers?  Technological convergence refers to the f...