Question 3

1. Production Evaluation

2. What kind of media institution might
distribute your film and why?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your film and why?
• There are many media institutes around the globe which can be part
of both the production and distribution phases of a movie/film.
Companies such as Warner Bros, Universal, Colombia, Paramount and
20th Century Fox are the main, large American companies that
distribute movies/films from big blockbusters too lower budgeted
movies.

3. Started as a shop and record label in 1989,
became Warp Films in 2001 which is an
independent film company.
It is based in London, England and Sheffield,
with a further office now in Melbourne,
Australia.
2004
Budget £723,000
Box office $198,081
2006
Budget £1.5 million
Box office £5 million
2010
Budget £2.5 million
Box office £6.9 million
Funded by crowd funding and by the charity NESTA
(National Endowment for Science Technology and
Arts)
I believe that a lower/smaller company would distribute my movie/film
because it is a low budget production with a good plot twist and
interesting characters. Additionally, a company such as Warp Films is
more likely to distribute my movie/film as their ideology is too fund
grassroots, cultural films/movies.

4. Release Date:
UK November 7th 2013
US October4th 2013
George Clooney Sandra Bullock
Alfonso Cuaron
Marketing
207 Awards
7 Oscars
6 Bafta’s
1 Golden Globe
1.8 million
LED bulbs
used.
Technology
Wide Target
Audience 12A
Fun Facts:
Budget $100 million
UK Profit £6,238,375
Global Profit
$723,192,705
A big production company is less likely to
focus on smaller projects as their aim is to
make money. They look at making
films/movies that have a vast target
audience to bring in huge mounts of profit
e.g. Time Warner and Gravity. This movie
had a small budget for a blockbuster and
made almost 7x the original budget in
global profit.

5. What kind of media institution might
distribute your film and why?
• Out of the 2 production/distribution companies above my film would fit best into
Warp Films, this is because they are a small company investing in low budget
films/movies as they are culturally appropriate to a small audience. A good
example of a reasonably low budget horror movie is ’28 Days Later’, this Danni
Boyle movie is a British Horror movie and was very successful due to having a
great story and characters. This is were I feel my film will fit into and is very
similar in that regard.
• This leads me to then talk about my target audience, as stated in my research, my
target audience will be predominantly male between the ages of 18 and 25. This
is a small target range and is very specific, another reason I would choose a small
production company. This type of film is common within the horror genre
however has always lacked a developed story, this is where I feel I can take up the
mantle and add in an interesting plot whilst still remaining true to the genre itself.
Finally, we see that this makes it a niche type of film within a mass market.