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I, Daniel Blake: blog tasks

1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? Independent films are very different to Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange. The style of ‘indie’ films is very different to Hollywood blockbusters, as the directors and producers have more creative input – it’s being made in their vision, not in the vision of studio bosses.  Independent films have much smaller budgets, and are often supported financially by public service broadcasters, film institutions and charity funding. They are also distributed by smaller companies. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? I, Daniel Blake is about a man called Daniel Blake , 59, who has worked as a joiner most of his life in the North East of England needs help from the State for the first time ever following an illness.  He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one roomed homeless hostel in London is to accept a flat some 300 miles a

Audience essay feedback and learner response

1) Copy and paste your feedback from the email in  full - WWW, EBI and LR Dashawn, GCSE Media blog feedback – Audience Essay feedback  (December 2019): Dashawn, I am incredibly impressed by your work ethic in and out of the classroom! Not only are your contributions great, you are completing work to a very good standard and you’re keeping up with the heavy workload on your blog! Well done and keep this up in the new year.   WWW: ·          Detailed explanation of advantages and disadvantages that the internet has had on the three different media industries. ·          Great use of media terminology – streaming, new digital world, industry, piracy, citizen journalism. EBI: ·          There are still some SPAG issues. ·          You should add real like examples of these advantages and disadvantages, e.g. rise of the bedroom producers (Justin Bieber on YouTube), decline in popularity of hard copies of movies and CDs (closing of Blockbuster and fewer HMV stores). LR:

Doctor Strange: blog tasks

1) List the companies involved in the creation of Doctor Strange. The companies involved with the creation of Doctor Strange are the following  Disney and its subsidiary company Marvel. 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Doctor Strange? A conglomerate is  when a large company buys a smaller company in order to gain maximum revenue this links to Doctor strange as Disney is a conglomerate that owns marvel. 3) Who regulates the film industry in the UK? The company that regulates the film industry in the UK is  British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). 4) What age rating was Doctor Strange given? Why? Doctor Strange was given a 12A rating (The A means that you have to be accompanied by an adult). This is because the scenes have the following  moderate fantasy violence, injury detail. 5) How was Doctor Strange promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. One way Doctor Strange was promoted is

Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks

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1) How many films are there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) there are twenty-two films. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total so far? The MCU films have made $18.2 bn (£13.7bn). 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Marvel's plans for its films are structured in phases, with each one ending with an Avengers crossover movie. 4) What will Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe involve? We can expect a major shake-up of the MCU, in the wake of Endgame. Phase Four begins with the release of Spider-Man: Far from Home on July 5 2019.According to producer Amy Pascal, the film "will start a few minutes after Avengers 4 wraps as a story".Tom Holland's Spidey was one of many heroes wiped out in Thanos's Snap in Infinity War, but given his starring role in this film, we can expect he'll be alive and well before the Endgame credits roll. New films involving other supposedly dead characters ha