The document discusses which type of media institution might distribute a media product based on several factors: 1) A mainstream distributor could distribute the film due to its use of conventions like suspense and ambiguity as well as stereotypes that mainstream audiences can easily identify with. 2) The film's intended audience is also mainstream so it follows conventions they expect from the thriller genre to be understandable to them. 3) The title sequence features the star names before the film name, another convention for mainstream distribution. 4) There may be links to other films from the same distributor based on similar audiences and conventions used.

1. Question 3
What kind of media institution
might distribute your media product
and why?

2. Our film would be distributed by a mainstream
distributor due to the following factors:
• Use of conventions
• Audience
• Title sequence
• Links between other films distributed by that
distributor
• On the other hand, looking back at our opening
sequence it seemed to have more aspects of an
independent film rather than a mainstream. This
was mainly due to the lack of action involved in
the film and the handheld camera when panning
at the start. Therefore, a independent distributor
such as Artificial Eye.

3. Use of conventions/stereotypes
• We have used many conventions in our opening
sequence such as suspense/mystery, ambiguity, the
narrative and the stereotypes we have used are the
‘good’ and ‘bad’ teenager. Therefore, our film would
be distributed by a mainstream distributor as we
have used the conventions and stereotypes rather
than challenged them, so it will be easier for the
audience to identify with.

4. Audience
• As a result of the audience being mainstream,
our film would be suitable to that audience
because we have followed the conventions of
a thriller. Therefore, it will be something the
audience can expect and the narrative will be
easy to understand for them.

5. Title sequence
• Due to the title sequence our film would be
distributed by a mainstream distributor
because the star names are before the film
name.

6. Links between other films distributed
by that distributor