Evaluation Question 3By Kirsty Steward

DefinitionsProduction company: Provides funding and recognition of the specific film it produces. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting, post-production and some larger companies even help with distribution.

Distributor: Is the individual or company that exports and represents the media into cinemas and other areas of viewing so that the intended audiences can preview the media e.g. 20th Century Fox is an example of a distributor.

What production companies may be suited to my production?Three production companies that would be suited to fund my thriller film are:

Universal Studios

Warner Bros Pictures

Lionsgate

This is because all had produced top 10 thriller films in 2012 which proves their success which is what I would want to experience with my film. In particular Lionsgate produced the highest grossing thriller film of 2012 with ‘The Hunger Games’.

What Film Studio Production I’d chooseThe film studio I would choose to produce the film would be Universal studios as they had three films in the top ten top grossing thriller films of 2012 therefore they show they produced a range of successful film rather than just have one bit hit. Also they are a big company meaning my film would be more recognised and be considered more prestigious in industry terms.

What Film Distributor I would choose

I feel as though 20th Century Fox would be suitable to distribute my film as they are a household name and have distributed a large quantity of successful TV shows as well as films. Furthermore, they are the company that distributed the film, Taken, in which we took a lot of inspiration from, thus it makes sense to use the same distributer as ‘Taken’ had such a great success therefore I feel I could achieve the same by choosing this company.

TitlesIn terms of creativity, what my production titles held was limited. In my first production company title ‘LKS Productions’ the acronym was simply my production team’s name’s initials (Leo, Kirsty and Shannon) and with the second, MS Media, it simply stood for Manshead School Media. Yet even though I feel the title names are not very creative, they are original. Also the black background, dark blue fading mist and metallic looking writing give the company a sense of individuality and recognition.

However we would only have to use this titles if we could not receive funding from bigger companies such as the ones that were previously mentioned or from lower scale companies such as the BFI or national lottery. But the titles are sufficient enough in terms of originality and the actual display of the titles fit with the conventions of the film therefore overall they’re successful.