This document discusses various aspects of film production and distribution. It describes the roles of a production company in managing budget, casting, and scheduling during filming. It also explains that a distribution company, such as Universal Pictures, promotes and decides where to release a film. Universal Pictures is seen as a suitable option because of its large fan base and success distributing action films similar to the one being proposed. The document also discusses pitching the film idea and creating merchandise as potential funding methods.

1. What kind of media
institution may
distribute your media
product and why?

2.  This is the company name
and logo for Vortex
Productions. After
brainstorming a variety of
different company names,
we chose to use this name
as we wanted to
incorporate our own unique
name and logo into so it
looked professional. The
circle design meant it was
easy to place in corners of

3.  A production company helps to create a film.
From the very beginning of the production,
the production company look over everything
to make sure that everything is running
smoothly.
 They mainly deal with budgeting, casting,
scripting and scheduling. However, they are
also in charge of making sure that their actors
don’t get injured and equipment does not get
damaged or broken
 Production companies also manage the

4.  A distributor’s main job is to send out the
final product so that people are able to
watch it. The distributor must also promote
the film along with deciding where it will be
shown.
 A distribution company that I felt would be
a good company to promote our film would
be Universal Pictures.
 I chose Universal Pictures as they have a
wide fan base and has had a lot of success

5.  Universal Pictures also release films of the
action genre, which was why I saw it as
one of the most suitable distribution
companies for my production.
 The company is known all around the
world, and people are more likely to watch
the film if they know it was distributed by
Universal Pictures, due to its high
reputation

6.  As we would have to have a budget in order to
make our film, our main method that we could
possibly use is we could pitch our film idea to a
film company. We could do this as if they were
satisfied with our production and believed that
we could created a successful film that would
make a lot of profit.
 In order to promote our film, our main method
would be to have a trailer shown in cinemas.
This could create buzz around our production
before it’s released.
 We could also create merchandise. For example,
we could work in conjunction with fast food

7.  The titles that we used in our opening sequence
were all displayed within the first minute and twenty
seconds. The titles which we chose to include were
the company name and the different job roles which
we had set out based on rating of importance. Each
title had the same font, Typograph Pro in the colour
white.
 We chose to do this as we wanted to make sure that
each title used was clear and obvious to the
audience as we did not want the footage in the
background to cause the titles to become
unnoticeable.
 We also wanted to use a continuous font throughout

8. These were all
of the titles
used in our 2
minute opening
sequence
production

9.  There are many films that are similar to
‘Stay Frosty’; however, to name a few
there is:The
Matrix
The Matrix is
similar to our
film as it has a
lot of fast pace
scenes
involving
weapons such
as guns and
close quarter
combat battles.
Skyfall is also
similar to our
production as it
includes chase
scenes using the
narrative theme
of binary
opposites
through the
battle of good
versus evil .
Skyfall