What kind of media institutes might distribute your

film and why?

Hammersmith productions were first founded In November 1934 by the comedian and

businessman William Hinds. The company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer

Horror" films made at the end of the 1950s until the 1970s.However the company

specializes in a range of different genres, science fiction, Film Noir and comedies but are

mostly known for their horror thriller films. The company is known for producing some

of the best known Horror successes in Britain for example:

Dracula was an enormous success, breaking box-office records in the UK and also in the

United States which released it as Horror of Dracula and Canada, and across the world.

Mummy, the title used for the remake of The Mummy's Hand, which also incorporated

significant story elements from that film's sequel, The Mummy's Tom was made in

1959.

The Phantom of the Opera followed in 1962, and Hammer collaborated with William

Castle on a remake of The Old Dark House (1963), but The Invisible Man was never

produced.

Hammer dominated the horror film market and, enjoying worldwide distribution and

considerable financial success. To this day hammer have successfully produced and

distributed 209 films.

Running alongside production of the Gothic horror films, Hammer also made a series of

what were known as "mini-Hitchcocks".

The thriller films produced were all low budget suspense films which relate to the

whole purpose of my media project this was initially one of the main reasons why

hammer film productions were one of my major preferences. These very low-budget

suspense thrillers, often in black-and-white, were made in the mould of Les Diaboliques,

although more often compared to the later Psycho This series of mystery thrillers,

which all had twist endings started with Taste of Fear(1961) and continued on with

Fear in the Night (1972.

According to my In depth interviews when asked the question where do you find out

about new thriller films, my target audience answered mostly through advertisement.

Advertisement such as:

Bill boards

Bus, Train & bus stop bill boards

The Harrow vue website

Newspapers/magazines

YouTube trailers

Posters/ vouchers

Blogs / reviews

Tv advertising – trailer

Cinema –trailers advertisement and posters

Dvd companies

Facebook advertisement

Cast mentioned in magazines – which advertise the film as well

With most of my target audience being young students they are always using the latest

technology, on things such as the internet for entertainment and information. Websites

such as YouTube have blown up that people rely on them so much for information such

as new movies out especially my target audience who are technology dominated.