1. M Y M E D I A P R O D U C T I S A N I N D E P E N D E N T
F I L M T H E R E F O R E , T H E M E D I A
I N S T I T U T I O N S W H I C H W O U L D M O S T L I K E L Y
D I S T R I B U T E M Y P R O D U C T A R E
I N D E P E N D E N T D I S T R I B U T I O N C O M P A N I E S
L I K E F I L M 4 .
What kind of media institution
might distribute your media
product and why?

2. FIRSTLY, WARP FILMS WOULD BE THE
IDEAL CHOICE IN CHOOSING A
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY FOR MY MEDIA
PRODUCT AS THE MAJORITY OF THE FILMS
FROM THIS COMPANY ARE SPECIALISED IN
TEENAGE DRAMAS. ALSO, SINCE THIS
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY HAS PREVIOUSLY
BEEN ENGAGED WITH OTHER TEENAGE
DRAMAS, THIS WOULD BE THE BEST FIT
FOR MY MEDIA PRODUCT BECAUSE THEY
WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS GENRE
AND IT WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE IN WELL
TOGETHER.
Warp Films

3. An example of a film by Warp Films is
a British coming-of-age film entitled
Submarine which has been adapted from
a novel by Joe Dunthorne. This film
focuses on a 15 year old boy who believes
he is a genius and is loved by all his
classmates but in reality, he is socially
alienated. Submarine can somewhat be
linked in with teenage drama as my
characters all have a secret and this can
make them feel alienated as they have
kept this secret and almost feel isolated
with it. Also, the film focuses on typical
teenage situations such as relationships
which too is similar to my media product
because I have focused on four separate
situations like feeling stressed which is
common for teenagers.

4. FILM4 IS A BRITISH PRODUCTION COMPANY
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE A GOOD
CHOICE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MY
MEDIA PRODUCT. ALSO, FILM4 HAS
PRODUCED A RANGE OF FILMS OF
DIFFERENT GENRES SUCH AS SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE. THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT
THIS PRODUCTION COMPANY WILL
INTERROGATE WELL WITH MY TEENAGE
DRAMA HOWEVER, FILM4 HAVE NOT
DISTRIBUTED MANY TEENAGE DRAMAS
WHICH CAN BE SEEN AS AN ADVANTAGE
BECAUSE MY MEDIA PRODUCT COULD BE A
NEW PROJECT FOR THE COMPANY.
Film 4

5. Also, even though this is not a film, Channel
4, which is linked in with the production
company Film4, has produced a teen drama
series entitled Skins which follows a group of
teenagers. This series has controversial
storylines which focuses on typical teenage
situations and issues like bullying and
dysfunctional families. This can relate to my
media product as despite my product not
being of this extent, it still focuses on
situations which are common amongst
teenagers and since Skins is apart of Channel
4, this means that Film4 are more likely to
produce films which are based around
teenage dramas as in the recent years, this
genre has become very popular with the
increase of Hollywood teenage dramas.
Therefore, this suggests that there is an
existing market for my film and its genre.