WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MAY DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA AND WHY?

Question #3

What is a Production company?

A production company helps with the creation of a film, it assists with budgeting, scheduling, scripting and casting. The Production company looks over the film from the initial idea to the completion.

Some Production companies are specialised in producing a typical genre of film. An example of this would be Lions Gate as Lions Gate have experience in producing thriller movies, an example of this would be saw.

What is a distributor?

A film distributor is in charge of marketing a film, A production company will approach a distributor in the hope to make a distribution agreement. A distribution agreement can be based on one of two models these are either the leasing of profit sharing models. Leasing involves the distributor agreeing to pay a fixed amount for the rights to distribute the film. Profit sharing involves sharing the net profit of the movie (Usually around 10%-50% to the distributor)

What is a distributor? Continued….

When a distributor has leased a movie, they will try to determine the best strategy for opening the movie, there are several factors to consider;StudioTarget AudienceSeason

What Production Company and why?

The production company I chose was twisted pictures, this is because they are a independent production company who specialise in making films of a horror/thriller genre’s they have made films such as the saw franchise, dead silence and Texas chainsaw. I think that they would be a good choice for production company as they know how to target an audience effectively and operate in a niche market. Another reason why I chose this production company is that they worked with Lions Gate which is my chosen distributor to make the saw franchise which grossed $873 million.

Twisted Pictures

Here is a table of twisted pictures filmography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_Pictures

What Distribution Company and why?

The Distribution company I decided to use for my media production is Lions Gate. I chose Lions Gate as they have a huge amount of experience distributing films of the same genre as mine.

The saw franchise is a horror/thriller film, this shows that lions gate would be wise choice as a distribution company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lionsgate_films#Highest_grossing_films