A level Media: September 2017

A) What do we mean by the 'Big Six' in media?
The big six are the companies in American media who own the high majority of all the media in America.

B) The Big six are:

GE - they own Comcast, NBC, Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
News-Corp - they own Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post.
Disney - they own ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Miramax and Marvel Studios.
Viacom - they own MTV, NICK JR, BET, CMT and Paramount Pictures.
Time Warner - they own CNN, HBO, TIME and Warner Bros.
CBS - they own Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, NFL, Jeopardy and 60 Minutes.

C) Media Projects made by the 'Big Six'?

GE - UNIVERSAL PICTURES (Despicable Me 3)

Main Actors/Actresses:

Steve Carell - Gru/Dru (voice)
Kristen Wiig - Lucy (voice)
Trey Parker - Balthazar Bratt (voice)
Miranda Cosgrove - Margo (voice)
Dana Gaier - Edith (voice)
Nev Scharrel - Agnes (voice)
Pierre Coffin - Minions/Museum Director/Additional Voice (voice)
Steve Coogan - Fritz/Silas Ramsbottom (voice)

Film's Budget:

$80,000,000

What it got at Box Office:

Opening weekend - $72,434,025 (2 July 2017)
Gross - $251,774,330 (20 August 2017)

Release Date:

30 June 2017

NEWS-CORP - FOX (Kingsman: The Golden Circle)

Main Actors/Actresses:

Colin Firth - Harry Hart/Galahad
Taron Egerton - Eggsy/Galahad
Mark Strong - Merlin
Halle Berry - Ginger Ale
Elton John - fictionalised Elton John
Channing Tatum - Tequila
Jeff Bridges - Champagne "Champ"
Edward Holcroft - Charlie Hesketh

Film's Budget:

$104,000,000

What it got at Box Office:

Opening Weekend - $39,000,000
Gross - $39,000,000

Release Date:

20 September 2017

DISNEY - PIXAR (Finding Dory)

Main Actors/Actresses:

Ellen DeGeneres - Dory (voice)
Albert Brooks - Marlin (voice)
Ed O'Neill - Hank (voice)
Hayden Rolence - Nemo (voice)
Sloane Murray - Young Dory (voice)
Idris Elba - Fluke (voice)

Film's Budget:

$200,000,000

What it got at Box Office:

Opening Weekend - $135,060, 273
Gross - $486, 295, 561

Release Date:

29 July 2016

VIACOM - PARAMOUNT PICTURES (Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted)

Main Actors/Actresses:

Ben Stiller - Alex (voice)
Chris Rock - Marty (voice)
David Schwimmer - Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith - Gloria (voice)
Sacha Boren Cohen - Julien (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer - Maurice (voice)

Film's Budget:

$145,000,000

What it got at Box Office:

Opening Weekend - $60,316,738
Gross - $216,391,482

Release Date:

19 October 2012

TIME WARNER - WARNER BROS (Suicide Squad):

Main Actors/Actresses:

Will Smith - Deadshot
Margot Robbie - Harley Quinn
Jared Leto - The Joker
James McGowan - Panda Man

Film's Budget:

$175,000,000

What it got at Box Office:

Opening Weekend - $13,898,391
Gross - $325,100,054

Release Date:

5 August 2016

CBS - 60 MINUTES:

Presenters:

Steve Kroft
Lara Logan
Scott Pelley
Lesley Stahl
Bill Whitaker

60 minutes is a newsmagazine television programme on the CBS network. It is very popular because the programme employed a magazine like format using important investigative journalism procedures and techniques e.g. hidden cameras.

In today's society, media is presented in some positive ways alongside some negative views. In the "This Girl Can" campaign, women are encouraged to embrace their bodies and are taught to love themselves regardless of their shape or size. This campaign is a positive side of the way that media is presented as it discriminates against nobody and encourages everyone to exercise but love who they are at the same time. The "Are you beach body ready?" advert is a negative side of media. It is negative because it is making girls and women feel as though they have to have a certain type of figure to feel happy and confident, e.g. at the beach in a bikini/swimming costume. Both of these campaigns are influencing young and older women how to feel about their bodies, one is just giving people positive thoughts and one is giving out negative ideas and absurd expectations.