Tuesday 6 March 2012

Evaluation 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why

Previously, i have visited numerous websites to research the different distributors and what films they distribute have come across the point that the distributors: Univesal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox are the main distributors which distribute alot of films and also certain types of films.

From researching the films that Universal Pictures have released, i have seen that they distribute a wide variety of films from different genres, such as a comedy like 'evan almighty', a horror such as 'unborn' and thrillers such as the 'bourne' series. Looking at this they do not mind as to which type of film to distribute, as our film classifying as a thriller, we would come to think that these willl be no problem having  Universal Pictures distribute oue film.

On the other hand, while studying 20th Century Fox films, they do have a wide range of films from different genres. They have also distributed films which have been really popular such as ' Avatar'. However, while i studied further into this distributor, i came across the list of the films they have released from 2006 onwards. Upon reading this i noticed that they lacked in releasing horror and thirller films. The list was mostly populated in action, adventure and comedy based films. As our film being a thriller, i think that this distributor would not be a good choice in terms a media distributor to share our product.

Lastly, for the duration in which i studied Walt Disney Pictures, they have alot of hit films like pirates of the caribean. Nethertheless, the majority of thier films are produced for the young audience perhaps 15 and under. For example: Cars, Monster inc, Toy story, these are all films which are for mainly the young generation. Althought, they do have films which are suitable for older people, Ironman,  Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time and The Pacifier etc. Looking at the list of films they distribure, i have hardly come across a thriller or horror genre movie. This would not be satisfactory as again they lack in disributing our type of genre. So once again i do not think that Walt Disney Pictures would release our film.

I think our film can be produced by a hollywood studio because it has a tense and provoking storyline. Also the use of various techniques such as editing, mise en scene and effects are all within the abilities of a professional studio. When trying to compare our product to others, i would say it is similiar to episodes of CSI. A few episodes of CSI are based on a serial killer on the loose and the detectivesand police are out in search for him. When talking about different aspects, they film the killer usually in thier own home and thier hideout. Additionally, they use alot of cross cutting to show tension and suspense. We have incorporatred this into our film hence the reason i think our product can be produced by a major hollywood studio.

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