Final Draft Evaluation - Question 3

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

Distribution company No.1 - Studio Canal
 

Studio Canal was formerly Optimum Releasing from 1999-2011 and is a London based distribution company that often releases low-budget British movies. It has distributed movies such as The Last Exorcism, This is England, and Submarine. Each of these movies were made independently. The highest budget out of these three movies was This is England which had a budget of £1.5 million which sounds like a large amount of money but compared to larger production movies, the budget is dwarfed. Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides holds the record for the highest movie budget ever, the budget for this movie was over £300million. Studio Canal has also released box office hits such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Why might this company be interested in my movie?

I believe that Studio Canal would be interested in Stockholm Syndrome because they have released many different low budget British movies in the past and they have released a lot of horror/thrillers, these include The Last Exorcism, The Hound of Baskervilles, and The Imitation Game. The plot of Stockholm Syndrome is very mysterious which I believe would intrigue the distribution compsny and make it more likely to release this film.

 Distribution company No.2 - Pathe 

 Pathe is a distribution company that has released movies such as Philomena which had a budget of around £9 million. The company has also released a number of other low budget British films. The company has also produced some higher budget movies such as Bekind Rewind which had a budget of around £20million. This company may be interested in Stockholm Syndrome due to the elements of mystery that the movie holds and the unique plot of the story. 

 Distribution company No.3 - Revolver Entertainment


Revolver Entertainment is a British Distribution company that was founded in 1997 and has released multiple low budget British movies such as the Kidulthood trilogy, the opening budget for the first installment of the trilogy, Kidulthood was just £600,000. The company has released other low budget British movies such as Ill Manors, and Anuvahood. The companies highest grossing movie was Adam Deacon's Anuvahood which took a total of £2.1 million at the box office. I believe that they would be interested in my thriller because the company bases itself on low budget movies. The plot for my movie would hopefully be what they are looking for and would intrigue them into distributing it.