EQ3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

1. EQ3 - WHAT KIND OF MEDIA
INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT AND WHY?

2. WHO WOULD DISTRIBUTE OUR FILM?
• DISTRIBUTING A FILM IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS AS
IT IS THE EXCHANGE PHASE BETWEEN THE INSTITUTIONS AND THE
CONSUMER. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS WHEN THE CONSUMER
GETS TO SEE THE FILM AND WHERE THE INSTITUTION MAKES THEIR
MONEY. OUR FILM IS LIKELY TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY SOMEBODY
SUCH AS LIONSGATE BECAUSE THEY DISTRIBUTE INDEPENDENT
PROSUMERS AND TO NICHE MARKETS.

3. WHO ARE THE INDEPENDENT COMPANIES?
• THERE ARE A FEW COMPANIES THAT HELP INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANIES LIKE US
AND THESE ARE FILM 4 WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 1ST NOVEMBER 1998. IT
HAS DONE FILMS SUCH AS THE INBETWEENERS FRANCHISE AND 12 YEARS A SLAVE.
• WORKING TITLE IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR US THEY HAVE BEEN GOING SINCE 1983
DISTRIBUTING FILMS SUCH AS THE ICE CREAM TRILOGY, LES MIS AND THE THEORY
OF EVERYTHING.
• A FINAL POSSIBLE DISTRIBUTER IS LIONSGATE. THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTING FILMS
SINCE 3RD JULY 1997. LIONSGATE HAS DISTRIBUTED FILMS SUCH AS THE HUNGER
GAMES.
• OUT OF THEM THE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT HELP US ARE WORKING TITLE AND
LIONSGATE THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AREA BEFORE.

4. WHY NOT ONE OF THE BIG 6?
• OUR FILM IS THRILLER MEANING THAT FOR THE FILM TO WORK IT WOULD NEED
A REASONABLY SIZED BUDGET SO WE COULD LOOK TO CONGLOMERATE SUCH
AS THE BIG 6. HOWEVER AS WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANY THEY
WOULD LESS LIKELY HELP US AS THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL
SIDE OF THE PROJECT AND LOOKING FOR A PROFIT WHICH IS UNLIKELY TO
HAPPEN AS OUR FILM IS MORE LIKELY TO APPEAL TO A NICHE LOCAL MARKET
INSTEAD OF A TENT POLE MARKET.