This my AS media project evaluation question 3.

2. THE BIG SIX?
We thought of approaching one of the Big Six to distribute our film,
because they have the most successful and grand films distributed to a
much wider audience. We have seen how they have successfully
distributed many big films that have done massively great, films such
as the Avengers movies which is made and distributed by Marvel who is
owned by Disney. With these massively successful films distributed
successfully our film could be also be distributed with such success,
which will mean that our film will be successful too.
But when we analyzed the films and their budgets we figured out that our
film will not be accepted to be distributed by the Big Six, due to the fact
that our film is a low budget British indie film. With a low budget that
doesn’t allow us to have a big and grand film like similar to what the Big
Six make and distribute, we will be unsuccessful in getting a
distribution deal with the Big Six.

3. AN INDIE FILM DISTRIBUTER
With the plan to approach one of the Big Six unsuccessful, we researched
for some British indie distributers and came across three successful
indie film distributors that can accept to distribute our film.
The first one we came across was Entertainment, they are a successful
indie film distributing company that have distributed many films that
have come out to be quite successful. Dominating 15% of the
independent film distributors market they have distributed films such as
“Lion” which has done so great that it has managed to get 70 British
Academy Awards and £50 million Gross just in the USA, and another
Film being “The girl on the train” which has done incredibly great in the
USA and all over the world with a gross of £75 million and nominations
for the BAFTA awards too.

4. E-ONE FILMS
This film distribution company can be very beneficial for our group due to
the fact that it will distribute any indie film successfully. Dominating
27% of the UK independent film industry, it can successfully distribute
indie films to audiences across the country. Having successfully
distributed many big films such as “Captain Fantastic” and even “The
walking Dead” this distribution company can target a wide range of
audiences.

5. STUDIO CANAL
Studio Canal is the biggest dominator of the UK independent film
distribution industry claiming a whopping 37% of the distribution
industry. This distribution company can be very beneficial for our film
to be distributed by Studio Canal, as it has successfully distributed
many indie films that have done great after being distributed by Studio
Canal. They have successfully distributed an indie film “Gold” which
has won many awards and a gross income of £7.2 million.

6. FILM FESTIVALS
We have researched more ways of distributing our film, and one other way
we have thought of are film festivals that happen annually. They are a
great way to get distribution deals for indie films, many films get their
film distributions get their film distribution deals here.
Some of the many successful film festivals are:
 The UK Film Festival: the UK Film Festival was founded in 2011 and is
annually hosting the festivals in London. Along with hosting these film festivals
the organizers run a script competition which are very successful with one
script titled “Mike” won the award and went on to get an award at the berlin Film
festival which was the first British film to win and then got signed up for
worldwide distribution.
 Sundance film festival: this film festival is one the most renown film festivals
in the world. Situated in America it has well over 40,000 people attending
annually, it is named the largest independent film festival in America.
 Berlin Film Festival: Also known as Berlinale, it is one of the worlds leading
film festivals for independent films. Held in Berlin, Germany, it has more than
300,000 tickets sold every year. With 400 screenings shown out 500,000
admissions it has around 20,000 professionals attending from over 130
countries and many world renown movie super stars are presented at the red
carpet.

7. CONCLUSION
In conclusion to be exact, me and my group have chosen these institutions to
distribute our media product. The reason behind this decision is that these
institutions are well known for supporting and successfully distributing
independent films, so by choosing one of these institutions we can guarantee
that our media product will be chosen to be distributed and distributed
successfully.
Though having one of the Big Six on our side to distribute our media product
would have a massive impact on our success, we cant pitch our media
product to them due the fact it might be rejected by all of them for it being a
low budget independent film.