Evaluation Q3

"what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?"

Key features of my opening sequence


I'd say that the key features of my opening sequence were definitely the letters and photographs and also my titles as the titles were one of my main focuses as it took up a lot of time and there were more titles in comparison to actual footage in my opening sequence.

My logo was also a key feature as that was there to "set the scene" for my opening sequence and I decided to go for a more gothic approach to the logo to stress the fact that my film IS a scary film so it would be wrong to place a picture that wasn't relevant to my genre of film.

Looking at media institutions in the past such as warner bros, warp x and working title I had to think about what kind of media institution might distribute my media product and why.

First, I looked at Warner Bros which mainly specializes in family films - this doesn't mean that they don't distribute scary films, films such as the Harry Potter franchise were distributed by Warner Bros but in comparison to what my film is about, HP was more suitable for families whereas my film wouldn't be as I have already put an age boundary of 18+ , this is because I think that anybody under this age may not understand my film or they may find it too scary etc.

I then looked at warp X and working title which would be more likely candidates to distribute my media product, and this is because they are smaller and sometimes distribute films that may not be suitable for all, for e.g. warp X distributed a film called rubber johnny - this is the trailer :



as you can see, this is very bizarre and not something that would be suitable for all, Warp X tend to focus on distributing films that may be unsuitable for many but there is a place in the market for them as there are people out there who like a more quirky type of film such as this one.

After briefly looking at these companies and then re evaluating my opening sequence I can safely say that my film would not be something that would be distributed by a mainstream company due to the storyline, age range and the fact that it isn't very similar to other films that have been distributed on a high scale in the past.

Seeing as se7en has been my main inspiration for my opening sequence, I did some research into what company produced this film and found this interesting quote ;

"Fincher approached making Seven like a tiny genre movie" I think that this is a key quote as se7en was also seen as a film that would be produced by a smaller company due to the controversy that it may have caused if released on a bigger scale - I have personally not seen the film but I'm aware that it's not a film that would be appreciated by those under a certain age due to the content and storyline.

New Line Cinema was the company that distributed se7en and also distributed a film which is quite well known-Alien. So if i was to look at an institution that would distribute my product it may be a company such as NLC as they have distributed films like this in the past.