Evaluation Question 3

What kind of Media Institution Might Distribute your media product and why?

Our film would most likely be distributed by a mainstream hollywood company due to the mass audience it appeals to and how new and high tech we created it. This kind of company would be interested in my product because it is designed to make sales and attract a mass audience, it attracts this by using a wide range of characters and locations. My film was shot in the UK but by using American big name actors it will be able to attract the American mass audience preferable someone for the role of Michael Staines, who does the voiceover for film opening. A Film company that would be good for mine would be Unioveral Pictures because a subsidary company they own are Working Title and they create films which are similar to ours such as the film Gone which is about a girl with psychological issues about a killer.

Similar films to mine which have attracted a mass audience include films such as The Sixth Sense (1999) which made huge profits, the film is similar to mine as it has a young child protagonist about how he can see dead people similar to my film as Ethan is able to see his dead brother but is also able to see people that have not been born yet and to the later of my film he starts to be able to control the babies inside the woman becoming a struggle of life and death.

The Sixth Sense:

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£257,479 (UK) (5 November 1999)

Gross:

$293,501,675 (USA) (12 May 2000)

These figures show that if my film is half as successful as The Sixth Sense (1999) I would have made a mass profit.

Due to my film company being mainstream it would be distributed to big mainstream cinemas such as Odeon so it can reach the big screen, I would distribute to these places because I can make a bigger profit from distributing to a mass audience. My film would be distributed through an online download from a secure sight so it can be accesssed by more cinemas although this does open my film up to piracy but due to my film being a big blockbuster it should gross a bigger profit even if it's pirated.

My film would be seen in the best resolution and 48fps to make it as smooth and best quality as possible. Although the use of 3D is becoming bigger and bigger my film would not use this as it is distracting to the audience and would not work for my psychological thriller as it works for more action or comedy movies such as The Hobbit (2012) which introduced the new 3D 48fps. I am a mainstream company and because of this i am able to distribute the product to create the biggest profit possible.