By Joshua Potterton-Orton

QUESTION 3- WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR

PRODUCT AND WHY?

One institution that might distribute our product is Working Title because they are a converged production company in association with Universal. They would produce our product because it is a small scale horror film which would mean it would cost them less money however they may get a lot of profit from our film opening, if it was to their standards and expertise. Working Title prefer working with new talent as it makes their company reach a wider audience bringing more money and profit to their projects. In our project use younger actors and actresses in order to make younger audiences able to relate to the project.

WORKING TITLE

Submarine was distributed by Optimum Releasing(now known as Studio Canal) and The Weinstein Company. It was produced by Warp Films and Film4, these are institutions which specialise in smaller budgeted films and smaller releases. These institutions target the niche audience which we also aimed for as we thought that not many mainstream or other youth cultures like gang members would enjoy watching our project. Studio Canal and The Weinstein Company work on a smaller scale to Working Title however they still get their productions into cinemas and on screens for people to watch. Our project would benefit from having organisations like these distributing it as our project fits into their category of small scale and low budgeted films.

StudioCanal UK and THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM

The Hunt for Gollum is another example of how and who might distribute our project. This was a Micro-budget film which used a small budget of only £3,000. They distributed this film through the internet via social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and other well known sites such as YouTube. They also distributed through an organisation called Online Cinema which is a none profit website allowing people to watch their production for free, this is another way in which we could use to promote our project and get it noticed. People aged 16-28 are more likely to use the internet and social networking sites which suggests that our opening scene would be more relevant to this particular age group as they will be able to notice it easier from these types of websites, like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.