Question 3What kind of media

institution might distribute your media product and

why?

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing: for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing. A distributor may do this directly, if the distributor owns the theatres or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or market.

What is a film Distributor?

The reason to why distributors should consider my film is due to the fact that I don’t believe there has been a recent good thriller/horror film made in England. I think that the films storyline has a lot of offer to the film industry.

Since our production is a thriller/horror film, there will be quite a few film distributors that produce films of that genre (e.g. Newline). Such as The Ring and Woman in Black.

The fact that the antagonist is a teenager really sticks to the rules of a thriller/horror , I wanted to stick to the basics in the plotline. This film would appeal to a younger audience as we unfold the typical lives of young adults.

What Kind of Media Institution would distribute your film and why?

The similarities between my film and Scream is that the genre is closer together due to the fact that they are both typical horror film. Although Scream is an 18 rating for the explicit blood and swearing The Grounds Keeper would not show too much gore or have too much strong language to be an 18.

SCREAM

In order to gain a larger audience, I think that social media sties such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube would be the most likely place for my film to be advertised due to the high traffic of the public. This means that advertisements such as trailers, tweets and movie posters would more likely to be seen by anyone that visits these sites.

Gaining My Audience

In conclusion, I think that Newline Cinemas would be the most interested in distributing ‘The Grounds Keeper’ since there are quite a few similarities with the films ‘Friday the 13th’, and ‘Scream’.

In addition this certain distributor had produced and realised a series of thriller/horror films. I also think my film would be suitable for this distributor as I believe that there are some similarities with the other films that they distribute.

Newline Cinemas