2. DISTRIBUTING OUR FILM
• AS OUR FILM MAY NOT BE FOR A MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE, IT WOULD WORK
MOST EFFECTIVELY IF WE WERE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM IN AN
INDEPENDENT CINEMA.
• FILM FESTIVALS OPEN THE DOOR TO A WORLD OF TRADITIONAL
DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES AND NICHE FESTIVALS ACCEPT FILMS THAT
FALL WITHIN THE GENRES AND CAUSES TO WHICH THEY’RE DEVOTED.
3. WHAT’S ON AT THE LOCAL ODEON?
Epsom cinema Guildford cinema Kingston cinema
4. ANALYSING GENRES
• THE GENRES THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST ARE;
• ADVENTURE
• ACTION
• FAMILY
• NONE OF THE FILMS ARE THE SAME GENRE AS OURS, THRILLER.
• WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER CINEMAS THEY ALL SEEM TO BE SHOWING THE
SAME GENRES.
5. WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT
THE AUDIENCE?
• THIS SHOWS THAT AT THE MOMENT THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN WATCHING ACTION/ADVENTURE FAMILY FILMS. THIS WOULD
MAKE SENSE TO SHOW THESE FILMS IN CINEMAS LIKE ODEON AS THEY ARE
OFTEN LOCATED IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS SO THEY ARE DIRECTLY
TARGETING MORE OF THE AUDIENCE AT ONCE.
7. FILM GENRES THEY SHOW
• BOTH INDEPENDENT CINEMAS SHOW A WIDE VARIATION OF DIFFERENT GENRES
INCLUDING;
• DRAMA
• FOREIGN FILMS
• COMEDY
• ROMANCE
• WAR AND FAMILY
• THIS SHOWS THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN BE INTERESTED IN ALL GENRES AND IT IS NOT AS
SPECIFIC AS OTHER CINEMAS.
9. WHAT GENRES DO THEY
SHOW?
• THRILLER
• MYSTERY
• DRAMA
• COMEDY
10. WHAT FILMS WIN THE MOST AWARDS?
• DRAMAS AND THRILLERS WIN THE MOST AWARDS FROM BFI AND CANNES FILM
FESTIVALS.
• THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF BEST PICTURE NOMINEES BY GENRE
AND PER DECADE ACCORDING TO THE OSCARS.
11. WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT
GENRES AND FILMS?
• THIS MAY SUGGEST THAT FILMS SUCH AS THRILLERS INCLUDE MORE EDITING
TECHNIQUES, SOUND, LIGHTING AND A RANGE OF CAMERA ANGLES THAT
OTHER GENRES WOULDN’T NEED TO FOCUS AS MUCH ON SUCH AS COMEDY.
THIS IS BECAUSE IN A THRILLER IT CREATES EFFECT AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS
IMPORTANT WHAT THE CHARACTERS ARE SAYING IN THE SCENE AS OPPOSED
TO WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS STYLE OF FILMING
COULD BE A REASON THAT THRILLERS AND DRAMAS ARE RECEIVING THE
MOST AWARDS AT FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE BFI.
14. INDEPENDENT VS ODEON
• OUR FILM WOULD MOST LIKELY BE SHOWN IN AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA AS
IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT THE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE WOULD WANT
TO VIEW.
• HOWEVER INDEPENDENT CINEMA WON’T RECEIVE ANYWHERE NEAR AS
MUCH PUBLICITY AS ODEON CINEMAS RECEIVE.
15. TRIBECA VS CANNES
• AS TRIBECCA IS A FILM FESTIVAL WHICH HAS A LARGE VARIETY OF THRILLER
FILMS IT WOULD BE MORE FITTING TO USE THIS APPROACH AS THERE IS
CLEARLY A WIDER AUDIENCE FOR IT.
• CANNES IS A VERY FAMOUS FILM FESTIVAL AND IS ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS
IT IS RATHER DIFFICULT TO GET INTO AND MAY NOT BE RECOMMENDED FOR A
FIRST FILM ENTRY.
16. FORUMS ONLINE• ONLINE FORUMS COULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET REVIEWS AND CRITISMS
ABOUT THE FILM BY NON BIAS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
• FORUMS CAN ALSO BE EASILY SHARED AND LINKED WITH OTHER SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES SO IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO INCREASE EXPOSURE BY
SHARING THE LINK TO THE FORUM.
• AS IT IS ONLINE IT WOULD ALSO GIVE THE AUDIENCE ACCESS ON-DEMAND
RATHER THAN VIEWING IT IN A CINEMA OR WAITING FOR GENERAL RELEASE.
17. WHERE OUR FILM IS LIKELY TO END UP
• WE WOULD EXPECT OUR FILM TO END UP IN AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA IF IT
WAS SUCCESSFUL. THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ENTERING FILM
FESTIVALS AND BEING RELEASED AS AN INDIE, PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.
