black widow

  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 above.

• 4DX 
• 5th Kind 
• Abbey Road Studios 
• Act One Script Clearnace 

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

A conglomerate is one company owns a controlling stake in several smaller companies, 

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

There are a big range of different shots including many establishing shots and slow-mo shots which can deeply emphasize the effect of explosions and car crashes. 

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.

• Traditional methods such as posters and teaser trailers on TV and in cinema.
• Stars of the film appeared on a range of TV chat shows and press events. 
• Film trailers were released on YouTube and in cinemas. 

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

Black Widow’s budget was $200m and it only made $379m at the worldwide box office due to the pandemic. Marvel would have spent well over $100m on marketing the film globally so the profit level is very low. Most Marvel films have made around $1 billion at the box office. 

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

I believe Black Widow was somewhat successful as it made a profit but not enough profit in contrast to other Hollywood blockbusters 

7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

Films in the UK are regulated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

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

12a because moderate violance injury detail and threat