January assessment: learner response

 

January assessment: learner response

1)  www: i love the strong opinion in  Q6: it shows you are really engaging with the question and the subject: Now we need to work on our exam technique to maximise the marks we pick up

EBI: in q2: you need to revise reception theory and use the terminology in your answer. Detailed to the text too!

2) 1)  1  

    2)   0

    3)  2

    4)  0

    5) 2

    6) 11

3) i didn't use any of the mark scheme answers,  i could have used Women are portrayed in a subversive / non-conventional way as their

strength and independence is highlighted by the image

4)  Vertical integration is when one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production

• 5) I, Daniel Blake is a low-budget British film made for £2m by veteran independent filmmaker    Ken  Loach. The film is extremely political and intended to inform its audience of the damage the government’s austerity and benefits cuts were having on ordinary working class British people

• In contrast, Marvel’s Black Widow arguably disappointed in purely box office terms despite making a huge amount more money than I, Daniel Blake. The Marvel film was made for $200m and generally received good reviews and word of mouth comments from fans.
• In purely financial terms, it is difficult to argue with the statement in the question. Hollywood cinema is a multi-billion dollar industry these days and the likes of Marvel will spend upwards of$200m in production budgets,
• The title and key quotes from the film were projected on buildings around the UK including the Houses of Parliament in London. All of this helped to generate £11m at the worldwide box office, making this one of Ken Loach’s most successful films financially.
• In conclusion, Hollywood blockbusters and low-budget independent films are so different it is difficult to believe they are part of the same industry. It is therefore important to judge the success of the films in different ways – they are competing for very different audiences and with totally different success criteria. In this regard, it could certainly be argued that I, Daniel Blake is actually the more successful film.