I, Daniel Blake

 1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters?

Independant cinema is where movies are made at a low budget and the company that produced them are not really big and arent conglomerate companies. It is different to hollywood blockbusters because its basicallt the excat opposite, Blockbusters such as doctor strange are produced by congomerate companies and have a high budget but earn even more of as bigger profit.

2) What is I, Daniel Blake about?

I, daniel blake is about a 59 year old man who has a heart attack and cannot work, so he goes to apply for benefits but finds a woman with 2 children ande decides to help her because shes in a similiar situation to him, and tries to get a point toward the government.

3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important?

Ken loach directed the movie and this is important because ken loach is known for his social realist movies and movies that usually are about the government.

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.

The film was premiered in newcastle where it was set to get local popularity. They organised pay what you can showings for people to show the message of the movie too.

5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film?

As i stated before, they used a pay what you can which means people paid whatever they had to watch the movie and this is great for marketing because it makes the audience understand the movie message.

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

The estimatwed production budget was £2 million and it made  £11 million at the box office.

7) How can independent films like I, Daniel Blake compete with Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange?

I, Daniel blake has a more realistic point of view which will appeal to a lot of people who were or are in the same problem as the characters, whereas Doctor strange is more of a fantasy out of the world movie for entertainment.

8) In your opinion, was I, Daniel Blake a success?

In my opinion I, daniel blake was definetly a succes because it did make a big profit and did win awards. It doesnt matter how big of a profit but its still a profit and the aim for Ken loach wasnt the money it was the MESSAGE.