The document discusses several potential media institutions that could distribute a media product and their characteristics: - 20th Century Fox and Universal primarily distribute family films and comedies but have also distributed horror films; Paramount has distributed popular films like Titanic, Mission Impossible, and horrors. - A big company like one of these would be ideal for distributing a film but a small production company may not have the budget. - YouTube allows paying to upload films and split profits 50/50, which could gain recognition if a smaller budget is needed. - Film4 is a British company that targets that audience and has co-distributed famous and low-budget films that also air on TV.

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

2. 20th century fox
 Distributed horrors such as

3.  Many popular films with the company such as
- Ice age
- Home alone
- X-men
- Die hard
 Majority of film distributed are family and comedy based e.g
- Avatar
- Alvin and the chipmunks
- Night at the museum
Mainly prefer to distribute as appose to produce horrors.

4. Universal
 Many popular films with the company such as
- Nanny McPhee
- Little Fockers
- Paul
- Ted
 Horrors such as

5. Paramount
 Many popular films with the company such as
- Titanic
- Mission Impossible
- No strings attached
- Monsters VS Aliens
 Horrors such as

6.  We would ideally like a big company like one of
these to distribute our film which is why we used
Paramount in the start however a small
company producing a film wouldn’t have the
right budget for it.

7. YouTube
 YouTube have a service that you can pay
to have a film uploaded and they receive
half the profit and so do the makers.
 We could take this route if we wanted to,
to get recognition.
 Other advantages are YouTube is a very
popular website so we would be
guaranteed a lot of views.

8. Film 4
 A British company – more targeted
audience
 Co distributed famous films like 127 hours/
Shaun of the dead/ Slumdog millionaire
 Would be shown on TV
 Have distributed many low budget films.