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- 2. WHAT IS IT? Filmdistribution is the process in which a film is made available to be viewed by an audience, and can be viewed via cinema, television, or by DVD or blue-ray etc. It can also be paired with a film promotion if it is for commercial use. When a film is first produced then it is shown in cinemas as a feature film to show audiences. However in present day, lots are just shown as paid advertisements before another film has been shown. These can also be known as trailers. Film distribution also involves getting legal rights to show the film, marketing and releasing it, making and distributing DVD’s to stores etc.
- 3. PROCESS OF FILMDISTRIBUTION This is in the US but the same concept applies!
- 4. MAJOR UK DISTRIBUTORS Someof the major UK film distributors consist of: • Warner Bros • Sony • 20th Century Fox • Universal • Walt Disney • Lionsgate • eOne Films • Paramount • StudioCanal
- 5. WHO IS MOSTDOMINANT? In the year 2013, this is what film distributors were the most dominant in the UK and Ireland:
- 6. WHAT TYPES OFFILM DISTRIBUTORS ARE THERE? There are two types of film distributors, one being the major studios that have many offices all around the globe, and the other being independent film distributors that have to sell their films to different distributors in each country or territory, due to them not having as many offices and being based in a small amount of places. Some examples of major distributors are 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, and Warner Bros. Some examples of independent distributors are Lionsgate, eOne Films, StudioCanal, and Vertigo Films.
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