Zusammenfassung der Ressource
3. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
- Production companies
- Production companies help to
develop a film, providing it with
resources such as assistance on
budgeting, scripting and casting
- This is important because it helps to make the
film become successful as much as possible
- They analyse the finished
product, making a
judgement on whether the
film meets certain standards
- What films did I research?
- I researched one film and 3 film
opening sequences. I decided to
research 3 AS media coursework
opening sequences made by previous
media students as this would give me
a better understanding and
interpretation of the task brief
- The real film called 'The Purge 2:
Anarchy' that I researched in much
depth, gave me an insight as to what
contributes into making a real film
- The Purge 2: Anarchy
- Distributed by Universal Pictures
- Founded in 1912
- Operating income: $27 million
- American company which
operates in the USA but
serves worldwide
- One of the most well known
film distributors in history
- This works as an advantage to the film because Universal
Pictures has a very large budget and is extremely popular
for its success of distributing many films
- Promotion for my film
- Social media
- Twitter
- Promotion tweets
- So that the film is
advertised on every
users newsfeed
- Facebook
- Facebook banners on homepage
- So people will be aware of it more easily
- Instagram
- YouTube
- Trailers/teasers/behind the scenes clips
- To make viewers more familiar with
the film and to increase popularity
- Advertising and Marketing
- TV trailers and campaigns
- Creates easier access
- Creates popularity and awareness
- Increases revenue opportunities
- Talks with actors and producers on talk shows
- Shows what the film is like from an
expert or interior perspective
- Possible distributors for my film
- BBC Films
- "BBC Films is the feature film-making
arm of the BBC. It has produced or
co-produced some of the most
successful British films of recent years"
- Founded in 1983
- Made films such as
StreetDance 3D, Salmon
Fishing in the Yemen
- This distributor has supported many different
films, including short films with small budgets
- This distributor would benefit my film
because the films they distribute become very
popular and usually have a large budget
- UK Film Council
- This distributor is lottery
funded which means that the
budgets are much simpler
- Supports short films with small budgets
- In partnership with the
British Film Institution (BFI)
- The distributors main aim is to bring focus on
Britain's success for making films