Sunday, 17 March 2013

Which Institutions Would Make our Film?


If we were to ever actually release our Thriller, we would have to consider what company we would ask to distribute it. For this we looked at English distribution companies, as we felt our thriller would mainly appeal to a British audience, as well as possibly be distributed in other European countries. Therefore we came to the conclusion that we would ask Warp films to make it.


They would choose to make our film because they have made lots of other First time, short films on low budgets and short time frames- exactly what our thriller would be. They often make a lot of films for older audiences especially males, therefore a lot of thrillers too, with plenty of action and gadgets (both of which would feature strongly in our film). They seem to specialize in realism, unlike some American companies such as Warner Bros, who tend to lean towards idealism to please audiences. However our film would be fairly realistic to if the situation was real.

They would hopefully like the latvian theme as they have made other experimental films such as Rubber Johnny, which was a gruesome and disturbing film that not all audiences would enjoy. Doing a film such as this gives hope to accepting other controversies, such as ours. Warp Films has also shot many films in cross-media convergence, which would provide additional funding for production and distribution for our thriller, while demanding a bit less from each company.


Our film is a thriller/mystery and does not require a large budget or special effects, therefore meaning that filming and editing time would be quick. Warp films once shot a film in 22 days, something to aspire to with ours. Our thriller would be a 'British Film' except for international personnel, which fits perfectly to the ethos of WF.

We also feel that our film could be very cheaply done, but still effective. This is due to fact that the main characters are fairly poor therefore their clothes, office general equipment etc. Will not have to look particularly fancy. The actors will also be unknown and therefore will not have to be paid very much. Therefore there would be an overall low budget.

We would keep distribution costs low, being that our thriller is a first-time ow budget production. therefore we would put it straight onto DVD and possibly TV, assuring that people will watch it. we would not put it in cinemas as we only have a specific audience and distribution costs for licensing in the cinema would be too high. Therefore we would  keep marketing costs low too, but still effective, placing adverts in tactical places such 

as magazines libraries newspapers etc. Sticking to our target audience.

Due to the experimental nature of many films distributed and funded by WF, such as Rubber Johnny, we can see that they are very open to films that are not made for mainstream viewing. They allow the idea of 'niche' audiences ( a minority group of people) mainly due to the low budget, however still making a high profit in comparison to money spent on the procedure.

They also do not have any other thrillers similar to ours. Especially the aspect of having the majority of conversations spoken in Latvian, will give it an interesting edge, and is something that they haven’t done before, allowing it to quite cultured. 
We had to consider what kind of media institution would distribute our Thriller in America. To get an idea we researched other low budget films to see who had distributed them in the US. One that we found that was to a similar degree and was distributed very well was monsters.
Monsters was made on an incredibly low budget similar to how the rest of our film would be made. It was premiered at the SXSW film festival and was picked up by Magnet for distribution. It was then given a platform release over a three week 'pre-christmas' period. Spending a brief time in the cinema and going quickly to DVD. As there target audience are more likely to watch it at home on New Media Technologies such as YouTube, Netflix, Xbox Live and Play Station.

This sort of distribution would be advantageous for or film as there audience is very similar, and would also have more viewers watching it on New Media Technologies. Therefore based on this information iI would choose Magnet to be our distributer as hopefully using the same methods it would also be successful for our low budget film. especially since the distribution was also low budget as we wouldn't be able to afford expensive viewings. This is why New Media Technologies are so advantageous to institutions and audiences.


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