Evaluation Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

1. The film company Blumhouse
would be suitable to distribute
our film because they have
produced media products which
are similar to our own. They have
produced films such as
Paranormal Activity and Insidious. Both
these films are fthe same genre as our
own film. Blumhouse produces
independent films and have also stated
that they never spend over $5 million
on a film. This would be suitable for our
media product because our film is very
low budget, for example it has a cheap,
affordable location as well as cheap and
affordable equipment
and props.
Produced
by
Blumhouse
for only
$15,000
Location Photos for our film (Intrusion) – shows we have a cheap and affordable location
Panasonic Hard Drive Camera – This was the
only piece of equipment we used to film the
‘Intrusion’

2. The Walt Disney Company is a film
institution, part of the ‘Big Six’. It is
global conglomerate that owns
many other companies from
different media sectors. This allows
it to give large budgets to producing
its film. This company would not be
suitable for our film because our
film would need to be produced by
an independent film company who
work with small scale budgets. Also,
The Walt Disney Company produces
films with genres that differ to ours
(Horror), for example, Action,
Adventure, Fantasy. They also target
their films at a different audience,
usually children between the ages
of 4 and 12 whereas our film targets
an audience of 16+.
The large production budget
that Walt Disney has for its
films allows them to film at
expensive locations, for
example The Avengers was
filmed in New York. The large
budgets also allowed for
special effects to be used
whereas because we had a
very low production our
location was local (Barnsley) as
it was easily accessible. We also
had minimal equipment
therefore we could not use
special effects

3. Warp Film is an independent film
company based in Sheffield. The most
notable film Warp has produced is the
‘Four Lions’. Due to the stereotyping
used in this film, it was very
controversial. Our film is nowhere near
as controversial but may have scenes of
controversy due to the genre as some
people may find it disturbing therefore
we know that Warp Films would not be
afraid to produce our film. Warp Film
also produce some horror films, such as
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
therefore our genre would relate to
their production. They also have low
budgets for their films, for example
they produced Four Lions on a budget
of £2,500,000. This relates to our film
having to be produced on a low budget.
The above photo shows
the location of Four Lions
(Sheffield) whereas the
photo on the left shows
the location of our film.
Both locations are local,
easily accessible and
affordable