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

• An institution is a company that disperses a media product for audience consumption, in this case as well as marketing. We looked into film institutions that might distribute our film. The company would disperse the films to cinemas, then DVD or on websites such as Netflix and love film. The production company we chose was tristar and this company is linked with Columbia which is a distribution company therefore they would be great distributors, they distribute to countries worldwide.

• This company has also distributed, Zero Dark Thirty to a number of countries such as USA, UK, Portugal, Hungary and Italy. Captain Phillips, a thriller and girl with the dragon tattoo, a mystery thriller, therefore this distribution company would be viable as they are experienced with distributing thrillers and mystery films to a mass market. and have shown clear success.

• As we mentioned before, our production company is tristar, we chose this company because in the past couple of years they have produced many thrillers and horrors so this means that they are focused in that area. A film called The Call was produced by them and after looking into this film I have discovered that it is about a teenager being kidnapped which is what our film is based on, therefore this institution would be best as they have experience in creating thrillers, horrors and dramas.

•  A production company helps to create the film and helps with budgeting, casting, scheduling, scripting and more. They hold a lot of responsibility over the film, such as finding cast and crew. The logo for Tristar is effective because its stands out and grabs the audiences attention.

• As a vertically integrated company, we would gain money for the film by getting other production companies on board, who have the same vision and values with film making. Furthermore, we would target big budget production companies in order to gain the best equipment, our intended production company, TriStar will fund the film or seek additional funding from Columbia. 

• Titles in a film are very important as they are there to inform the audience about the cast and crew behind the film. We looked at other film openings to see orders of titles and what crew are included in the opening sequence to the film.