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  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? there were 22 films marvel cinematic universe  2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the first film franchise in history to cross $30 billion at the global box office. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Motivated by the tragic death of Phil Coulson, Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, and Hawkeye all headed to New York to fight Loki and his invading Chitahuri forces, and were soon joined again by Thor and Hulk, with the six heroes truly assembling as the Avengers for the first time. Following the formation of Marvel Studios as an independent film studio by Avi Arad, the head of Marvel's film division, producer Kevin Feign envisioned creating a shared cinematic universe to introduce the Avengers 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel fil...

  1) What is a   conglomerate  in the media industries?  A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement park, or the Internet. 2) What is a  subsidiary ? In the corporate world, a subsidiary is a company that belongs to another company, which is usually referred to as the parent company or holding company.  3) What are the benefits for media companies of  vertical integration ? Vertical integration helps companies gain greater control over the supply chain and manufacturing process, leading to lower costs, economies of scale, and less reliance on external parties. 4) What are the benefits for media companies of  horizontal integration ? The advantage of horizontal diversification is that you can leverage your existing resources, skills, and reputation, and attrac...

  1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete. mise-en-scene stranger things, camera movement and editing, index so far, October assessment LR, reception theory. 2)  Reflect on your tracker/feedback and write what you need to do this week to get your tracker all green or improve your work in GCSE Media. I need to finish of my blog and make sure everything is up to date so I don't run behind. 3)  Finally, come up with a list of  three  things you are going to do this half-term to help you make progress in Media. make some revision cards  finish of my blog  make sure everything is up to date

  1) Write a definition of a   passive  audience:  A passive audience close passive audience, an audience which accepts the messages encoded in a media text without challenge. is more likely to accept the messages encoded in a media text without challenge and are therefore more likely to be directly affected by the messages. 2) Write a definition of an active audience:  An active audience engages, interprets and responds to a media text in different ways and is capable of challenging the ideas encoded in it. 3) Write a definition of the hypodermic needle theory:  The Hypodermic needle theory is a linear communication theory that suggests that media messages are injected directly into the brains of passive audiences. In this theory the media is seen as powerful and able to 'inject' ideas into an audience who are seen as weak and passive and could be influenced by a message. 4) Write down a media product (e.g. TV show, newspaper or videogame) for each categor...

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1/1 Q2: 1/1 Q3: 4/12 Q4:2/2 Q5:4/6 Q6:3/8 3) Identify one of your  stronger  questions. Why did you do better on this question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. i did well on question 4 and question 5 as i put loads of detail and give many examples. 4) Identify one of your  weaker  questions. Why did you score lower on this particular question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. I didn't do well on question 6 as I kind of repeated myself and didn't give many examples.