Evaluation task 3 "What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?"

EVALUATION QUESTION THREE

Distribution is For my media product, I think a good institution to distribute it would be 20^th Century Fox UK. 

I came to this conclusion after a lot of researching into different film companies and institutions and when looking into 20^th Century Fox UK I found that they produced many films that are similar to the entire film storyline I had made. The entire storyline is about how the lead female grew up to be the talented fighter and have the intelligence that she does. I feel as though 20^th Century Fox UK would be good for this as they have produced films such as X-men which is a particularly action based film and has lots of fight scenes as well as telling a story about the characters involved. 

The target audience for 20^th Century Fox UK, is I would say 15 and above, which I think suits my thriller well and matches the target audience I am aiming for within my opening sequence. I also looked at the films that are most successful, finding that the were films such as Avatar, grossing at a total of $746,766,139, Star Wars Episode I, with a total gross of $431,088,295. After researching all of this I came to the conclusion that 20^th Century Fox UK would be the institution I would choose to distribute my media product, as it is evident from films made in the past that this institution would cause my media product to be successful.

 If I were to choose a different institution to distribute my media product, I would choose Miramax as this film company make many films starring female lead characters, these include Kill Bill and Pulp

Fiction, both these films display the females to be strong, independent characters. This suits my media product as the thriller I created is starring a particularly strong and independent female lead, similar to the female roles in Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction. I also feel as though the target audience is similar to that of my thriller, and to that of 20th century Fox UK. Furthermore, when researching the most successful movies produced by Miramar, I found that the list included movies like, There Will Be Blood, for which the budget was $25 million. 

I feel as though Miramax would be a good institution to make my film due to it being successful and I wouldn't have to worry about the product being unsuccessful due to the very successful past of the films Miramax has made previously. 

If I were to use an institution to distribute my thriller to, based on the opening sequence only, rather than the entire film, I would choose something like Hammer. I would choose Hammer because this production company focuses on films that are thriller/horror based and tends to distribute and produce more indie films, in contrast to 20th Century Fox UK and Miramax, which produce much larger, more expensive films. I feel as though Hammer would suit my media product well as it is a thriller, which Hammer have done may of in the past, including Murder By Proxy, Bad Blonde and Dracula. These films were all quite successful with relatively small budgets, which would suit my media product well, as it would be an independent movie, meaning Hammer would be used to dealing with and distributing this type of movie, as well as it being a thriller which they are also used to dealing with.