Question no 3 media evaluation

1. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A film based company that owns many other companies involved in publishing and
distribution in the world of media and filmare media institutions. When a film Is available to
be viewed by an audience this is done through the distribution companies. The big six
conglomerate film institutions are; Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount, 20th
Century Fox and Sony. When films are distributed they will generally go to the box office to
be viewed in cinema or made viewable via Netflix or the television. It all depends on the
distribution budget. Different distribution companies generally distribute different types of
films, they tend to each have their own specialty. Pixar generally distribute children’s films
and lions gate on the other hand distribute thrillers and horror movies.
The film“Gone Girl” is very like my film “The Final Chapter” the film gone girl is a
physiological thriller which involves the main character going and doing damage or harm to
another person. Gone girl was Distributed by 20th Century Fox which is a large American
distribution institution, it is one of the major six conglomerate filmdistributors and
producers. There were 26 producer deals in 2003 and 20 in 2011 and 27 in 2015 so 20th
Century Fox is a very successful filminstitution.
Whereas small independent film distributors would be better for a small filmlike the final
chapter because they act as a partner and would be easy to negotiate with where as a big
conglomerate company would want to take control as their reputation is on the line.
Another reason why I would use an independent film distributer is because you can get
more of a say in how your film is distributed. This is because small independent companys
are not generally driven by money andbox office sales as much as conglomerates.
Before creating my Ident I carried out some analysis on distribution companys. I Researched
the company Lionsgate because they are well known for distributing Thriller and horror
films. This company has been around for many years and is a well known reliable company.
If my film was distributed by lionsgate it would be recognised as a high grossings filmlike
many others that lionsgate has distributed such as Batman. Lionsgate is the largest – mini
film company in the whole of north america and would distribute my filminternationally.

2. The great thing about lionsgate is that they focuss on independent films aswell as
conglomerate films so I feel like this would be the best option for distributing my film.