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 Film industry: MCU questions 1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? There were 22 films at the time of this article. 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? $18.2bn or £13.7bn 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? They created the Avengers films because in 2007 they were recovering from bankruptcy and had to sell their rights to Spider-Man and X-Men. Since they still owned the other superhero's from the Avengers they ended up using the first MCU films to introduce these characters. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Sony now own Spider-Man but they made a partnership with marvel that allows Tom Holland's Spider-Man to appear in the MCU films. Sony however have the rights for the actual character.  5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? The Fantastic Four and the X-Men are both owned by 21...

1) First blog task - 10 questions 2) Denotation and Connotation 3) Introduction to Photoshop: fruit bowls 4) Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things 5) Camerawork: shots and angles 6) Camera movement and editing 7) Blog feedback and learner response

1) What is a  conglomerate  in the media industry? Conglomerates are the big media companies  2) What is a  subsidiary ? Subsidiary are the smaller media companies that are brought 3) What are the benefits for media companies of  vertical integration ? The benefits of vertical integration are that the company has full ownership over all the processes for producing the media content. This makes it so that the company makes more profit. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of  horizontal integration ? The benefits of horizontal integration are that the company makes more money as they have brought the other company so they have two streams of income. It also eliminates the competition between the companies as they both now make income for the same company. In addition, if one company fails they have the other one to still make money. 5) Give  three  examples of media companies or brands that have used  synergy  to maximise their pr...

  1) Write a definition of a  passive  audience A passive audience is when the audience takes in and accepts all the information that is given to them. 2)  Write a definition of an  active  audience An active audience interacts with the media and chooses what it wants to believe and accept. 3) Write a definition of the  hypodermic needle  theory: A theory is that audiences are passive and ingest the information as if injected.  4) Write down a  media product  (e.g. TV show, newspaper or videogame)   for each category of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory and  WHY  it fits that particular audience use/gratification. The first one is done for you:  INFORMATION/SURVEILLANCE:  Media text - The Times newspaper  > Why: It tells audiences important information about politics, the world and more. PERSONAL IDENTITY: Media text- Brooklyn 99   > Why: A lot of people have an office or...

 1)  I am missing the 'index so far' and I haven't completed the 'camerawork- Doctor Who '. 2)  This week to get my tracker all green I need to complete the Doctor Who camerawork task and do the index. 3) This half-term I am going to try make flashcards, try to do he grade 8/9 extension task on the blog and I will put in more effort in my blog tasks and in lesson.

  WWW This is a good first assessment in GCSE Media, well done! EBI Read the questions carefully! This has cost you in question 5. Also make sure you avoid repetition- each paragraph should have its own key point. Q1: 1/1 Q2: 1/1  Q3:6/12 Q4:2/2 Q5:1/6 Q6:4/8 One of my stronger questions was Q4 because I wrote connotations to the child's facial expression and to the background and I understood what the background could be showing us. One of my weaker questions was Q5 because I didn't read the question carefully and repeated already stated ideas.  Question 3: Beyoncé is wearing a red dress and the colour red in the image connotates to hot or good looking. As Beyoncé is wearing the red dress this means that she is hot because she has applied the new fragrance being advertised. The advert is taken from a low angle this implies that Beyoncé, while wearing the fragrance, is powerful. This connotes to the audience that when this fragrance is applied you will have more authority...

  1) What is the preferred reading of a media text? The preferred reading is  the idea that the producer intends to send 2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text? The oppositional reading is the idea that goes against or is the opposite of the idea that the producer intends (preferred reading) 3) How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film? That all or most teenagers now are thugs and are involved in crimes and gangs. 4) Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer? Young people may reject this and construct an oppositional reading because they may believe that not all teenagers are involved with gangs and crime. They may also know this because they are teenagers themselves. 5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings. A preferred reading may be that the new Big Mac is a whole meal and th...