Synergy:

Synergy is a combination of 2 or more

part/organisations that create a system that is
greater together than the sum of its parts.
Synergies are available in different forms, e.g.
combination of companies, films, video games
etc.
What makes a blockbuster film?
Have big budgets
Expensive casts (well-known)
Usually a huge financial success
A box office of more than $100m
Has a global appeal
Often a summer release (40%of the years
takings
for
big
production
companies
concentrated into this period)
Normally contains a major star/part of a
franchise or a re-make.
Adaptations
of
books,
comics,
TV
shows/computer games.

Avengers Assemble Case Study:

Which films were released prior to The Avengers
Assemble including 1 or more characters?

Iron Man
Hulk
Captain America
Thor

How was the lead up for this film created in other

films or through media?
Posters
Adverts
Trailers/teasers
Nick Fury (Iron Man) appears in several other
endings of the movies declaring that he is
assembling a team.
The first clue is 4 years prior to the release of
the first Avengers and even before some of the
releases of the other movies, which introduce
the characters.