What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

1. Genre

   • Social Realism
     • What is social Realism?
       • The term ‘social realism’ is one which is often used uncritically and indiscriminately in popular film criticism.
         • It is something of a catch- all term which conveys an idea of a text’s content, its concerns, and its visual style.

2. Social Realism Distributors

   • A distributor is an individual or a business that purchases films and converts them into cinemas or other media
     • I am going to look at different type of social realism films, to see who distributes them and who might distribute mine
       • Optimum Releasing
         • This is England, Blind Shaft, Tyrannosaur
       • Axiom Films
         • Half Nelson
       • Artificial Eye
         • Last Resort, Fish Tank, The Son, The Child
       • Icon
         • Sweet Sixteen, Looking for Eric, Precious, Ae Fond Kiss
       • Verve Pictures
         • The Arbor, Red Road, Bullet Boy
       • Pathe Distribution
         • Adulthood, Outlaw, Rat Catcher
       • Vertigo
         • London To Brighton, Shotgun Stories
       • Dogwoof Pictures
         • Man Push Cart
       • Channel Four Films
         • My Name Is Joe
       • Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
         • Nil By Mouth

3. Companies who have distributed films:

   • Theatrically
     • Fox Searchlight
     • Sony Picture Classics
     • Oscilloscope
     • IFC Midnight/Sundance Selects
     • Magnolia/Magnet
     • Tribeca Film
   • Domestically

4. My target audience

   • Who are they?
     • My audience is targetted around the age group of 15+
       • I have targetted my film to a young student audience as this could relate to their life
     • A British audience
       • Which companies distribute British films
         • BBC
         • Film 4
         • Wrap Films
         • Vertigo Films
           • These all distribute social realism films
             • An example of a film these have distributed within this genre and do any of the issues relate to my film?
               • BBC
                 • Bullet Boy
                   • Yes
               • Film 4
                 • Trainspotting
                   • Yes
               • Vertigo Films
                 • This is England
                   • Yes
               • Wrap Films
                 • London To Brighton
                   • Yes (age)