2. What is distribution
What is distribution?
Distribution in film is an act of getting a certain film to the
audience.
How do distribution companies acquire films?
Distribution companies can acquire films through their own
studios or by getting their workers to attend film festivals.
This depends on whether they are an independent or
major film studio.
3. Examples of distribution companies
Major distribution companies Independent distribution companies
4. Our film - The Lost City
About our film:
Our film is a slow pace conspiracy thriller film. The plot of our film is that a journalist
finds out about an secret file on the Lost City. As shown in our opening sequence it
shows the journalist breaking into an office area to try and find out more about
the file. Our film is mostly a dark sinister conspiracy film which has a complex plot.
5. How to get our film noticed
Ways in which we could get film distributors would be by going to film festivals to
promote our film as our company is not a major distribution company. Other ways
we could promote our film may be online adverts, trailers, flyers, newspaper
adverts, cinema adverts and posters.
Many distributors have a variety of films that they release. This means that to get our
film distributed would mean that we would need our film to be appealing so that
the target audience will enjoy it.
6. How to get the audience to notice our
film
For our company to get an audience wanting to see our film we would need to
advertise our film. We could do this by trailers, adverts, reviews, premiers and
cinema adverts.
Once our film has got a large enough audience then the company would be able to
think of how they are going to show the film and where they are going to show it.
If there is a big enough audience then our company may chose to put the film into
cinemas and then on DVD. As well as this the company may choose to put the film
online, on TVs and on Bluray.
7. Self distribution
Instead of getting distributors our company may chose to self distribute our film. This
will give our company full control over the rights of our film and give our company
the choice of where our film will be shown. Also our company would not need to
cut the money made from any sales to a distributor.
Disadvantages of our company self distributing are that it can be time consuming
trying to get buyers and sales. Also it may limit our companies options for sales.
