Film Distribution

Who would distribute your film and why?

Key information... It is the Film Distributors main aim to promote

the film to the largest audience possible There is HUGE competition and the

distributors film MUST stand out from the rest of the competition

It is important to campaign right! Sometimes as much as 30% of the films overall aim can be made up in the first 3 days of release in cinemas.

MARKEBILITY AND PLAYABILITY

MARKABILITY How it can be promoted to the specific audience

PLAYABILITY How is actually performs in the market

The Process of film distribution

Questions to think about...

Who is the audience? Who does the film speak to?Does the plot, intrigue the target audience?Does the film deliver and justify the cost and risk of theatrical release?What sort of audiences have similar films attracted?

Reasons for different types of distribution... There is a large target audience > Bring in

more money > Released in cinema for a longer period of time

An event based film (e.g. Christmas) > Bring in more viewers > Frequent viewings only around that period of time

High forei

Different types of strategies... TENTPOLE

Shown on thousands of screens all over the world, for large scale films, very high budget, Holly wood films, famous actors, large fan base

Selected screens in London, towns where audiences are known to like this type of film

PLATFORMED Only shown in one location as there is a known target

audience

Things to think about when making a film...

This list contains all the different features a company must think about when making a film and they must try to budget

an appropriate amount of money which can be spent on each section in order to stay within the selected budget

area.

Who?

Why?

Around the local areaEnglish accentsEnglish actors/actresses

Local English locationsFree to usePublic access

Not a Hollywood film

Low budget film companies

Making my film...

Low budget film makers Film 4 (e.g. Attack the block and Four

Lions) Vertigo films (e.g. Monsters) DNA films

These companies are examples of film distributors that distribute the films to

those that have a low budget and are not big Hollywood films, but still deserve

promoting and distributing to the public.