Distribution involves getting a film to audiences. Distribution companies acquire films through their own studios or film festivals. As our film is a complex, dark thriller, it may appeal to distributors if it has a large enough audience. However, we would need to promote it at film festivals to get noticed. While our international themes could attract foreign audiences, marketing through online ads, premier events and cinema would be needed to generate interest. The film could be distributed in theaters, on DVD/Blu-ray, online or on demand. We could also self-distribute to maintain more control, but would require staff, contacts and funds.

1. Task 3
Film Distribution

2. What is Distribution?

3. What is
Distribution?
Distribution Companies and • Distribution is the act of getting
what they do a film to an audience.
Distribution companies acquire
films, either through their own
studios or by attending film
festivals, depending if they are
major or independent studios.

4. OUR FILM
How our film will be distributed and by who.

5. Our film • Conspiracy Thriller
• Slow Paced
The features of our film
• Dark
• Complex Plot
• Sinister

6. Other Films
Released
• Comedies – Diary of a Wimpy
Films released by distribution Kid (20th Century Fox)
companies
• Children’s Films – Rio (20th
Century Fox)
• Horror Films – World War Z
(Paramount Pictures)
• Thrillers – Broken City (20th
Century Fox)
• Action Films – A Good Day to
Die Hard (20th Century Fox)

7. • As shown in the previous slide,
Is our Film film distributors tend to release a
appealing? variety of films.
• Therefore our film should appeal
Is our film appealing to film to film distributors, providing it
distributors.
has a large enough target audience
to be profitable.
• However, to get it noticed we
would have to go to film festivals
etc.

8. Does our film
appeal to audiences
outside the UK?
• I think our film may appeal to a
Why and why not? foreign audience, as it contains
some universal themes, such as
betrayal and deceit.

9. Exhibition, marketing and
release strategies
WHO, HOW AND WHERE

10. Exhibition
Strategies • Film Festivals
• Direct Contact
How to get our film noticed
by the distribution • Advertise online
companies?
• Flyers
• Cinema Adverts

11. Marketing
Strategies • Online Advertisement
• TV Adverts
Ways to get our film noticed
by the consumer. • Magazines
• Hold a Premier
• Cinema Adverts

12. Release Strategies • In Cinemas
• On DVD/Bluray
How and Where our film is
going to be released. • Online
• On-Demand
• Subscription Channels

13. We could distribute our film
independently, without a distribution
Self Distribution company. This would give us more
control over how the film is
Distribution without using a portrayed to the public and may save
distribution company.
money in the long run. However, we
would need sufficient assets, such as
skilled staff, various contacts in
online firms, in order to distribute
digitally, and enough funds.

14. THE END
This is the end of the presentation.