Black Panther

Question 1

HISTORICAL CONTEXT to Black Panther

Answer 1

• Africans branded as savages by European invaders, and their cultures were dismissed
• The Black Panther party (1966) was a political activist group to prevent police brutality. Many died in their fight
• 2013’s BLM protest may have inspired the film

Question 2

CULTURAL CONTEXT to Black Panther

Answer 2

• Superhero science fiction blockbusters have been dominated by white male characters
• Marvel films did feature mon-white characters, they were often sidekicks
• 2016’s oscars showed the lack of diversity in the nominated films
• Very few African features films made it into Western mainstream
• Afrofuturism: Futuristc Sci fi eith elements of black history

Question 3

POLITICAL CONTEXT of Black Panther

Answer 3

• Barack Obama was the first African American president created initiatives that aided minority and women’s groups
• Statistics about the shootings to unarmed people of colour led to the black lives matter campaign

Question 4

PRODUCTION of Black Panther

Answer 4

• Directed by Ryan Coogler
• Produced by Disney, who bought marvel in 2008. Disney is both horizontally and vertically integrated
• Marvel studios began making films in the late 90s and early 2000s.
• BP is a mainstream film that came from CA: Civil War who introduced the character
• Grossed 1 billion worldwide, won Oscars for production design, costume and soundtrack.

Question 5

DISTRIBUTION of Black Panther

Answer 5

• Disney used a 360 degree consumer experience
• Targeted a diverse audience through Hasbro toys, Lexus cars and Interscope records (Kendrick Lamar)
• Teased at NBA games which have a huge audience, targeted a big range of people.
• ‘Welxome to wakanda’ catwalk show.
• 44% of pwople on opening weekend were female.
• Trailer released in June 2017 on ABC during NBA finals: within 24 hours it had been viewed 89 million times.

Question 6

REGULATION of Black Panther

Answer 6

• 12A certificate due to the violence being Sci fi based and unrealistic
• Violence also had moral reasoning.
• Marvel likely kept it in this band in purpose to maximise the audience: a lot of their audience are younger fans who wouldn’t be able to see if it was rated a 15.

Question 7

EXTRAS Black Panther

Answer 7

• Posters given to every character, as well as one for all characters
• Huge amount of the cast was female, who all took the roles typically given to white males.