Black Widow and I Daniel Blake

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  1. 3. Movies like IDB with its Indie co-production companies will always struggle to compete with the ---, the handful of global conglomerates that utterly dominate the film industry worldwide.
  2. 4. Demonstrating the star power of Scarlet Johannsen, it was announced in late 2024 that she would be starring in another franchise, the sequel --- World 4.
  3. 6. Disney continues to release multiple movies and TV series as part of its ---
  4. 8. The newspaper IDB did a tie-in with matches the --- politics of the movie
  5. 10. in black widow the main character is female and the producers used the theory of visual pleasure for the male audience for example her hair is down in most scenes. The feminist theorist Laura Mulvey termed this the ---
  6. 16. BW is going to get its own spin-off movie: --- will tell the tell the story of Yelena Balova
  7. 19. BW’s high budget enables it to afford multiple --- stars
  8. 21. IDB challenges the working class, northern English stereotype and shows how even though he is jobless and working class DB is not lazy and cares about how his home looks and this shows us that IDB is a ---.
  9. 23. Despite its low budget and lack of stars IDB got a fairly wide release in the UK: its distributor ---originally put it on 90 screens, then 150 for the second week (though a mainstream hit would expect around 500 screens)
  10. 24. Black Widow could be seen on very large screens in --- cinemas, one of which was recently added to the multiplex cinema in Kirchberg!
  11. 25. Scarlet Johannson sued Disney for not respecting the usual release --- where cinemas get around two months of unique access to a new movie. Disney released the movie on Disney+ at the same time as cinemas, which reduced the box office - of which Johannson had negotiated a percentage.
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  1. 1. One of the co-production companies behind IDB is the director's own production company, --- Films, named after his 2002 movie which also picked up awards at the Cannes Film Festival
  2. 2. IDB did a tie-in with the --- newspaper
  3. 5. BW is a --- from the record-breaking Avengers series.
  4. 7. Disney is a vast --- owning multiple companies such as Pixar and LucasFilms
  5. 9. Marvel is a --- of Disney who bought it in 2009 for what now appears a bargain $4bn fee
  6. 11. The IDB director is seen as an —- as his many films have a distinctive style and tackle social issues.
  7. 12. BW's lead star, Scarlet Johannson, got an up-front fee of --- $m
  8. 13. BW is a tentpole movie as its budget is estimated at two —- million.
  9. 14. IDB has few potential marketing points, linked to its low budget and genre. However, the director Ken --- has his own following and is prominent in the marketing campaign.
  10. 15. Movies like IDB might struggle to get made without government subsidy, which explains why it get some of its finance from the ---. The government sees movies like this as important for representing Britain and underprivileged groups which more commercial filmmakers often ignore or stereotype
  11. 17. BW has a huge advantage over Indie movies like IDB as it is part of a --- with wide global recognition
  12. 18. The uses and gratifications theory would consider Black Widow as an --- movie, as it does not really tackle serious social issues and emphasises its spectacular visuals (with expensive CGI, SFX and even 3D).
  13. 20. IDB is a typically low budget Indie production with a budget estimated at just —- million.
  14. 22. IDB won the prestigious --- award at the Cannes Film Festival, one of the ways in which Indie movies can compete with blockbuster movies like BW!