This is the AS media coursework evaluation slideshow. It is for Task 3 of our blogs and we are analysing production and distribution companies.

1. What Does a Production Company Do? A production company is a company that helps with the physical production of a film, television programme, radio, theatre or any new media. Production companies can also help fund for the new media, or help raise money. There are a number of different production companies across the world, some are bigger than others but all do the same function.

2. Production Logos. For our film, we chose the production company Paramount Pictures, which helped to fund our film. We also chose to film with Twisted Pictures as they have produced many thrillers and so they would know how to make our film the best it can be. Paramount and Twisted Pictures have both released films such as the Saw Franchise and The Paranormal Activity films, which were both huge hit thriller movies.

3. What does a Distributor Do? A Distributor is a company or person who control in the releasing of films by funding and creating the marketing side of the product, and they control the process of getting the product to their customer. They can release the films either theatrically or for home viewing by DVD’s, television and Downloads. A distributor can do this independantly using their own theatres or networks or through other sub-distributors.

4. Our Distribution Company We chose to have our distributors to be the production company Paramount Pictures. Paramount is a very famous Hollywood company and so they are extremely wealthy and they produce the films as well as distribute them. Paramount use ‘Saturation Release’ strategies which flood a large number of cinema screens across the country at the same time. This enables everyone to have the opportunity to see it and it also allows the movie to make the largest amount of money possible which is what we want. Also Paramount Pictures have produced and distributed major Thriller films in the past which have resulted in being very successful and so we thought our film would work best with their company.

5. Why was ‘Shifty’ chosen by Metrodome? There are a lot of independent films across the globe and Britain, and not all films can be an Americanised view of the world. Metrodome chose ‘Shifty’ because of its uniqueness but also because of the simplicity at the heart of the movie, underneath all the drugs and scandals, the film was just about two people getting to know each other after meeting again after 4 years. ‘Shifty’ tells a real story which people can relate to, and it can flow into any genre of any film and that is why Metrodome chose to support ‘Shifty’.

6. Funding for our Film We are going to fund our film through the production company Paramount Pictures. They are a big Hollywood production company and so it had a lot of money, so they can use ‘Saturation Release’ which will enable cinemas across the country to release our film on the same day. This way, everyone will be informed of our film in the same way and they will all have the same opportunity to see it.

7. By Holly Steadman