Q3WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT

DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

We created our own production company called Press Play Productions, which is an independent production company. For our distribution company we decided to use Paramount pictures as they have distributed many thriller movies such as Shutter Island etc. Paramount Pictures are a mainstream company and ours is independent. This something that happens quite a bit within thriller and horror movies.

When creating our film opening our group decided to create our own production company and use a known distribution company (Paramount pictures). There are several successful thriller movies that were distributed by a independent company; the movie Se7en, which was distributed by New Line Cinema. New Line Cinema is similar to our production company ‘Press Play Productions’, as they are both independent companies.

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

One film that is slightly similar to ours is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is a film that we would distribute with our created production company. As for the actual movie it is distributed by a independent company (New Line Cinema). If our production company, Press Play Production, was a real company we would distribute The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as initially this film was distributed by the independent company, New Line Cinema.

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

Our production company, Press Play Productions, will enable us to have a restricted local release as Independent movies are often screened at national, local, or international film festivals before distribution (theatrical or retail release). This would allow us to release our film at an art house cinema such as; Screen on the Green, as the day a new film is entered into a theatre distribution system for public viewing, many other formats of the movie, such as DVDs, Blu-ray discs and video-on-demand, are scheduled for distribution several weeks or months after the theatrical release of a film. Therefore, giving our film more recognition and popularity.

Digital content consists of things such as, video games, audio, videos etc.Using digital content to reach a specific target audience through website like Netflix, and Vimeo can be seen as a successful way of achieving this. This is because teenagers now tend to use these two websites, as they tend to always be on their phones. Therefore, having our movie on anyone of these two websites would be a great way to reach a target audience.

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Depending on whether your film is mainstream or independent the release date is different between the two. When marketing an independent film it is generally characterized by limited release, which is often used to gauge the appeal of films such as; independent films and documentaries. One major difference between DVD release between mainstream and independent is that mainstream films are first shown in cinemas for a certain amount of time, then they are released on DVDs. However, independent films are the opposite as they don’t show on cinemas and are released on DVDs first. Our film is mainstream with an independent production company so therefore are film would be released in the cinemas first then put out onto DVDs in stores.For example, the film Shutter Island

DVD RELEASE