EVALUATION 3

What kind of media

institution might distribute

your media product and

why?

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILMS

British independent films are those made in Britain using British Film Industries and not by big Hollywood conglomerates. British Independent Films usually have a lower budget because companies in Britain cannot afford to spend large budgets on films. Most British films don’t use many production companies because British production and distribution companies will not be able to afford a budget needed to make a film.

British Independent films don’t use many production and distribution companies to create their films as they cannot afford to pay for them to be produced and distributed due to their small budget. They use multiple production and distribution companies to fund their films because British film industries haven’t got the money to spend on a film that people may or may not watch. British independent films are usually less popular because there are lots of Hollywood blockbusters that use large budgets to fund their films and because British independent films can’t afford large budgets, they do not have the resources available to make their film better.

Here are some British independent films:

• Borrowed Time - £120,000 budget

• Starred Up – £2 million budget

• The Selfish Giant - £1.4 million budget

• Philomena - £7 million (estimated) budget

HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS

In contrast to British independent films, there are Hollywood Blockbusters that tend to use big conglomerates to produce and distribute their films. Hollywood blockbusters tend to have a higher budget as the major conglomerates can afford to spend money on the resources and famous actors for their films to gain a bigger audience. Some of the major conglomerates are: Fox, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros/ Time Warner, Sony and Paramount. These companies use large budgets for their films because they know audiences are going to see them based on their experience and popularity. For example, Disney are known to create films for families and children, and due to the success of their films, children will want to go see the films and parents wouldn’t mind allowing their children to watch them because they know Disney films are entertaining for their children. Hollywood blockbusters use a lot more distribution companies, in particular than British independent films. This is because they have larger budgets than independent films and due to big conglomerates funding these films, cinemas are more than likely to show Hollywood blockbusters because they are more likely to get a bigger audience than British independent films. Also the Hollywood blockbusters tend to have larger budgets, therefore they can pay to have celebrities in their films. This makes audiences want to see the film more because they know the actors or stars from previous films and might enjoy watching their acting and know the film will be good if that actor is in the film.

Here are some Hollywood Blockbusters

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $200,000,000 (estimated) budget

• Thor 2 - $170 million (estimated) budget

• The Dark Knight Rises - $250,000,000 (estimated) budget

• Gravity - $100,000,000 (estimated) budget

OUR FILMOur film would probably be a British Independent film because we had a small budget and we used British actors and characters when filming our opening. Distributing our film as a British independent film could be beneficial because it can gain a wider audience, such as British people, due to the film being British. Also the target audience could be females as the film is based on a woman or targeting people who enjoy watching thriller movies. Because our film is rated 15, the film will not be suitable for people younger than this age, so the target audience would be young adults or middle aged people. The fact that we used a very small budget, in fact we didn’t have a budget, therefore we didn’t have to pay for any equipment or resources. Having a small budget is ideal for British production and distribution companies because British film industries cannot afford big budgets for their films.