TASK Institutional Research

Media Institutions tend to produce certain types of product or have qualities/values associated with their brand (think of Pixar, Disney, Rockstar Games, Def Jam). So which institution – specifically a FILM DISTRIBUTOR - would be interested in being associated with your product and handling the marketing and distribution of your product. This will help you with Evaluation Question 2.

 

Who is going to distribute your project?

 

1) Outline what a film distributor is/does.

 

2) Research at least THREE distributors.

Identify the key/major films they have released.

 

Identify films that are similar to yours in terms of target audience, budget, genre.

 

Try and find some marketing for these films (posters, trailers) – do these fit with your product in terms of style, genre, strategy, UK based etc.

 

Conclude whether they would be an appropriate institution for you.

 

Suggestion distributors:

Lions Gate

Revolver Entertainment

Optimum Releasing

Icon FilmDistribution

ArtificialEye

Metrodome

Universal Pictures International


Or think of a film that's similar to yours look them up on imdb.com, click on Full Cast and Credits, look for Company Details on the left hand side and find the UK distributor.

 

ILLUSTRATE YOUR ANSWERS WITH LOGOS OF THE COMPANIES, TRAILERS, POSTERS ETC.