AS Media Q3

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

 There is only a limited number of ways that I could distribute my film because it is very low budget. In a dream world, I would like to have one of the "Big Six" distributing my film. However, I have had an extremely small budget for making this film and Hollywood films traditionally have enormous budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars. For this reason, it is fair to say that it's immediately apparent that it is not then going to fit into the category of the "Big Six". The "Big Six" are the most well-thought of distribution companies in the world of film and my film is the first one I've ever tried to make professionally and I've had no real experience prior to that. Therefore if it didn't do as well as some may expect a "Big Six" film to do, it would go down as a "flop".
 A small independent film company could distribute my film as they could be encouraged by the idea of my story line. Due to the fact that the story line is so unique, they could see this as an opportunity to make "big" money. However, an independent film is more likely to take on a film that has cast and crew who have previously been in or worked on a film. As my film has no big stars and no big crew members, they will probably choose not to invest in it.
 Another company that could possibly distribute my film is BBC films. They are a company within the BBC that fund small films and distribute them in different ways to get the film out and about. However, they tend to distribute films that have big names in the film. For example, "The King's Speech" is a BBC film that has stars such as: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Geoffrey Rush. In my film, there is nobody that stars in my film who is already known within the film industry. This means that they are incredibly unlikely to take on my film. Although, they are not all about profit as they are always thinking about promoting young British talent. There is a slight possibly of my film being distributed by them.
 Film4 is a good company to look at for distribution of my film as they are fairly well-known for distributing low budget films that have a good story line. My film is an extremely low budget film that has an incredibly intriguing story line. They managed to very effectively distribute "28 Days later", a low budget film at just £5,000,000 to make and raking in over £50,000,000 in the box office. I think it's fair to say that it's unlikely that my film will make that much money but in terms of what it cost to make and the profit margin, I believe that it could be a success. Film4 are possible distributers for my film and are ideal.
 To release my film straight onto DVD would be a bad idea. It costs roughly 15 pence to produce a DVD and then a few thousand to actually release it. Due to the fact that there is not enough funding for my film, I will not be able to advertise my film in order to tell people what it's about and they will not be interested in buying it. Therefore this would be a bad idea as a way to distribute my film.
 If I were to put my film on the internet and try to get it known amongst the public, there is a big chance that I would receive good feedback and it would be considered a success. Should I upload it onto YouTube, I could put the link on Facebook and perhaps start a page, advertising my film for the public to see. Or I could put it on Twitter and get it trending so that it would be viewed by a large audience and I would be able to listen to a lot more feedback. I think realistically, the best way to get my film views would be to upload it onto the internet and reach a wider range of audience.