Evaluation - Question 3

What kind of Media Institution might distribute your Media Product and why?

Our type of film would probably be made as a low budget independent film.
There are many reasons for this, the prominent one would be the limitatory financial constraints. As a result, we used “found actors”, who were unpaid an uncontracted. We also used pre-existing sets and sets which were free for us to use. Money was saved on costume as our actors came to the shoot in their own clothes and the makeup and prosthetics were supplied for free by a friend. We had only one day of shooting, due to time constraints, and the amount of money each hour of shooting cost.

Our product would be released by a United Kingdom distribution company, as our film is low budget and not designed for worldwide distribution. An example of this would be Arrow Films, a specialist low budget horror film distributor. Arrow Films are a film distribution company based in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. They release 3 to 4 new titles every month and have the rights to over 160 titles, especially in classic, modern and cult horror films.

To enable our product to be classed in a different category, we would need a bigger budget. This would be spent on higher profile cast members, marketing and possibly trained professionals to help us with the process. This would help the film secure a well-known studios backing, and enable a large release to be achieved.