Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are both major film studios founded in the 1920s involved in film production and distribution. The document discusses how Columbia distributed the James Bond franchise including the hit Spectre. Both studios produce action-based thrillers similar to the proposed media product, making them suitable distribution partners. The target audience for espionage thrillers like James Bond and the proposed media product is typically ages 25-70, though some spy films target younger audiences interested in danger, thrills, and technology.

1. FILM
DISTRIBUTION

2. COLUMBIA PICTURES
 Columbia pictures is an American film production and distribution
studio of the Sony Pictures. It is a member of the big six (the 6
leading film studios - Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, 20th Fox,
Paramount, Columbia) It was founded on January 10th 1924 by
Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt.

4. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is an American media company, involved
primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and
television programs. It was found in April 17th 1924 by Marcus
Loew and Louis B Mayer. It is one of the oldest mini-major film
studios and a former major film studio.
 In 1971, it was announced that MGM would merge with 20th
century fox. After that the studio was bought and sold multiple
times between companies until it became bankrupt. However,
executives of Spyglass Entertainment, raised it from bankruptcy in
2010.

6. WHY IS COLUMBIA AND METRO-
GOLDWYN-MAYER INSTITUTIONS
GOOD FOR OUR MEDIA PRODUCT?
 I think Columbia is suitable for our media product as they produce
lots of thriller-based films. Paired with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Columbia distributed the James Bond franchise, including it’s
latest hit Spectre.
 Specifically, both film studio’s thrillers are more action-based,
such as Men in Black and Bad Boys. This is similar to our media
product which would be more action-based than horror-based
thriller.
 Our media product shares the same conventions of a espionage
thriller.
 Therefore Columbia and Metro would be quite suitable to
distribute our product.

7. TARGET AUDIENCE
 Typically, the James Bond franchise is aimed for a target
audience between ages 25-70. This is due to the long lasting
fame and admiration for the films. It is particularly loved by the
females, who admire the figure that is James Bond and how he
acts around women.
 However, more and more espionage thrillers are becoming
increasingly popular with the under 25’s. In particular, some spy
films have been released with the target audience of little children,
such as spy kids and stormbreaker.
 The target audience is interested in dangerous and thrilling
situations along with technologies. As well as the key themes of
suspense and mystery.