Thursday, 27 September 2012

Research into Distributors

After doing some thorough research into this topic, I was accumulated a list of possible distributors who could potentially distribute our film. 

 These Distributors are linked to the films I researched in terms of similar genre and genre conventions:
  • WARNER BROTHERS
    • Founded: 1918
    • Founders: Albert, Sam, Jack and Harry Warner
    • Headquarters: Burbank, CA, USA
    • Website: http://www.warnerbros.com/ 
An American conglomerate film company that have released films such as: The Lucky One, New Year's Eve, Sex and the City 2, Valentine's Day, March of the Penguins, Femme Fatale, and Charlotte Gray. 

They are a large film company, and would be a good choice if we were looking to make it a mainstream film that would be accessible to a broad target audience. If we chose this film company, we would have a larger budget, with which we could employ more exotic or more expensive film locations, high quality costumes, lighting and even a cast list including some well-known actors and actresses. 
  • PARAMOUNT VANTAGE
Smaller film company which have released a total of 51 films altogether. Some of these include The Duchess, Enduring Love, No Country for Old Men, Intimate Strangers, Girl on the Bridge, Arctic Tale, and Broken Bridges. 

The company tends to work with niche market films which stand alone and are independent. They particularly look for 'art' type films which are creative and interesting to watch. This film company would be a very good choice for our project because they are a smaller film company which deals with detail and not large-scale films which appeal to a mainstream audience.
  • BBC FILMS
A branch of the English BBC who specialise in feature-film making. They work in partnership with major distributors both internationally and in the UK, and have released a total of 88 films since 1994. This small branch of the BBC has distributed films such as The Duchess, Nativity!, Jane Eyre, Made in Dagenham, Becoming Jane, The Men who Stare at Goats, and Brideshead Revisited. 

Again, this company would be a good choice because they deal with a range of different films, they are a local UK company, and they tend not to produce large-scale films. Our film will be a small production for a general audience, and may be better if it were distributed by a small, independent film company so that it is created in detail as intended.  
  • PATHE
The company has released 93 films in all, including The Duchess, The Iron Lady, Oliver Twist, 127 hours, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Cutthroat Island, and The Wedding Planner. 

This again could be a good company for us to choose because they have produced a variety of different films from different genres, most of which aren't necessarily big productions. Like the other, smaller distribution companies, having a more independent company distributing our film will mean that we can work with a smaller budget to create an interesting, visually gripping project. However, independent film companies usually work with niche audiences, and our film is aimed at a more general, mainstream audience.
  • QWERTY FILMS 
  • Founded: 1999
  • Founders: Michael Kuhn 
  • Headquarters: London
Feature film development and production company and media consultancy. Together with Citibank, it raised a fund to finance international films including Alien Autopsy, Kinsey, Wondrous Oblivion, Severance, I heart Huckabees, The Moguls, Stage Beauty and The Duchess. 

This is a very small company, and might prove difficult if we were to choose this as our production company. However, it is local and has produced some good films that appeal to a range of different groups of people.
  • THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
An American Film Studio that have released 80 films in total, including The Iron Lady, The Artist, Bad Teacher, Awake, Rambo, Scary Movie, Spy Kids, and Miss Potter. 

This company have distributed some very popular films, and would also be a good choice. They cover a range of different genres intended for different audience types. We would have a choice as to whether to make our film a large-scale production, or whether to keep it more low key and independent such as a recently released film by this company named The Artist.
  • 20TH CENTURY FOX
  • Founded: 1935
  • Founders: William Fox, Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck 
  • Headquarters: Fox Plaza, LA, CA, USA
  • Website: www.foxmovies.com 
An American conglomerate film company. Similarly to Warner Brothers, they have many branches, one of which deals with film distribution. Overall, they have released many films since 1915, some of which are: The Iron Lady, Seventh Heaven, Grand Canary, Remember the Day, Love me Tender, Alien 3, and The Day After Tomorrow. 

Alike Warner Brothers, this would allow us to make our project into a large-scale film if we would like to. A great many of their films are well-known, and because they are a very successful and well-known company, our film would be well-marketed. Again, we would have more of a budget to work with, however this might mean that some of the detail and authenticity of our plot is lost.
  • MOMENTUM PICTURES 
One of the leading independent distributors in the UK and Ireland. They release approximately 20 films a year, and among their releases are: The Young Victoria, The Woman in Black, The King's Speech, Chalet Girl, Limitless, Dear John and P.S I Love You. 

Quite a few of these films are simple storylines that stand out among bigger production films. For that reason, this company would also be a good choice for us to consider because they are an independent film company, and are again local which would allow us to support the British Film Industry as opposed to more established ones.
  • APPARITION 
  • Founded: 2009
  • Founders: Bob Berney, and Bill Pohlad
  • Headquarters: Los Angeles, USA
An American distribution company established in 2009, and responsible for distributing films such as The Young Victoria, The Square, The Runaways, Bright Star and Black Dynamite. 

They are a smaller film company and therefore have not distributed many films, but this may mean that they spend more time perfecting their projects.
  • NEW LINE CINEMA 
  • Founded: 1967
  • Founders: Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne
  • Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Website: www.newline.com
An American film company that produce and/or distribute films. Among their releases are: My Sister's Keeper, The Street Fighter, Blind Date, Damage, The Mask, Elf, The Golden Compass, Monster in Law, and Take the Lead. 

 This would be a good company if we wanted to make our film into a large-scale production to attract a general mainstream audience. They have released some of the most popular films that have ever been made, and are a well-established company with a good reputation.
After discussing the different companies that I have researched, we have decided to select Momentum Pictures as our Distributor. This is because we would like to make our film a low-budget, authentic-looking product, which would be better suited to an independent film company as opposed to a conglomerate. Despite Momentum Pictures only being a small company, they have still released some very popular films.

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