Obaida's GCSE BLOG

1) Introduction to the subject and you 2) Key concepts (LIAR) and analysis of Film Poster 3) Denotation and Connotation: Advert analyses (WaterAid) 4) Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things 5) Camerawork and editing blog tasks 6) Blog feedback and learner response 7) October assessment – feedback and learner response 8) Reception theory – Harry Brown trailer analysis 9) Audience effects theory - Blue Planet analysis 10) Audience and Industry - impact of internet essay 11) Industries - Ownership and control (Facebook and Instagram) 12) Film Industry: Introduction to Marvel 13) Film Industry: Doctor Strange 14) Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake 15) Audience and Industry internet essay - feedback and learner response

  1) Copy and paste your feedback from the email in  full - WWW, EBI and LR. Audience essay feedback: WWW: ·          You’ve delivered an 800+ word essay and covered a range of very good points that relate to the question – well done! ·          You’ve picked out some key points from the lessons we did on this topic such as the changes to how audiences can access media products due to the internet. ·          This is a great start in developing our writing for extended essay responses.   EBI: ·          You need to work on written English – spelling, punctuation and grammar. As an example, your very first sentence doesn’t actually make sense. At GCSE level, good written English is essential and it’s so important to start well because in an exam the examiner will make a pretty quick judgement on the level you are working at. ·          Think about essay structure and paragraphing. It may have helped your argument to have separate paragraphs for the advantages and disadvantages for audie

  1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? An independent film is much different to a hollywood film . Hollywood are much richer and have a loads of money to spend on films and are the biggest  film company in the world compared to independent films which are films from a country that are not very big in the film company and as said in the name are made independently . An example of a hollywood blockbuster is endgame which made over a staggering 2.7 billion dollars compared to one of the biggest independent films which made 12millionpounds which is more then 22x less than the hollywood films . Another big difference is that in hollywood their are higher executives that decide everything which also means they can make the director changes stories if they do not like the film whereas in independent films the director keeps what they want . 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I , Daniel Blake is a film about a man who lost his job because of a heart a

  1) List the companies involved in the creation of Doctor Strange. Walt Disney , marvel ; (universal studios) (comic universe) , IMAX  2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Doctor Strange? A conglomerate is when a big company owns a smaller company , Doctor strange is made by marvel who are owned by disney meaning disney is a conglomerate . 3) Who regulates the film industry in the UK? BBFC - British board of film classification . 4) What age rating was Doctor Strange given? Why? 12A . It had had small parts of vilence but 12A means kids 12 and over can watch it but children under 12 have to watch it with parents meaning they get a bigger audience .  5) How was Doctor Strange promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. Doctor strange was promoted ; IMAX - only blockbusters can afford this effect and everyone loves it , they used social media to promote it such as youtube , snapchat filters , ig lives and

  1) How many films are there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? 22 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total so far? $18.2bn (£13.7bn) 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films ? Marvel was recovering from the bankruptcy and had to make something with all their characters. 4) What will Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe involve? Many sequel of blockbusters . 5) What will happen with Doctor Strange and who is the main star? There will be another big blockbuster with  Benedict Cumberbatch . 6) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Sony . They made a paterniship deal with disney .  7) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? marvel (disney) 8) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney announced lots of new marvel tv movies and series , also tehre streaming platform disney+ came out with loads of new se