Film Distribution and

Vertigo Films

Chloe Templeman

What is Film Distribution?

Film Distribution is the process a film company goes through every time they make a movie and make it available for an audience to watch, often in the cinema, DVD and downloadable copies.

Someone has a movie idea.

They outline the movie so they can get people like a studio interested in their idea who purchases the rights to produce the film.

A screenwriter, produce, director, cast and the crew is found to be able to make the film.

The film is sent to the studio once it has been made.

The studio sets up a license agreement with the chosen distribution company.

The distribution company decides how many copies of the film to print.

The distribution company organises a movie screening to potential audiences.

The Process…

The Process…

The buyers of the movie decides on which movies they lease from the distribution company.

The distribution company sends copies of the film to cinemas (usually American cinemas first) a couple of days before the opening day.

The cinemas show the movie for an agreed number of weeks which can sometimes be longer if the movie is a hit.

The distribution company receives the copies of the film back.

If the movie is a hit then the distribution company will send copies other parts of the world (usually the UK) and state that it was a hit in America which sells the movie to the next audience.

Vertigo Films

Vertigo Films is a British Film Production Company and a Film Distribution Company located in London, England.

They have produced and distributed some successful films like the StreetDance movies , Monsters, Outlaw and Bronson.

Vertigo Films

Allan Niblo created Vertigo Films in 2002, he had previously produced, wrote and distributed movies before.

Currently the goal is to produce and distribute 4 films per year.

Vertigo also owns The Post Republic, an exceptional post production company in Berlin.

Vertigo has a partnership with Protagonist Pictures, an international sales company.

They’ve recently set up PFXE which is Europe’s most experienced 3D facilities company.

Vertigo Films

2010: Vertigo released Europe’s first 3D live action movie; StreetDance 3D, getting to no.1 in the UK Box Office charts and received on the most successful UK independent films and was shown worldwide.

2010: Monsters was also very successful and was a big hit receiving 3 British Independent Film Awards.

2011: Vertigo released a 3D feature film of the children’s TV Show Horrid Henry which made £6.5 million.

2011: Vertigo teamed up with Hammer Films producing Wakewood which was the best reveiwed horror films in years.