Film DISTRIBUTION

By Saffron Lee

What is a distributor?

- A distributor consists of a organization who have the job to display your film at markets or festivals across the world. They branch out to reach towards new films, to represent their distribution.

- They aim to seek out for exhibitors which will showcase a film onto a large audience screening. Their main aim is to get exhibitors interested in the film to advertise the movie to mass viewers resulting in the best revenue.

-All the backstage advertisement is aimed towards a target audience who shore interest in the film.

- Ultimately, the bigger the audience the bigger the success. They aim to get it large DVD releases and a massive audience to support the film.

Example: film 4-Film 4 was firstly, established as Channel Four Films in 1982.

-They develop and showcase feature length films for theatrical release in cinemas. - They distribute fairly low budget films, which they believe have the potential to become vastly popular and successful. - This could contribute to my film, as it will be on a low budget and Film 4 would give me the platform to flourish and feature the film to a wide audience.

Film 4 examples: