Thursday 31 March 2011

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our film being a hybrid of drama and thriller means it is more appealing to different media institutions as it won't just be aimed at one type of audience. When doing our market research we focused on two films Obsessed and Prom Night which were both similar to the genre and story of our film. Prom Night was produced by Alliance Films which is a Canadian production company who have produced films such as 17 again and Piranha 3D which are both totally different genre of film but I think they our film would appeal to this institution because they produced Prom Night which relates to our film and they grossed a profit of $57,197,876 worldwide which shows they had success with the genre of the film. They have also produced a film called Pandorum which although is about space and aliens it is a thriller which shows they produce a lot of thrillers and dramas (17 Again) and I think our film would be suitable for the types of films they are producing. The other film we looked at, Obsessed was produced by Screen Gems which is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures. It has produced films such as When a stranger calls and Vacancy which are both thrillers although are storyline's are very different they all follow the typical codes and conventions of a thriller film and I think our film would appeal to this institution. I personally think the certification of our film would be 15 because it is a thriller and some of the scenes may not be suitable for children. 

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