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Kiss of the vampire film poster (1963): The image is portraying a very dark, evil and scary vision to the audience. The picture has a black, cloudy and wasteland background which could refer to a vampires habitat and scary convention. The blood dripping from the letter V could also signify the sharp tooth of a vampire that viciously attacks humans for blood. The caption having wooden styled font could be a direct reference to what is needed to kill a vampire (a wooden stake). The vampire, supernatural (monster movie) theme was also popular in the 1960s period as the audience had seen other early successful monster movies such as Dracula, The Mummy, and Frankenstein. Also in 1960 most posters had the traditional 'female victim' as it was still a partially patriachal period of time. The title also contrasts the vampire theme as vampires don't kiss they violently bite and kill all humans that come in to contact with them. The females clothing being dresses and heels could also

Summarise the following information and main points about Black Panther's INDUSTRY AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS with key facts from the resources below: INDUSTRY: PRODUCTION Ownership: Disney as multinational conglomerate Franchise: Marvel -Vertical integration is when a media company owns different businesses in the same chain of product and distribution. -Horizontal integration is when a media company's ownership of several bussinesses of the same chain. Distribution in cinemas/online /DVD Production budget ? 200 million USD Asia and Africa also distribution centres in Chicago, Kansas, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle. MARKETING Marketing budget ? $160 million Summarise content and technical/genre codes of trailer and poster and how this appealed to its target audience and sold the film simply and effectively Merchandising e.g Hasbro toys Expensive advertising slots e.g Superbowl 2018 2018 superbowl trailer, tie-ins + merchandising -lexus, hasbrow RECEPTION Box offi

TASK 1 MAINSTREAM AND INDEPENDENT FILMS What are the main differences between a mainstream and an independent film ? Use the following to help : https://www.slideshare.net/Katrinabrookes/independent-versus-mainstream-film - A mainstream film is a popular well known larger film that is targeted towards younger and more passive audience members. - An Independent film is a smaller recogniction film that is targeted to a small elderly active audience. TASK 2 : MAINSTREAM FILM : BLACK PANTHER INTRO TASK : Answer the following questions about Black Panther: 1 Why is Black Panther defined as a mainstream film ? -Black panther is defined as a mainstream film as it contains 3 essential mainstream genres Action, Sci-fi and Superhero that attract a wider audiene and sells faster. Genres and genre conventions the film uses to appeal to a wide audience of mainstream genres Is the film part of an ongoing franchise with links to other media products and therefore a large preexisting