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  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? 22 Movies were made at the time of this article 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? They have made £18.2 billion 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? They had popular characters and decided to make a movie after selling off X-men and Spiderman 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Disney owns Spiderman and they then bought marvel and now have access to Spiderman movies 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? Marvel studios regained access to X-men and Fantastic Four 6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+? Disney has also announced plans for several new Marvel TV series, including one based on Thor's adopted brother Loki, on their new streaming service, Disney+, so there...

  1) What is a   conglomerate  in the media industries?  A conglomerate is a large company such as Disney which buys  other smaller companies to gain more revenue (profit) in order to get as higher profit margin. 2) What is a subsidiary? A subsidiary is a company that belongs to another country such as Disney buying PIXAR to gain control over all the characters PIXAR made. 3) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integration? The benefits for media companies of vertical integration is that the company will seen more powerful amongst all the other companies which will lead to more profit 4) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? The benefits of Horizontal integration are  allows companies to widen their audience and find other ways to make money increasing their profit and are widely recognised all over the world. 5) Give  three  examples of media companies or brands that have used  ...

 1) Missing or not fully completed - DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION X2  DONE - MISE-EN-SCENE STRANGER THINGS - CAMERAWORK-DOCTOR WHO - INDEX SO FAR - OCTOBER ASSESSMENT LR 2) I am going to complete my missing tasks listed above and do one everyday to quickly complete it. 3) 3 things I will do to make the most out of GCSE media is finish my blog tasks and used the flashcards provided to revise as much as I can and remember all the details told in lessons so I can achieve higher than my target grades.

  1) Write a definition of a   passive  audience: Passive audience is an audience which accepts the messages the producer is trying to communicate without any challenges 2)  Write a definition of an active audience: Active audience is an audience which challenges the producer's message and does not accept what is trying to be communicated. 3) Write a definition for hypodermic media theory: A theory that shows audiences are passive and it is believed the media trying to be communicated is interpreted the same as the producers wanted them to see 4) Write down a media product (e.g. TV show, newspaper or videogame) for each category of Blumer and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory and WHY it fits that particular audience use/gratification. The first one is done for you:   Personal Identity:  Media Text- Blog WHY? - Gives the audience a sense of themselves there/ enjoy it like they were the person.  Diversion/entertainm...

  1) What is the preferred reading of a media text? Preferred reading of a media text is when the producer chooses how their audience want to perceive the media text.  2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text? This is when the audience create their own meaning for the media text and ignore what the producer is trying to show / portray. 3)    How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film? The Harry Brown trailer portrays the teenagers as Violent and aggressive causing the audience to respond to them as crazy and ruthless teenagers with no future or life ahead of them.  4)   Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer? Young people would reject this accusation and construct an oppositional reading to the trailer as not all of the teenagers are like this and it will set a bad example of them if the accusations continue. Big Mac Advert ...

  WWW- A fantastic start to Media Studies : Well done! Question 3 is particularly impressive. EBI- Avoid repetition in longer answers : Make sure your points are distinct LR- See blog Mark - 21            Grade - 6 Q1) 1 mark Q2) 1 mark Q3) 8 marks Q4) 2 marks Q5) 5 marks Q6) 4 marks 3) I did exceptionally well on Q2 because i successfully analysed he advert and used connotations and denotations to find out the deeper meaning of the advertisement. 4) I did bad on Q6 as I accidentally used repetition for the 2 points I was supposed to make losing me 4 marks due to this silly mistake 5) Rewrite of Q3:  Red lighting in the advert was used to show that the fragrance that was being advertised was really romantic.