This document discusses ways to distribute and market a horror film called "The Cultists" produced by the author and their group. It suggests showing the film at international film festivals to gain recognition, then pursuing a distribution deal with a small independent film distributor that specializes in horror films. The film challenges gender stereotypes by having female cult members and a male victim, and represents various social groups through its working class, multi-ethnic characters. By using suspenseful music and camera techniques, the film opens in a way that develops conventions from movies like "Zombie Land" and "Psycho" to hook the audience.

1. By Wole Bello

2. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
Way of marketing Production Company: FILM4
1. Shown at international festivals to get Reason; known for working with new Distribution Company: We would get
noticed in the film industry if it’s noticeable & established talent. a small independent film distributor to
and the company think it’s big then Information on the company: distribute our film , that possibly
2. Go to Cannes, the most important film Owned by Channel4 ;Self-funded - specialize in horror
festival, might follow the foot steps of commercial
COLIN Launched in 1998
3. Get a distribution deal to get the film They do in-depth interview on actors
shown at cinemas in upcoming films
4. Advertising campaign for people to go and Also have FILM4 Production, co-
see the movie ; poster, interviews, TV finance smart films like e.g. The Iron
spots; trailers and sneak peek on Lady and Slumdog Millionaire
YouTube Finance filmmaker and then broadcast
their film because of the partnership

3. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
The character’s background; characteristics,
what they do, what type of person they are?
The class status of the girl would also be
In this film the girls; Gulcan YASA, Sadia FARAH and
working class to appeal to the teenager who
Luzia PANDA are cultists and me, Wole I’m the victim
come from this class. Their background of all
Is this stereotypical or does this challenge stereotypes?
is the they are secretive in what they do
No, because the typical the cult members would be
during , before and after school. They kept to
male terrorizing a damsel in distress, in this film the
themselves; they do bother anyone, vise veer
gender role are switch, challenging the typical
visa. They are not the only ones in they
convention of an horror movie. The girls are multi-
school they some in all year up to sixth form.
ethical from working class families, who appear to be
Don’t use social networking site, always meet
doing something evil that they must have been
in person.
possessed and control by a great power. The victim is a
black male who as the girls are from a working class The male in a black boy from a working class
family, in the opening he appear to be lonely and family. His background is that is friends but
become paranoid and suspicious of his every move and he’s the odd one out because of the hobbits
whatever or not to see if he has a tail on him. his friends have and topics they discuss. He
like to hang around them as much as he can
but he like to stay at home most of the time.
He is weird in his approach of talk to people
and interacting with them; don’t laugh to their
jokes, majority of the time on the outskirts of
the circle. Addicted to crime drama shows like
NCIS , CSI Miami and the Mentalist.

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenges forms and conventions of real media
products? Because the group’ film was horror we decided to watch
film openings that were similar or close to ours, like for
instance, Zombieland 2009 , To kill a Mockingbird, 28
weeks Later 2004 and Final Destination
Watching Zombie Land I would say that the group
media product does all three. The use, the forms
and conventions of “Zombie land is that we where
establishing the mood and atmosphere of the film
also the genre of the film; by the authentic music
that created by the group use in the opening to suit
the genre of the film, being slow, dramatic which
create suspense and tension in the film which will
spook the audience at certain point , e.g. when he’s
on his phone and the camera zooms in and out.
The information the titles give is the genre of film by
the font and style is. Our title very sincere and
spooky which suits our genre and tells the audience
the genre of the film.

5. Watching Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” I would
say we develop as a group forms and
conventions of this film. In the openings I would
say we develop the audience being interested,
by hooking them in instantly by the challenging
gender stereotypes with the male victim
paranoid , looking uncertain, the camerawork
which is zooms in jerkily on him and suggests
that he being watched by he don’t know who is it
is or why? Plus the female cultists lighting the
candles in the dark, they look modern evil
witches with the masks that have smiley faces
on it.