Group 3B Film Blog: 3. What kind of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product and Why?

Monday, March 18, 2013

3. What kind of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product and Why?

While researching the project I looked into distributors who had distributed other low budget independent dramas, particularly those with a good knowledge of the 15-24 female market. We wanted a distributor who could distribute our film successfully and target all the different segments of our potential audience as well as understanding the market for a British independent film.

Distributors I researched:

Optimum Releasing/StudioCanal
Sony Pictures Classics
Intadem Film Distributors
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Momentum Pictures
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Focus Features
Revolver
Pathe
NeoClassic Films
Entertainment Film

We narrowed down our choices to Pathe, Revolver or Entertainment Films as each had a history of distributing similar films to ours.

We chose to go with Entertainment Film Distributors because...

However our choice of this distributor would mean that our film would probably have a limited relese.

We also created our own production company, Fruit Bowl Films. It is a:

Small British Film Production Company
Based in Soho, London
Specializes in producing films for a localised British audience that may also have wider appeal
Low budget, high quality independent productions
Films often exhibited in Arthouse cinemas
Specialises in coming of age and period dramas
Producing thought provoking films that are driven by art not profit, and provides oppurtunities to up and coming British filmmakers
Specializes in producing films for young people aged 16-24

From our research we discovered that British independent films are usually co-productions, so we decided to make 'Turning Pages' one too, indicating this through our titles: