Our film could be distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, a major Hollywood studio with experience distributing big films. While the film has art house elements exploring alcoholism and abuse, it aims to challenge mainstream audiences with these sensibilities. Releasing it directly online through platforms like Twitter and Facebook could save on distribution costs but would not generate as much income for a possible sequel. Instead, the filmmakers chose to compromise by working with a major studio to reach a wide audience while maintaining the classic noir themes of pessimism and dark sensibilities.

1. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
QUESTION THREE

2. Our film could be easily distributed by a Hollywood studio, we are being
backed by Warner Brothers Pictures who have quite a creditable reputation of
distributing big Hollywood films. Our film is similar to a a few existing
products, for example the “Disappearance of Alice Creed”. We used “Alice
Creed” as the corner stone of our interrogation scene; the carful planning and
lay out of tools- also the bonded suspect is a hint at Alice Creed herself, the
sack is used to signify this. Even though this will be distributed by a major
Hollywood studio we did conceder having this film as an art house film.
We would of explored the layers of alcoholism and abuse within our flawed
protagonist and but given it a smaller audience. So instead we came to a
compromise- we would challenge mainstream cinema goers with art-house
sensibility's.
COULD IT WORK WITH
HOLLYWOOD?

3. As the internet would be the main bulk of our
advertising- e.g. Twitter and Facebook it would make
sense to release it as an internet release only. This
would save on distribution and storage costs but would
not create as much income in order to finance a
possible sequel. The opportunities for a franchise
would seem like the more logical option with such a
well known distributor such as Warner Brothers;
however as we wish to keep to classic noir themes such
as pessimism and dark sensibilities it wouldn’t really
suit. We may be selling the poster but that’s as far as we
would go with selling off parts of merchandise.
THE INTERNET

4. As with classic noir we have tried to keep with dark sets, long shadows and
labrythian alley ways. These settings are not much found in modern
mainstream films. This use of mise on scene entice viewers and make them
more interested in a wider scope of cinema- the newspaper scene at the end
reflects those classic news walls held up with past, these images are often
found in classic and neo-noir. The long silhouettes on the walls are difficult to
shoot but worth it, they show the characters chasing but with no indication of
what they look like, this mystery will become useful later in the film as our
protagonist (Nicholas Malgrum)
OUR STYLE