Preparation for Evaluation Questions

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

A media institution is a company that owns and creates the media product. We would probably get ghost house pictures to create and sell our film as it has produced similar horror films and work, such as poltergeist, which is a movie we looked at as research, the grudge, and the possession. 

A film distributor is responsible for the marketing and selling of a film. There are many different film distributer companies, some of the more well known ones are: BFI, Discovery Film festival, Disney, Guerilla, Lionsgate, Paramount pictures, Parkland entertainment, Picturehouse entertainment, Sony, Universal, Vertigo, Warner Bros., 20th century fox The main 5 distributors, also known as the big 5, are: Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.

These companies all have a wide range of films that they have distributed, Disney has released quite a few horror films, however they are more family friendly and are not usually gory, unless they have also been released by a subsidiary of Disney, such as marvel or 20th century studios.

Paramount pictures has released quite a few popular horror movies, one being a quiet place, which won Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie in 2019. It has also released a movie called Friday the 13th, a classic horror movie about murder and bad luck, which our opening title sequence fits perfectly, as it fits a mysterious murder, as well as the irony of the boy watching the ghost show and then getting haunted himself. 

Sony has released, ghostbusters afterlife, which, while being family friendly, also has effective horror scares and jump scares. 

Universal has released the classic horror movie "the mummy", which is a horror film and also includes slightly haunting images within the film, although is hasn't released many horror films, and the few they have have not been very popular. 

Warner bros have released recent popular horror film classics, such as the conjuring 1 + 2, Annabelle, the shining, gremlins, Beetlejuice, the exorcist, Dracula, and many more, it would therefore be a very good film distributor for our film as many people would associate it with this paranormal, frightening and fantasy films which have proven very popular with both the younger and older audience. 

The age range of these films are usually 12A and anything above as the scares that come with a horror film may be too much for kids younger than that. This shows that these companies are more aiming towards a teenage or young adult audience, which would also be the best age range for horror movies as most teenagers crave adrenaline, therefore gravitate towards horror films as a source for that. 

These film distributors usually have a high budget as they are the 5 most popular and successful distribution companies in the industry. You can also tell that they are high budget by the high quality of most of their films, especially in recent years and even in the past 10-20 years, most of the films these companies have made have been quite high quality. 

The film distributor company that I think would suit our film the best would be Warner Bros. This is because the horror films they have produced have been extremely popular as well as truly frightening to watch, as well as secures high ratings for them, and I think the company could help make our film very successful and a true horror movie.