The document discusses which media institutions might distribute a psychological thriller film. It analyzes the distributors of similar films like Inception, Side Effects, and Black Swan. Inception was primarily distributed by Warner Bros theatrically and on DVD. Side Effects had various distributors for different countries, including Entertainment One and Universal Studios for DVD in the UK. Black Swan was solely distributed by Fox Searchlight. Based on this analysis, the author concludes their psychological thriller would likely be distributed by Entertainment One, as they are not as large as Warner Bros. but still successfully distribute to key markets like the US, Canada, and UK.

1. What kind of media institution
might distribute your media
product and why?
By Dominika Tkacova

2. The genre of my film is Psychological
Thriller. I am going to be looking at other
Psychological Thrillers, which I have
analyzed in my preliminary task, to find out
what kind of media institution might
distribute my product.

3. The media institution that
distributes Inception is
mainly Warner Bros. They
distribute the product both
theatrically and on DVD.
There are other distributors
who distribute the product
in some countries. For
example, Film1 distributes
the film in Netherlands but
this is only limited.

4. Side Effects, compared to
Inception, has many different
distributors for different
countries. In the UK, the media
institutions that distribute it on
DVD are Entertainment One and
Universal Studios Home
Entertainment. Tanweer Films
distributes the film in many
Asian countries, both theatrically
and on DVD.

5. Black Swan is distributed by
Fox Searchlight. Darren
Aronofsky’s other film called
‘The Wrestler’ was also
distributed by the same
media institution. Black
Swan only has one
distributor which is different
to the other films I have
looked at.

6. So what media institution would probably
distribute my product?
I think my media product would probably be distributed
by Entertainment One like the film ‘Side Effects’. This
media distributor is not as big as Warner Bros but it is still
a very successful distributor. Entertainment One
distributes in United States, Canada, the
UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia
and New Zealand and that is mainly where we want our
product to be distributed to. I don’t believe that our
product would be worldwide because it is not as
professional as ‘Inception’ or other very successful film so
I think Entertainment One is a very realistic idea as they
would probably distribute our product.