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Marvel's Black Panther Trailer Black Panther was a highly mainstream Action Superhero film directed by Ryan Coogler ( Creed ). It stars Chadwick Boseman reprising his role as T'Challa/Black Panther from Captain America: Civil War. Black Panther has made history as it is the first ever superhero movie to have a predominantly black cast. Coogler is also the first black director to work on a Marvel film. The film will automatically be highly anticipated due to Marvel already having an extremely high fan-base, both due to the comic-book source material and the 16 previous movies that have been released in the past. The film consists of a lot of panning wide shots in order to show how large the nation represented in the film is. The outside scenery is also very bright and colourful with many settings standing out such as the African plains and the waterfalls. The mise-en-scene is also very vibrant. Many of the characters wear traditional African clothing and have traditional tr

Case Study: Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Assassin's Creed: Liberation was an action adventure RPG game initially released in 2012 for the PS VITA. Throughout the game a player controls a female protagonist named Avaline on her journey to free slaves in her hometown and get revenge for her mother's death. The characters is able to switch between the main character's different personas as a lady, a slave and an assassin. The game is set in 1700s Orleans based on a time period that actually happened. The game was initially exclusively released to promote the PS Vita when it first came out. When the trailer was released for the game, it was shown entirely on the console. The PS Vita is a handheld console, which could imply that it is made for gamers to use 'on the go' The PS3 version showed the parts of the game that the developers improved due to people having the most problems with it. It showed all the gameplay and the open world as that is what f

Injustice: God's Among Us Injustice is a fighting video game set in the DC Universe. It is set on a 2.5D platform meaning the player controls 3D models on a 2D platform. There are over 30 playable character to choose from leaving players with a wide choice. There is many gameplay modes to choose from including: Story Mode, Single Player fights and Online mode. It has 2 person multiplayer functions and Online servers meaning that players have the opportunity to fight against their friends and other people. As a result of the games taking place in the DC Universe, players are expected to have a general knowledge of the characters that are playable. This use of intertextuality also helps please the target audience. Injustice contains an original storyline in which in an alternate universe The Joker tricks Superman into murdering his wife and unborn child. As a result of this, Superman goes crazy and becomes a ruthless dictator. Batman disagrees with Superman's methods,