FILM DISTRIBUTION

WHAT IS FILM DISTRIBUTION?

A film distributor is an individual or organisation who will

represent your film at festivals and markets around the world. The

distribution of a film is the process through which a film is made

available to watch for an audience by a film distributor. Distributors

will source new films to represent in their distribution catalogues.

Examples of major film distributors:

EX AM P L ES OF INDEP ENDENT

F IL M DISTRIBU TORS

DISTRIBUTORS

Major distributor

Independent distributor

THE WORKS

20th CENTURY FOX

20th Century

FoxThe Works

20th Century Fox uses more well known

famous actors and actresses compared to

The Works as they have more money to do

this as they are a major distribution

company. Their films would be of better

quality. Also they have a wider target

audience in comparison to The Works.

MY FILM

Our film’s storyline is based on bullying and seeing as bullying is quite a huge thing all over the

world many people would be interested in watching it. Also, because our film has a cartoon/comic book

theme, that makes it a bit more quirky and the types of effects used makes it look more modern, so

younger people may find it more appealing compared to the more older people. I think 20th Century Fox

would be interested in my film because it is sort of similar to film which they have released before such

as ‘Diary of a wimpy kid’ which is also about bullying, and the main character is young similarly to our

main characters as there is there is not much difference in age between these. Diary of a wimpy kid is

quite a popular film, so if 20th Century Fox were to release our film ‘The Wimp’ I think it could also be

just as popular.

The Wimp

MY FILM

I think our film ‘The Wimp’ would have a wide target audience because of

our storyline and theme. As our film is mainly based on bullying, and bullying

doesn’t happen only in the UK, so it would have a range of target audiences as

bullying is a big thing all over the world.

P OSSIBL E M ARKETING

STRATEGIES

Some possible marketing

strategies and release

strategies would be to

advertise our film through

social media such as Twitter

and Facebook because a

large amount of people use

these sites and are likely to

see the advertisement.

SELF -DISTRIBUTION

Advantages to self-distribution

- You can retain full control and rights over your film, giving you the choice over where

your film is shown.

-You don't have to give a cut of the money made from any sales of your film to a

distributor.

Disadvantages to self-distribution

-It can be a full-time job in itself as it can be very time consuming because of having

to chase buyers and sales and filling in paperwork.

-It may limit your options for sales as distributors have established relationships with

buyers and many buyers may only be interested in packages of films.

-You need to be very legally aware that you're not signing away rights to your film

that'll prevent you from showing it elsewhere.