Monday 7 March 2011

Evaluation question 3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our media project may appeal and be distributed  for viewing by USA production company, Legendary Pictures.
This is because this particular production company are involved in a long, successful list of thriller films including The Dark Knight, Inception, The Town, and Watchmen. With such a successful line of films it would be common sense to by released with the production company as our film has typical thriller elements and has similar themes to previous films, one being the town which includes the use of hostages etc. The production company could release the film as a spin off to the film, Hitman.







very similar shot used in our film,


However film 4 would be more realistic as it is a British production company that distributes more small independent films, in comparison to Warner brothers etc and the other big American production companies. This is because this project could be finished on a small budget, which film 4 specialize in.



As for viewing the film, i believe it would be the most profitable and beneficial for the film to be released at the cinema using celluloid as the majority of cinemas project films using this method. However releasing the film in digital would still be shown on mainstream cinema's, but it would also bring other advantages. This includes being cheaper to produce, and also be able to release the film via the Internet on sites such as You Tube,as it would be on a digital, transferable format, which in turn could bring in more publicity and revenue for the film. This is because a successful cinema experience would be the best opportunity to increase future  DVD sales unlike first viewing on television then DVD as it would gain more publicity, and could lead to a larger amount of revenue. Is is evident in the case the film Avatar. This film through cinema release was the biggest selling DVD in 2010 selling 10,156,458 units, bringing in an incredible $183,231,512 worth of revenue just from DVDs. I would advise the film to not be released on main stream television first as i do not believe the project could be transformed into a television series.


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