Film Audience and Industry Flashcards
Horizontal Integration
When a media conglomerate includes different companies that produce and sell similar products, usually resulting from mergers
Vertical Integration
Companies that own all or most of the chain of production and distribution for a product
Independent film
A film made outside the control of a large mainstream film company. A truly independent film will be privately conceived and funded but it mostly means that it has been made by a smaller film company on a low budget.
Who directed I Daniel Blake
Ken Loach
Who was involved in producing and distributing I Daniel Blake
BBC Films, eOne, BFI, Le Pacte (France), Wild Bunch, Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions
Where did IDB both film and premiere
Newcastle upon Tyne
How did IDB use disruptive marketing
Using projectors which displayed ‘I, Daniel Blake’ on the side of buildings across the country, including the Houses of Parliament
How did IDB work with The Mirror
The newspaper provided free tickets, included adverts for the film, included Daniel Blake in the papers’ masthead
How did IDB relate to politics
The film is all about the struggles of using the benefits system and this sparked debate over whether the system is actually broken and how it can be improved
Who was involved in producing and distributing Black Panther
Marvel Studios (a subsidiary of Disney)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Who directed Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
When did Black Panther begin development
In 2005 after a failed attempt in the 90s by Wesley Snipes to make a film about the character. The inclusion of Wakanda was hinted at early in the MCU but the film wasn’t released until 2018
What was the Black Panther Party
A political activism group active in the 1960s until 1982, initially set up to monitor police behaviour and prevent police brutality. It was controversial and many members were killed.
How has there been a lack of diversity in the film industry
Superhero films mostly feature non-white characters as sidekicks or secondary characters, exceptions being Wesley Snipes’ Blade in the 90s.
Black cinema traditionally consists of ‘arthouse’/‘prestige’ films or issues-based social realism.
Many black actors do not get nominated for or receive awards (#oscarssowhite).
Africa is typically portrayed as developing and underprivileged, focussing on famine, civil wars and terrorism.
How did Disney’s purchase affect Marvel Studios
Future Marvel Studios films would be distributed by Disney
Most of the current marketing department was dismissed
Disney acquired the distribution rights to previous Marvel Studios films
Marvel Television began producing series for Netflix but disney began its own streaming service so these were cancelled
