Evaluation:- Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

For my film I chose to use Blumhouse productions and Film4 to produce/distribute my film.

Also I chose Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as my major media conglomerate.

I will be focusing on Blumhouse productions and Film4 whilst answering this question.

Blumhouse productions is an American company that specialises in the production and distribution on horror films. that is one of the main reasons I chose Blumhouse productions to produce and distribute my film.

Blumhouse productions was founded and is currently run by Jason Blum. The company does not like to spend a lot of money on the production of films they produce and distribute, such as 'Paranormal Activity', the budget for this film was an estimated '$15,000' and then their total gross of the movie was a massive        '$107,917,283'. Multiplying their budget over 7,000 times.

Other massive box office films they have helped produce and distribute consist of the Sinister franchise and The Insidious franchise. The first Insidious had a larger budget than paranormal activity, an estimated $1,500,000, but still considered a very small budget to other major films, Insidious took a total of            $53,991,137 by august 2011.

So to conclude I saw Blumhouse productions as an ideal Production/distribution company and they specialise in horror films so would know very well how to market the film. But also they work on films with low budgets and produce a massive gross profit at box office.

My next distribution company is Film4, an English production and distribution company that focuses on funding specialised British film and promoting British films and British actors/directors.  

Film4 launched on the 1st November 1998 with the objective of promoting everything  'British' within the film industry.

One of film4's most recent success was Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave'. This film was based on true recorded events of a free black man being sold into slavery and eventually, after 12 years, fighting his way home.

Other films currently on film4's slate include 'The Riot Club', 'Starred Up' and 'Cuban Fury'.

All of these films are based in England and feature either already established well known actors, or up and coming British talent. Such as Jack O'Connell, who starred in 'Starred Up'. This is also relevant for directors as well, due to the director of '12 Years a Slave' Steve McQueen now being highly recognised throughout the global film industry due to Film4's guidance and promotion of him and his film.

This is why I feel Film4 is a highly suitable production and distribution company for my film as they are already a well established film company and are highly accomplished in promoting non-mainstream films with 'undiscovered' actors featuring in those films. Also Film4 would help fund the film so could in-turn make the film better and attract a wider audience due to there being perhaps more spectacle within the film. This is why I have chosen Film4 as a distribution company.