Task 3: What kind of media institutuion might distribute your media product and why?

There are lots of Distributers that we could have used but we had to pick one that would be more likely to take our film on. We did this by look at what films some distributers had distributed previously. Also so that we had more money we decided to use two distributers so that we could get more publicity and have more money to use in the film. We looked at examples of films that have done that and found that the 'Saw' films use Lionsgate and Twisted pictures and they are a very successful horror film franchise.

So we decided to use Magnolia Pictures, which have produced horror films like 'Shrooms' and 'Survival of the Dead'. 'Angeldust' is similar to those films because of the violence and gore and in 'Shrooms' use of drugs. Therefore i think Manolia Pictures would probably take our film on because they have done films like ours before so it's a safe film to work on.




Brain Damage Films, is a small company, that if you send them a horror film that you have made they will distribute it all over the world. They only distribute horror films. Looking at there site, we could see that our film would 'Angeldust' would probably be taken on by them because once again our film is similar to films they have distributed before.

We chose these distributers because they were small and different and Brain Damage Films specialises in Horror films. We chose to use both because we would get more advertising and more money to make the film but that did mean that we may get less profit because both distributers take their percentage of the profit first leaving the rest for our production company 'Awkward Turtle Productions.' However, if we are able to advertise 'Angeldust' more, we will get more interest because more people will know about, therefore more people will come and see it, therefore more profit, therefore more money to split between Magnolia Pictures, Brain Damage Films and Awkward Turtle Productions.

Both distributers will distribute 'Angeldust' because of the main target audience it attracts... mid teens and young adults, and HORROR just happens to be one of the most popular genres so there is a safe bet that a lot of people between the ages of 16-29 will want to see this film.