This is our distribution ident we made called S.A.L productions which represents each member of the group, as it's the first letter of our initials. We used our ident at the beginning of our opening title sequence as that is were it had to be placed because of the correct order of title credits.
Furthermore, as we are a small independent which would mean that our opening title sequence would be a small scale release, that would get into local cinemas for a limited time, producing 200 DVD print run and online distribution such as a trailer posted on a website we created.
However, ideally we would like to be a high budget distribution company in the UK, which can help with marketing, promotion and advertising, to allow the film to be viewed by the audience. This would mean that we, as distributor, will make deals with well-known cinema chains such as Odeon, Vue, Imax, and Cineworld, to display our opening title sequence, which would reach a much wider audience variety. Additionally, we would made deals with TV companies like BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, etc to help advertise our title sequence and reach a large audience at much quicker pace. Also, other companies such as DVDs: Netflix, Love Film, etc which have become more well-known and used nationally, can also display our opening title sequence.
One film that is similar to ours is 'Scream'. This particular film has a similar plot line of a young girl being stalked, like ours. The main distributor of Scream is Dimension Films, which is a major American film production, which was owned by The Walt Disney Company but it now owned by The Weinstein Company.
The marketing tools used to distribute the film was mainly: Facebook, posters and a website. The film scream was screened twice in cinemas/theatres, at different times, therefore the poster was distributed in cinemas to inform viewers. The website and Facebook page was also created online to connect to a wider audience.
The role of social media was to promote 'Scream' and to get viewers to watch the film. Facebook is a good way in promoting and informing many people about their film as millions of people have a Facebook account. Also a website is also a good idea because if people want to find out more information about the film, their own website would be a good way to inform them about it.
Scream had a wide release in 1,413 cinemas/theatres nationally.
The different formats the film is available in are: DVD, ITunes, Amazon (DVD), YouTube.
The budget for the film was very large consisting of $15million and the box office was $173million.
On the Scream website the distributer Miramax, which is a large American company, runs the website and distributes scream on their website. Miramax also distributes other films and TV shows on their website. Also the original release of the scream soundtrack was by TVT record and not the film distributer Dimension Films.
I think that the distributer would be likely distribute our film as it is the same genre but also because they have a similar plot meaning that our film will appeal to screams target audience. Furthermore, they will know that their is already an audience publicly therefore the film is more likely to be watched by the viewers of scream.
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| These are some examples of real life films that are similar to ours |
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