Transcript Question 3: what kind of media institution might distribute your

MY MEDIA PRODUCT
My media product is an opening sequence to a drug dealing comedy spoof
falling under the genres of Action and comedy. It also offers some
obscure references such as the main characters are called Johnny and
Kyle (a play off of the names Bonnie and Clyde partners in crime). Also
the film is really aimed at an older audience due to swearing and adult
content (drug dealing and gun violence) so it shouldn`t be distributed by
a children aimed company I would say a company that releases minor
adult films and also comedies (like disaster movie or The watch).
WHAT INSTITUTIONS WOULD PRODUCE MY
films
PRODUCT Vertigo
Vertigo films is a UK based film distribution company founded in 2002 by
Allan Niblo and James Richardson. The companies goal is to create and
distribute commercially driven independent cinema and since the
release of Inception it has produced 28 films and distributed a further
35 more. Famous releases include smash hits like Streetdance 3D,
horrid Henry the movie and the multi-award winning film Monsters.
Vertigo films main goal is to try to produce the best British based films
with all new releases along the way such as Monsters: The Dark
Continent and Kill command.
DNA films
DNA films is another upstarting Film distribution company in the UK with
famous releases such as Dredd 3D, Never let me go, 28 Weeks Later,
Sunshine, 28 Days Later and shallow grave. They mainly focus on
producing horror films or films of a dark nature or Genre, the company was
set up by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich.
FINAL DECISION AND WHY
My final decision for the company that I would chose to distribute my media product is Vertigo
Films because I believe that they are the best option for producing my media product. When
looking back at all of the previous releases that they have distributed they are all of different
genres and they don`t end to focus on one specifically (examples of these being Streetdance
3D-a dance themed film with some comedic and domestic elements, Monsters and action
horror based film mainly focusing on CGI and special effects and finally Inception a
physiological thriller with action, jump scares and some low level horror elements). When
compared to DNAfilms who mainly only focus on Horror themed films as their main focus to
distribute films, our production is an action comedy genre so DNAfilms would not work for a
distribution choice. Also by choosing Vertigo films it helps promote our production as a British
made film both producing our skill as well as the productions ethnic origin.
Overall my final decision for a media institution to produce my product is Vertigo films because I
believe that they are a reliable business with their previous successes with Monsters and
Inception. Also by choosing them I believe that they will help in promoting not just my media
production but also in promoting the countries capabilities in producing good quality films.