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Who directed Black Panther

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Ryan Coolger

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When was BP relased

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Feb 2018- Black History Month

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What is Marvel

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The highest grossing franchise in history

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where did black panther (T’challa) first appear?

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1966- Fantastic Four #62 Written by Stan Lee

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What is marvel as a brand

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a famous comic book that is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company

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Was Black Panther Successful

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Black Panther was extremely successful, Broke records for the highest opening weekend in the USA and performed well globally

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How much did BP gross and what was it’s budget

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Budget- £200 Million
Grossed- £1.3 Billion
48% was globally in non US countries

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A List Actors in BP

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Micheal B Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Martin Freeman

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What was it one of the only superhero films to achieve?

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Nominated for a ‘Best Picture’ Academy Award’

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What did Black Panther Win

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-Three Oscars for costume, production design and original soundtrack

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Key Historical Contexts

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from the 15th-20th Century- European powers colonised African countries and exploited the continent for resources and slave labour

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Historical contexts- what were Africans and their cultures branded as

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cultures were seen as ‘primitive’ and they were branded as savages

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brief overview of Black Panther

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Fictional African Kingdom of Wakanda, separate from European Colonization and achieved technological superiority from a mineral called Vibranium- T’challa ( Chadwick Boseman) fights a number of foes opposing him becoming king after the death of his father

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What did Black Americans do during the mid 20th century to establish a cultural black identity.

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Harlem renaissance

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The Black Panther Party (1962-1966)

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Political activist group aimed initially to provide armed monitoring of police behaviour, and prevent police brutality in the USA- it was controversial with many panthers being killed or arrested in confrontations with police

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What has the science fiction and superhero genre/blockbuster been mostly dominated by

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White, Male protagonists

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What happened in the 1990s

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actors like Will Smith and Wesley Snipes did break ground through playing black characters

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what have recent action and superhero’s not have

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years rarely represent African American characters in main roles

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What have marvel done for the past 15+ years

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Marvel films have topped the Box office which feature non white characters who tend to act as sidekicks- Falcon in the Captain America films

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women and superheros- what are the exceptions

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very few films with a female lead apart from Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel

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What genre is Black Cinema

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Social Realism

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examples of Black Cinema

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films of Spike Lee or ‘arthouse’ ‘prestige’ films of Moonlight- 2016

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What is an example of a superhero film with a Black hero

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Blade 1998

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What happened in 2016 regarding the Oscars

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-circulation of the #oscarssowhite meme highlighting the lack of ethnic minority groups/ diversity in the films nominated

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What does western media typically represent Africa as
- underprivileged/ developing/ famine/civil wars and terrorism
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what was the victorian Branding of Africa- have we moved very far
'The Dark Continent'- arguably we have not as very few feature films from Africa reach the western mainstream and films like Blood Diamond (2006) and Captain Phillips(2013) though they feature sympathetic African characters- the continent is represented as barbaric and dangerous
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Afrofuturism and Black Panther- what were people doing on red carpets and cinemas
'they donned fur coats, dashikis, crowns, lion sashes, and outfits inspired by precolonial African kingdoms. Many adorned their faces and bodies with African tribal designs. This joyful expression of pride was not only from watching a nearly all Black cast in a major movie, but also a collective exhale. Science fiction and media more generally have systematically neglected and narrowed Blackness; Black Panther was an undeniable expansion of Blackness'
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What does the futuristic representation of wakanda as the most technologically advanced state allow for
Beyond stereotypes of violence, disease and famine
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When did Marvel become a subsiduary of disney
2008- they are also the films distributor which is vertical intergration
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What has marvel previously done
sold options on individual characters or comic book titles, eg Spiderman to TV then to Paramount- who is still partially owned by Sony
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what did disney agree when they bought marvel
they would have minimal creative input over marvel products
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what happened in early 2000s
marvel began making films Blade (1998) and X Men (2000)
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What was Black Panther
Comic owned entirely by Marvel- in 2009 a new team began developing T'challa and other lesser known characters.
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what did Marvel do in 2013
signed a deal with streaming service Netflix to develop a TV series for six more characters which caused conflict with disney who had their own streaming channel and netflixs shows were removed in 2019
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Disney- what did they do as the distributor
'360 degree marketing'- wherever you look there is Black Panther
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What was the main idea for the marketing
TO make BP into a cultural event accross a variety of media and platforms and raising its profile from being 'another superhero' film into something politically relevant
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Name some of the synergetic collaborations disney made to appeal to a diverse audience
-Hasbro Toys - Lexus Cars -Kendrick Lamar- soundtrack
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When was BP teaser trailer shown
in between the NBA games- within 24 hours it had 89 million veiws on youtube
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What did BP do during the Superbowl
special collaboration with Lexus called 'long live the king'
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how did the films release add a political element ( was it official marketing)
- to add gravitas - crowdfunding to support underprivileged children having the opportunity to see the film was endorsed by celebrities -non official marketing
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What did Coogler- the stars and costume /hair makeup/costume/production designers do
gave detailed interviews on how the film celebrates black culture
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What happened in the New York Fashion Week
Welcome to Wakanda catwalk- featured in numerous fashion magazines -female audience- 44% of ticket buyers were female on the opening weekend
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What did Black Panther have in terms of advertising
most expensive advertising budget and biggest line of merchandise a marvel non-sequel had
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Name some appeals of the main trailor
- Like all MCU productions, BP is conceived on an epic scale and the trailer emphasises exotic locations and fast-paced, elaborate action sequences - genre- mix of familiar and unique/ black superhero - strong female representations- characters who have agency -elaborate costumes lead to high production values -
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Appeal of main trailer- intertexual references
- to black cultural icons, past and present - Gil-Scot Heron's late 1960s protest song 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' is sampled in the trailors soundtrack - teaser trailer- features Run The Jewel's hip-hop anthem Step Into The Spotlight'
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What Magazines were the cover stars on
Variety- Time- Empire- Rolling Stones- Vanity Fair-
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Regulation Of Black Panther- whats different in the US
All films in the USA are subject to some form of regulation or classification. Regulation is not strictly compulsary MPAA
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What does MPAA stand for
Motion Picture -Association -of America
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What did the BBFC rate BP?
12a in cinemas- those under the age of twelve could view the film with an adult. -moderate violence, injury detail, rude gesture
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what is a 12a
A golden ticket to profit
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