1. WHAT IS A FILM DISTRIBUTOR? A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing.You can get major or independent companies which are very different and tend to distribute different film types.

2. WHAT IS A MAJOR DISTRIBUTION COMPANY?A major film studio is a movie production and distributioncompany that releases a substantial number of filmsannually and consistently commands a significant share ofbox-office revenues in a given market. 3. EXAMPLES.-Universal-Columbia-20th Century Fox-Warner Bros.-Paramount 4. FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY MAJOR COMPANIES.20th Century FoxUniversalA-Team, The Jaws, Jurassic Park,Chronicles of Narnia, American Pie, BourneAvatar, Night at the Identity and Fast and Museum, Furious Transporter and Warner BrothersCheaper by the Inception, Sex and theDozen. City, The Hangover, Harry Potter, Invictus and The Dark Knight Paramount Puss in Boots, ColumbiaKung fu Panda,Men in Black, The Girl Captain America,with the Dragon Tattoo,Shutter IslandThe Karate Kid and 2012. and Iron Man 5. WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTIONCOMPANY? An Independent film is a professional film production resultingin a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outsideof the major film studio system. Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by theircontent and style and the way in which the filmmakerspersonal artistic vision is realised. 6. Usually, independent films are made with considerably lower filmbudgets than major studio films. Independent films are often screened at local, national, orinternational film festivals before distribution. An independent film production can rival a mainstream filmproduction if it has the necessary funding and distribution. 7. EXAMPLES.THE FOLLOWING STUDIOS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST PREVALENT OF THE MODERN INDEPENDENTSTUDIOS-Film4-Entertainment One-IFC Films-Fox Searchlight Pictures 8. FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY INDEPENDENT COMPANIES. IFC FilmsFilm4Human Centipede, Shaun of the Dead,Strangers, Chalet 127 Hours,Girl and My BigInbetweeners Movie Fat Greek This is England WeddingFox SearchlightEntertainment OneJuno, Black The Bridge, Swan, (500) Days Our Brand is Crisis and of Summer, Whip The Official Story. It, History Boys and Napoleon Dynamite. 9. RESEARCHBox Office We did research into the Independent Revenue film Juno which was distributed by Fox4Searchlight and the Major film Avatar distributed by 20th Century Fox on there2Box Office revenue. As you can see0Avatar made around $2 billion on theJuno Avatarbox office alone compared to Juno who accumulated $2 million from box office.These results show that majorly distributed films tend to make more moneyas an end result as they are targeted to a much wider audience and aremarketed on a much larger scale than independent films. 10. RESEARCH 8.2We researched the two films using the 8Rotten Tomato review website and 7.8found that Juno (the film independently 7.6distributed) scored 8.1/10 from critics. 7.4Whereas Avatar (distributed by a major 7.2company, and with a much higher 7budget profit) only scored 7.4/10. Juno AvatarThis goes to show that as Independently distributed films are used to target aniche audience the overall reception will be much greater. Whereas majorlydistributed films are shown to a much wider audience with completely differentinterests when it comes to film, this is evidently shown in these results whereAvatar which has spent millions on its production, scored less on reviews as notall of the public may have liked it. 11. OUR DECISION...When asked what institution might distribute our media product, we had a long discussion about it and after our research we decided that we would want an independent distribution company to issue our final media film. 12. Click on speaker icons for explanationsWHY? more creative control more of an overall profit low budget target a niche audience more rewarding process 13. SUMMARYSo overall, an independent distribution company would be the most suitablechoice for our thriller as our individualistic style and genre would be able torelish unlike with a major company who may change or manipulate our ideain order to reach a bigger target and make a bigger profit.Although film distributed by Major companies tend to make more overallbox office revenue and profit we feel as we have a very low budget even bygoing independent our profit will be huge in comparison to our startingcosts.