This document discusses options for distributing a thriller film. It considers using large conglomerate film companies in the US like Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, and Paramount, which have global reach but may want to change aspects of the film. UK companies like Bedlam Productions, Between the Eyes, and Archer Street Films could keep the film's British identity but not have global distribution. Independent British companies could access lottery funding but films must meet criteria. The conclusion is that Between the Eyes would be the best choice as it has had success and influence to get the film recognized in UK cinemas while maintaining its British identity.

1. WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTIONS
MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT AND WHY?
Media Evaluation, Question three

2. INSTITUTIONS
I this question I will explore the ways our thriller film should be
distributed and with what company.
There are several option when deciding how to distribute our
film. The main choice is whether to use an independent film
company or a conglomerate film company

3. ADVANTAGES OF USING A BIG CONGLOMERATE
The most important factor is that they are more well known.
Having there names associated with our film audience may
be more inclined to watch the film.
There is also an assumed security in using conglomerate as
they can generally guarantee a films success with their
industrial dominance.
Using a big conglomerate give us the advantage of using
better effects, editing, filming etc. as they will have more
money (budget)
The connection that the conglomerate has with other films,
as some companies own or have partnerships with cinemas.
This then secures that our film will make it to the cinemas
and go nationally if not globally.

4. THE DISADVANTAGES OF USING A BIG
CONGLOMERATE
The first issue would be persuading them to distribute
the film. Most companies only distribute films that have
certain conventions and characteristics, as they almost
guarantee success from a film. Anything that brakes
these will not be taken.
However putting in so much money to get the film
recognised they will want a large share of the profit
made.
It is very unlikely that they will want to use our own
ideas on distribution as they have their experts in this
field. Also being such a big company they may want to
change some aspects of our film to make it more
appealing to the audience and distribution.

5. WHICH CONGLOMERATE
If we were to distribute our film with a big conglomerate we would
use Warner Brother as the have had successful thriller films such as
inception. We would also use New Line Cinema as they released
Seven. The final conglomerate we would use is Paramount as they
distributed Shutter Island.
As you can see these are all US companies that have a very big
budget and influence which would then benefit distributing our film.
The types of films that these companies are much larger productions
with a bigger budget therefore it would be very likely to take it on
and distribute a niche audience film.

6. UK COMPANIES
By using a UK film company is an alternative way of getting our film
distributed whilst still holding its British identity, which would be lost if we
used a US conglomerate. These UK companies are also a lot smaller
therefore would wants less of the profit made. However using these they
would not be able to distribute our film to such a global level. If we were to
use a UK company we would have Bedlam productions which was in
partnership of The Kings Speech. Another company that we would use is
between the eyes as they distributed shifty. Our final company that would
be used is Archer Street Films that produced the Railway Man. These were
all fairly successful film however they still did not reach the global scale.

7. INDEPENDENT COMPANIES
The British Film Industry is funded by the lottery and offers 17million
for the production and development of UK films. Due to the limited
amount of funding they can give to films each year, films must meet
certain criteria to be classed as British film In order to get any
funding.
The British Film Industry also offers help to independent film makers,
short films, script writers, distribution and exhibition needs. Our
thriller film has many features that the British Film Industry require,
therefore it would be easy for the film to meet the necessary criteria
to get the grant.

8. ALTERNATIVE METHODS
YouTube- YouTube would be a great way to distribute
our film as it has no cost to upload it and huge amount
of people have access to it and wouldn’t have to pay
much to watch it if not any money at all. People would
also be able to share the videos with there friends
increasing our audience.
Although we would be able to reach a lot of people as
YouTube is a very popular source we would not make
profit from the film this way. Also the method makes it
seem like a very amateur film and may deter people
from watching it. Putting it on the internet increases this
risk of illegal distribution as well.

9. CONCLUSION
Considering all of the options, Between The Eyes
would be the best for distribute our film.
The company has had pervious success and is
starting to make a name for itself, therefore we
would take the risk with going with them. Due to
these previous success it has enough influence to
get the film recognised in UK cinemas. Also being
a British company and considering its previous
work, Shifty, it will also keep the identity of the
film, to which will attract some audiences and
connect with others.