1. Our film is a low budget, independent British film and for this reason an appropriate
institution would need to be selected to distribute it.
We would look towards low budget British film companies to distribute our film, as they
would have experience in this area.
Institutions which may be appropriate for our film include:
- Hammer Film Productions - Patchwork Productions
- BBC Films - Film4
These are all institutions which take on independent films created by independent British
filmmakers. I believe that the film company most likely to take on our film is likely to be
Hammer Film Productions
- Hammer Film Productions was originally
founded in 1934 as an independent British
company
- Closed down production
the 1980s
- Marked its return to filming in 2010 by
releasing ‘Let Me In’, its first film theatrical feature of
the millennium
- Since 2008, the companies been part of
Exclusive Media
- Previously had deals with Universal Studios,
Columbia Pictures, Seven Arts, Twentieth
Century Fox, Lionsgate and Warner Bros Studios
– But all these deals were lost
- Busiest period was in the 1950s, 60s and 70s
- Known largely for making thrillers and horrors,
it soon became known as the ‘Hammer House of
Horror’
- Known for creating classic horrors such
as ‘The Mummy’, ‘Frankenstein’ and
‘Dracula’
- Since re-opening they have created
Films such as ‘Women In Black’
- This received the biggest US box office
opening in Hammer history and is the
highest-grossing British horror in 20
years

2. - Hammer Films Productions have created a number of popular, classic films and experience
partnerships with big American distributors, and for these reason they may initially seem to
be the wrong sort of institution
- Since their downfall and resurrection, the type of films created have changed; they’re no
longer big budget American films, but Independent British films
- Reasons our film should go with Hammer Film Productions:
- - They’re a British, independent film company
- - They focus on the horror/thriller genre, which suits our production as a thriller
- - They create low-budget British horror films
- - I believe that this institution would be the best for our film in terms of distribution
- It would be unrealistic to assume a big American
company, such as Universal Studios or
Warner Bros, would take on our film
- They create big budget, American films with a
Hollywood cast, which is sure to turn a large
profit at the box office, and not a small budget,
independent, British film
- The best way to distribute our film would be through the use of social
network sites such as
facebook and twitter, and through video sharing sites, most notably
YouTube
- These sites are used by millions of people and allow news to be spread
and shared very quickly
- This is a very effective way of cheaply advertising our product which
could be spread a shared among friends and family members to create
awareness