I, Daniel Blake


1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters?
The first and most obvious difference is their content. Big-budget films present the world however some spoiled Hollywood big shot views it and thinks the public wants to see it. Independent films depict life as it really is.

2) What is I, Daniel Blake about?
Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work

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3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important?
Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work.


4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign and how they targeted their audience.One way they targeted the audience is by organise free (or 'pay what you see') screening.Another way is that by putting up a projector screen of him on it so that other people could see him and read what he is about.Another way is making the actor who played I,Daniel Blake and making him talk about the film. 

5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film?By showing an projectile screen on parliament's building about I,Daniel Blake. 

6) What was the estimated production budget for I, Daniel Blake and how much did it make at the box office?

Domestic Box Office 
$260,354



Compare that to the $165 million that it cost to make our other CSP, Doctor Strange. I, Daniel Blake was exhibited in 24 countries and performed well in Europe and other smaller countries.13 Feb 2019

7) How can independent films like I, Daniel Blake compete with Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange?They could compete by saying that they did spend quite a lot of money on the film just as Doctor Strange did. 


8) In your opinion, was I, Daniel Blake a success?I think that it quite was because of how they advertised it to the world by illegally projecting it onto the building of The House Of Parliament which in media terms is guerrilla marketing.  

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