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

There are many institutions that distribute films, but some only distribute films from a certain production company, others only distribute films of a certain genre. The following list will contain some institutions that we could use and others we can't.

Walt Disney Pictures:

Walt Disney Pictures would be an unsuitable distributor as they only distribute Disney films, which are children's films. The only films that are not aimed at young children are the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Momentum Pictures:

Momentum pictures is very much a suitable distributor. They have distributed films such as: 'Insidious' (2011), 'The Crazies' (2010) and 'The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. All are fairly low budget, especially the first two listed, making it suitable for our group.

20th Century Fox:

20th Century Fox isn't very suitable as they go for high budget films like Avatar (2009), X-Men (2000-2010) and Star Wars (1975-2005). Although they are widely spread through the genres, they don't distribute low budget films, therefore they are unsuitable.

Weinstein Company:

The Weinstein Company are a suitable distributor as they go for low-ish budget films like 1408 (2007), The Kings Speech (2010) and Halloween II (2009). They have a few thriller genre films they have distributed and that is why they could be a suitable distributor.






We have decided to use The Weinstein Company as our distribution company, this what the logo looks like as it appears in films.


We decided to go for the Weinstein Company as they help low budget films companies make it into the commercial world. They pride themselves to help those who can't afford high end advertisement, making it into cinemas and this is one major reason why we have chosen them. They have also distributed thriller films in the past, meaning they have experience in the genre. We didn't want to go with a famous distributor, we wanted to go with a fairly unknown distributor and we think that the Weinstien Company is perfect.

This is our production company logo that we designed. We created this using photoshop, laying the hand on the first layer, then downloading the font from DaFont and laying the text on the second layer. In our opening sequence it fades in, then fades out after the distribution company.

Our funding would come from the BFI Film Fund as our film would pass as 'British'. I took the test on behalf of our film and it scored over 16 points, meaning it passed the test and the BFI would fund our film. As we have a semi-big distributor they may help fund the film as well. Due to all of this, our film may be released into cinemas, but will definitely be released into 'indie cinemas'. This means our film may not go onto DVD sales if it goes into an indie cinema, but if released into chain cinemas then DVD sales will happen. I think our film will be rated a 15, this is because it contains strong violence, some strong language and some scenes that some may find upsetting. It doesn't get into the 18 certificate rating because it doesn't contain sexual scenes and doesn't contain strong bloody/gory violence.