What kind of media institution would distribute your film and why?
When doing my institutional research, I explored four different institutions: Artificial Eye, Momentum Pictures, Entertainment Film Distributors and Working Title Films. I focused on British Film institutions, with the exception of Working Title which is owned by the American company, Universal.
We chose Entertainment Film Distributors for a variety of reasons. A British distributor of independent films in the UK and Ireland for various production companies, they support and distribute independent films mainly. This implies that they specialise in backing newcomers, unknown film makers and low-buget films, ideal for our film project.
The company has distributed a variety of films in different genres, with romantic comedies being one of them. Amongst other, they've distributed Run Fatboy Run, 17 Again, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. This indicates that this distribution company would be suitable for our film due to the fact that the company delves into our genre of romantic-comedy based on their wealth of films in that category. The films they produce in the rom-com genre are popular and well-known, inspiring confidence that our film would get wide-spread exposure and circulation.
The company has distributed a variety of films in different genres, with romantic comedies being one of them. Amongst other, they've distributed Run Fatboy Run, 17 Again, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. This indicates that this distribution company would be suitable for our film due to the fact that the company delves into our genre of romantic-comedy based on their wealth of films in that category. The films they produce in the rom-com genre are popular and well-known, inspiring confidence that our film would get wide-spread exposure and circulation.
The combination of these factors has put Entertainment Film Distributors ahead of Momentum Pictures and Artificial Eye, as Momentum pictures doesn't do a lot of work with low-budget projects and Artificial Eye specialises in art house and foreign films, neither of which are our genre. Working Title, although a big outlet, doesn't support many independant film makers and doesn't produce as many romantic-comedies, suggesting that despite having a successful history and image, it wouldn't be as appropriate working on our film.
As a result, Entertainment Film Distributors, I believe, is the most suitable company to distribute our film.
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