2. In our research and planning stages, as a group, we found out after looking at
several different psychological thrillers, that one of the most common distribution
companies were Warner Brother Pictures. Warner Brothers have distributed
films such as ‘The Orphan' in 2009 and the American psychological thriller
'Copycat'. Many more well known films like Inception, Argo, the Shining and
Usual Suspects. So from this research we decided that Warner brothers would
be the best and most suitable choice to distribute our media film opening. The
main reason for this is because both’ The Orphan’ and ‘Copycat’ had large
budgets and both of these films nearly doubled their budget money. By having
such a large budget allows films to have the best equipment, A-listed actors and
sets. This would be ideal for our film as it would give us more opportunity to
create a more realistic atmosphere for our audience. As Warner Brothers have
had previous experience in making psychological thrillers, this would give us an
advantage as they have the knowledge and skills to create a memorable and
effective film. As previous Warner Brother films have been successful, this would
automaticity give us an advantage in the film industry. By having a well known
distributor it would play an important role in whether or not our film becomes
successful or not. If we didn’t have a well know global distributor it would be
hard to publicise our film opening to our audience, and we wouldn’t make any
profit.
Also by our audience knowing who our film distributor is gives us another
advantage as they automatically know that they’ve previously had successful
films before which have reached box office. This could potentially make them
want to watch our film more and they’d more than likely want to go and watch
our film at the cinema.
This is another advantage of having a well known distributor or because it’s
easier to get your film into the cinemas. If we had have chosen a small
independent film distributor then our film would have probably either gone
straight to DVD online. This would have meant that we would have to viral
advertise our film by using social media websites like Twitter, MySpace and
Facebook. The only means for our audience to watch our film would be online
on websites like Indiefilms.com. This would mean that our film would get less
profit. This is why it is better to have a big global distributing company.
What kind of media institution might distribute your film and
why?
