Evaluation Q-3

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We chose Monarch as our selected company to distribute our film as they are an Independent company that typically distribute horror/thriller films. It has distributed The Maze which is a thriller/horror film and Vampire diaries which is a psychological horror, both within the past ten years. This is why it is suitable for our film as it distributes our genre and is an Independent company meaning it is used to dealing with low budget/low resourced films.

A local Independent companyIf my film was distributed by a company such as Warp Films, then it would have to be marketed to a specific audience to get maximum profit. Possibly adverts in the newspaper and links to websites relating to the film on social media would be the most appropriate forms of marketing as these are a cheap way of letting people know about the film. You can also get the audience involved with your film by having interactive features on your website. Due to the small budget the ability to attract a wide audience, would be difficult, it would only be released in selected cinemas around the U.K, then if it gets a good amount of box-office sales then you can increase the amount of screens it is shown in, if it has been successful and well received.

Possible Independent Distribution companies

Advantages of a Independent film Because we designed the storyline of our film independently we could alter and modify the storyline of “Compulsion” with no objections. Leading on from that, we had creativity control. We choose whatever we wanted to film and we did it whenever we wanted to. Also because we did not have a filming or editing crew we took on these roles ourselves so we got experiences filing and using the cameras and then we edited the film our selves so we got experience using applications such as ‘Final Cut’.

Disadvantages of an Independent film• Because we don’t have separate crews for editing and filming

and casting, etc we had to do all the work ourselves. • Because you only have a small budget you have to budget for

everything and you can’t afford to use high quality equipment and software

• Due to the small budget it is impossible to attract popular big name actors/actresses, so the unpopular ones are the only option, this affects the overall popularity of the film.

• Another disadvantage is the film can only be marketed locally not internationally.

• This means only local people will hear about the film and only a small amount of people will watch the film which means less profit.

A mainstream company

These films have bigger budgets to produce better quality films, with big name actors starring. These have a bigger audience as they market through things like billboards and they have premiers for the films, because they know people will come.

Possible Mainstream Distribution companies

FILM TITLE: DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:

Taken (2008)

Point Break (1991)

Enemy of the state (1998)

These thriller films follow a similar plot to mine, but were a produce and distributed on a bigger budget, so it is unlikely to be distributed by these type of companies, as they would only distribute high quality films.