Evaluation Question 3

What type of Media Institution might distribute your media product and why?

Above is a video demonstrating some of our choices as to what media institution might represent our film opening. 
We wanted to find a reputable film studio that would popularly distribute our film. As we researched we found that New Line Cinema, and Paramount Pictures would be two possibilities to associate with our film, however for two juxtaposing reasons. New Line Cinema has produced franchises, and some of the biggest horror films, and would be able to distribute the film to a wider audience. A common misconception is that because the film is low budget, only a small institution would be able to distribute it appropriately. However when researching I found that production conglomerate Paramount Pictures distributed Paranormal Activity, which had an extremely low budget of only $15,000 and no well known actors attached to the project, despite this it has developed into one of the biggest horror motion picture franchises. Therefore it is not unrealistic to select New Line Cinema or Paramount to be attached to our film. Such big studios producing low budget films with unknown actors, would be beneficial to the reality and believability of the film, therefore making the experience all the more terrifying for an audience. 

However as our film is strictly British another film studio that would distribute our film could be Momentum Pictures, who distributed 'The Woman In Black' and 'Insidious'. 

By Alexandra Gibson