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Film Industry: Black Widow

 

1) Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Sound and lots of VFX companies.

2) A conglomerate is a big company that owns lots of smaller companies. Black Widow features lots of production teams that are subsidiaries of Disney/Marvel.

3) The special effects, the celebrity actors, and the soundtrack.

4a) Trailers

Trailers have been the standard way to advertise a movie for a long time. It's pretty much a necessity if you want anyone to see or hear about your movie.

4b) Star Interviews/Power

Interviews with the cast attracts fans of said actors to watch/read the interview and then potentially get interested in watching the movie being advertised. Star power works basically the same way as those fans will see their favourite actor in that movie which gives them a motive to watch it.

4c) Audience Promotion

Promoting good reviews from audience members has been quite an uncommon thing as big studios typically push out reviews from critics more often. This has been effective in promoting the film; people would've seen more reviews from the general public rather than critics, which might've encouraged them to watch the movie after seeing/hearing the praise about it.

5) Black Widow had a budget of $200m and only made around $379m. While that may seem like a lot, for a big studio like Disney, it was a commercial failure, as most Marvel movies typically make around $1b.

6) I would still consider Black Widow to be a successful Hollywood blockbuster. This is because the only reason the film didn't make as much as it should was because this was just after/during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, Disney could've earned more money from the movie via streaming on Disney+.

7) The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)

8) 12A because it contains moderate violence that isn't necessarily graphic, but might shock younger viewers.

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