3.) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What does a production company do?
A production company usually take care of concept and completion of the film and the supervising of the whole thing. They also are responsible for the financial side of the creating the film and selling it to make money. They don't only help create films but the can help t.v programmes and performing arts. They also take care of all the advertising so that people are aware of the type of media they are trying to promote.


What is your idea of a distributor and who that might be and why?
My idea of a distributor is a shops and cinema's companies, this is because they are the ones that help sell films. Also thing like youtube is a type of distributor, from where it lets people world wide see trailer or opening clips to the film.

Where the money might have come from for a film such as yours?
If we did wanted to create our opening sequence as a film we could pitch it to a production company. Then if they believe it has potential to make money they would invest in your film, and give money to create the film, advertisement and help with distribution. Then with the profits you make they would take a cut of it so that they don't lose out on money, which they in vested in. For example big companies like Warner Bros. Pictures, which produced the film Gothika, would need to know if the film has a big money potential before the invest from where they cant afford to have there company name put by an unsuccessful film.

Why the various people are named in the titles- Which jobs appear in the titles and in what order and how have you reflected this?
There is various people named in the titles, so that people that have help working on the film can be referenced on it. Usually the actors are named first in the titles because they are the most important people in the film because without there wouldn't be a film, and the last person in the titles is usually the director.

How is your film similar 'institutionally' to others? (name some films which would be released in a similar way)
Our film is similar institutionally to low budget films that don't have the money to advertise the film in large way and rely on the film being cheep and the film looking interesting for people to buy the film to see what it is like. Going back to the research of 5 opening sequences Butterfly effect and Seven are both produced by New Line Cinema, this shows that this production company likes taking on thriller movies. From knowing that new line cinema produces thriller film if we done a good enough pitch they would most properly invest in our film.