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A British Independent company?

This could be quite a plausible option for our film but we haven't mentioned our third option yet...

There are also British distribution companies that are simply UK based branches of American companies

Independent

On the other side of Hollywood blockbusters are Independent films that can take several different companies to fund, produce and distribute.

This forms the majority of the British film industry.

There are many independent British distribution companies

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

However...

Because of this, this is a very competitive market for movies and it means that those that are distributed by the big companies have to have one of or a few of the following things...

Many production companies are also distribution companies

Ultimately..

Cast

Big action movies that get made by big American Hollywood companies tend to star some popular actors.

For example...

Taken stars Liam Neeson

and was distributed by 20th Century Fox

Die Hard starred Bruce Willis who was at the height of his popularity during this period. This was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Salt starred Angelina Jolie and was actually rewritten so that she could star in it. It was distributed by Columbia Productions

We could avoid synergy at this stage and simply use our own company to distribute our film. We could distribute it to cinemas or simply straight online.

Directors

We have an unknown cast and director. Our film isn't a screen adaptation of a book or about a known character. And it isn't a sequel. Therefore our film would not be distributed by one of the big American companies like others from the genre.

Many films are made with a popular cast but with the addition of a director that is well received and so the distribution company can minimise the risk of not getting their money back.

We could post our film straight to a streaming site for amateur filmmakers.

Hanna was directed by Joe Wright, an English Director, who is more commonly known for his period dramas but in this case, with a cast of Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett, an action thriller was distributed by Sony Productions and Focus Films (an Art House company)

13 Hours is a true story based on the soldiers of Benghazi and directed by Micheal Bay, who is notorious for his explosive action movies and rewarding Hollywood with lots of money. This was produced by Paramount Pictures.

The Equalizer was a TV drama in the 1980s and the reboot was sparked by having the Director, Antoine Fuqua and actor Denzel Washington on board.

Heat is seen as

a cult classic starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer, but perhaps as important, directed by Micheal Mann. This was distributed by Warner Bros.

Large distribution company?Possibly American? From Hollywood?

Book to film (or based on a pre-existing character)

Another increasingly popular feature would be for the screenplay of the movie to be based off of a novel or known character.

They were distributed by Warner Bros. These movies also meet the 3 criteria I have mentioned and adds something else. Although not an ongoing franchise (a definitive trilogy), the first former movies would have created more momentum for the later ones to be accepted as there would be a greater hype.

The Dark Knight trilogy is obviously based on the DC Comics character, Batman. The Dark Knight (the second movie) stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal. In addition to this it was directed by Christopher Nolan who is one of the top Directors in the world. Basing these movies on an already fairly well-known character draws in fans and even people that are just curious. This trilogy specifically puts a dark spin on the comic book series and intrigued a higher audience with each successive movie.

This movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

This movie covers all 3 of the criteria I have mentioned so far

Jack Reacher is based on Lee Child's bestselling book series, Jack Reacher, currently consisting of 20 books. It stars Tom Cruise in the titular role, accounting for the famous actor, and is directed by Christopher McQuarrie who is well known in Hollywood.

This seems like a more appropriate option than the others as we are in fact amateur filmmakers.

Franchise movies

Movies that are sequels or an install in an ongoing series are often distributed by the big companies because they are made due to the big success of the former movie(s) and so are more likely to do well at the box office and may even be easier to distribute.

M:I 3 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Simon Pegg, Laurence Fishburne. Directed by JJ Abrams

This probably gained much of its success due to carrying the franchise's name. However, a fifth movie starring Damon as Bourne and Directed by Greengrass has been shot and is ready for release later this year (2016) which continues the franchise on fully with Jason Bourne. These movies are distributed by Universal Pictures.

The Bourne trilogy stars Matt Damon; is directed by Doug Liman and then Paul Greengrass; and is based on the character Jason Bourne from Robert Ludlum's bestselling novel series. So up to this point it meets all 3 previously mentioned criteria. The Bourne series used to be a definitive trilogy. But then a fourth containing new actors, crew and characters was made.

Casino Royale is the 21st movie in the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig as Bond, Dame Judi Dench as M and Eva Green as Vesper. This series is based off of Sir Ian Fleming's 007 series of books. There are currently 24 to movies and this is still ongoing. It is distributed by MGM and Columbia Pictures.

We distribute it!

Festivals

Genre

As well as this we could maybe even enter our film into an amateur filmmakers film festival. BIAFF; YouTube's Your Film Festival; 21 Film Project; and Rochester International Film Festival are just a few examples of competitions we could enter to get our film out there.

An action thriller is a very popular genre internationally. It draws people of a great age range and from different interests for a simple reason: Most people enjoy a good adrenaline fueled "punch up", possibly with some espionage or mind games thrown in.

We decided that the best and most likely institute to distribute our film would be our own production company. We would distribute the media product online and enter it into festivals to gain awareness about the project.

Kingsman had quite a substantial cast: Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L Jackson and Mark Strong. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. This leads me onto my next point - movies that have well known directors. In this case Mathew Vaughn is a well known director of quite violent movies such as Layer Cake and Kick Ass.

M:I 2 - Thandie Newton, Brendan Gleeson and Anthony Hopkins

M:I 5 - Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin

The Mission Impossible franchise was not based off of books, but it does have quite an all-star cast across the series. They all feature Tom Cruise as the protagonist, and Ving Rhames. They are distributed by Paramount Pictures.

M:I4 - Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton

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