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

Firstly I thought about what films my opening film is similar to. Films that I have compared to my film a lot are:
- Monster 2003
- Saw II
- Sixth sense

I then decided to research their distribution company, who owns them, how they were distributed and their budgets.

Monster 2003



Distribution Company: Media 8
Some other films distributed by Media 8:
- Reaper 2008
- Challenger 2008
- Buried Alive 2007
- Man about town 2006

Many of the films aren’t exactly blockbusters, and some I found difficult to even find on YouTube, this highlights to me that maybe their distribution techniques aren’t as effective as other major companies or they don’t have the budget. However almost 75% of their films were a thriller which shows that they have a particular type of film they like to distribute, I think that this distribution company would like our film because it’s the same genre as other films they have distributed.


Saw II

Saw 2 was worldwide; therefore many distribution companies were used for different countries for effective distribution. I’m going to focus on the main one which is Lions gate films. Lions gate distribute mainstream films which usually end up being blockbusters, they also release a range of films from comedy’s to horrors. Examples of other films they have distributed are:

- Kick Ass 2010
- Precious
- New in Town

A lot of films that Lions Gate have distributed have been very successful but a lot aren’t British, so if they were to distribute our film in the way the American films have been distributed I don’t think that ours would be very successful, however they are very successful and the budgets for distribution would be relatively high so they may be able to reach the audience that likes our film or even distribute it more in the UK.



The sixth sense
The distribution company used for this film was Buena Vista International for the USA and UK which is owned by Walt Disney. This company distributes a range of films, from animations to horror. Majority of the films that they distribute are mainstream films that end up being blockbusters. A lot being American which are successful both here in the UK and the US.




I think that an American distribution company would choose to distribute our film; it is very similar to other thriller’s like Monster and The Sixth Sense that companies like Lion gate and Walt Disney distribute, however I think that a problem may be that it could come across too British for an American audience. It could however be distributed around Europe, resulting in large audience consumption which would result in a large profit. I think that merchandising would be a problem, not a lot of thrillers use merchandise except from maybe soundtracks and special edition DVDs.