A film distributor deals with the finance, promotion, and bookings of a film. They work out the film's budget and advertising costs. They then choose a release date, organize partnerships, and plan advertising and public relations campaigns. Finally, they negotiate with movie theaters to select which cinemas will show the film.

1. EVALUATION QUESTION 3

2.  A film distributor is the company who deals with the finance,
promotion and bookings of the film.
 They work out the finance of printing and advertising the film.
 They then choose the release date, organize partnerships,
advertising and public relations.
 They then negotiate with exhibitors and select which cinema will
play the film.
WHAT IS A FILM DISTRIBUTOR?

3. These conglomerates
control the majority of
the media. They include:
 Universal Pictures
 Warner Bros
Pictures
 20th Century Fox
 Walt Disney Studios
 Sony Pictures
Entertainment
 Paramount Pictures
THE BIG 6

4.  Indie developers are smaller than conglomerates and have
less sway in the movie market, and thus produce smaller
scale films and try and target niche audiences
 Some examples of indies are below:
INDIE DEVELOPERS

5. We will use the Indie distributor
WHICH DISTRIBUTOR WOULD YOU
CHOOSE TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR PRODUCT

7.  On their slate currently they have other productions such as:
 The Haunting in Connecticut 2
 All is lost
 You’re Next
 Vice
 We think they will distribute our film as several of their films
are similar to ours, such as Vice which is a thriller which also
involves an important code and stalking
 Although they are quite popular, they are still a Independent
production company and smaller films will work best
WHY MIGHT THEY CHOOSE TO
DISTRIBUTE YOUR FILM

8.  In terms of a release pattern, they might try a narrow release
pattern, to try and sell the film to a niche audience. This is
because they may lose in terms of market dominance to a
conglomerate equivalent. In terms of timing, they will most
likely try and time the release to when there are few
competing films of similar genre
 Their marketing campaign may include things such as, press
releases, billboard advertising and viral marketing.
WHAT SORT OF SERVICES MIGHT THEY
OFFER US