Task 3Film Distribution

What is Distribution?

What is Distribution?

• Distribution is the act of getting a film to an audience. Distribution companies acquire films, either through their own studios or by attending film festivals, depending if they are major or independent studios.

Distribution Companies and what

they do

Example of a major

studio

Example of an independent studio

OUR FILMHow our film will be distributed and by who.

Our film • Conspiracy Thriller

• Slow Paced

• Dark

• Complex Plot

• Sinister

The features of our film

Other Films Released

• Comedies – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (20th Century Fox)

• Children’s Films – Rio (20th Century Fox)

• Horror Films – World War Z (Paramount Pictures)

• Thrillers – Broken City (20th Century Fox)

• Action Films – A Good Day to Die Hard (20th Century Fox)

Films released by distribution companies

Is our Film appealing?

• As shown in the previous slide, film distributors tend to release a variety of films.

• Therefore our film should appeal to film distributors, providing it has a large enough target audience to be profitable.

• However, to get it noticed we would have to go to film festivals etc.

Is our film appealing to film distributors.

Does our film appeal to audiences

outside the UK? • I think our film may appeal to a foreign audience, as it contains some universal themes, such as betrayal and deceit.

Why and why not?

Exhibition, marketing and release strategies

WHO, HOW AND WHERE

Exhibition Strategies • Film Festivals

• Direct Contact

• Advertise online

• Flyers

• Cinema Adverts

How to get our film noticed by the

distribution companies?

Marketing Strategies • Online Advertisement

• TV Adverts

• Magazines

• Hold a Premier

• Cinema Adverts

Ways to get our film noticed by the

consumer.

Release Strategies • In Cinemas

• On DVD/Bluray

• Online

• On-Demand

• Subscription Channels

How and Where our film is going to be

released.

Self Distribution

We could distribute our film independently, without a distribution company. This would give us more control over how the film is portrayed to the public and may save money in the long run. However, we would need sufficient assets, such as skilled staff, various contacts in online firms, in order to distribute digitally, and enough funds.

Distribution without using a distribution

company.

THE ENDThis is the end of the presentation.