AS Media Studies: Evaluation - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We decided that Film Four was the company who would most likely to distribute our film. This is because Film Four is a British institution that is known for investing in and distributing independent British films such as Dead Man’s Shoes and Kill List. As ours would be an independent British film, if we were making it in full we would probably look to them. Dead Man’s Shoes and Kill List are just some of the British thriller/horror films that Film Four have helped to create, and we feel that our film would fit in well alongside their previous thrillers. Film Four also has an appeal to younger people, as they often make films aimed at them, like the comedy Submarine or Attack The Block. The characters in these films seem like “regular” teenagers who the audience can relate to, because they dress, talk and look like the audience, which is something we tried to achieve with our film. Because of these similarities, we feel that Film Four would greatly help to promote our film to our target audience. Our thriller being distributed by Film Four would be an example of synergy, and this would help us expose our film to a larger number of people by “borrowing” Film Four’s audience. Our thriller also has similarities to Kill List’s trailer, such as the sound track and certain shots (see below). This means that fans of Kill List may also be interested in Persistent Paranoid, again borrowing an audience.