Question 3What kind of media institution might distribute your media

product and why?

Our film would be distributed by a mainstream distributor due to the following factors:• Use of conventions • Audience• Title sequence• Links between other films distributed by that distributor• On the other hand, looking back at our opening

sequence it seemed to have more aspects of an independent film rather than a mainstream. This was mainly due to the lack of action involved in the film and the handheld camera when panning at the start. Therefore, a independent distributor such as Artificial Eye.

Use of conventions/stereotypes

• We have used many conventions in our opening sequence such as suspense/mystery, ambiguity, the narrative and the stereotypes we have used are the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ teenager. Therefore, our film would be distributed by a mainstream distributor as we have used the conventions and stereotypes rather than challenged them, so it will be easier for the audience to identify with.

Audience

• As a result of the audience being mainstream, our film would be suitable to that audience because we have followed the conventions of a thriller. Therefore, it will be something the audience can expect and the narrative will be easy to understand for them.

Title sequence

• Due to the title sequence our film would be distributed by a mainstream distributor because the star names are before the film name.

Links between other films distributed by that distributor