Distribution Companies

Distribution

Looking for a company which will distribute the film now is the next step and finding a distributor which will does that well is important because our target audience need to be brought in. These are some of the companies which I have looked at, for distributing the film and they are:

Film4
Film4 have distributed films however not that many, to be exact they have distributed 56 films over all and are still distributing films. Film4 have been associated with films which have done well in the past for instance ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2009), this was one the films which raised a lot of capital. And it did very well, not just in the UK but internationally it did well and made a lot of money. This shows that Film4 are associated with films which do well.

Pathe Pictures
Pathe Pictures have distributed many films over the past years; about 225 films have been distributed, which shows that they have done a lot of distributing and have a lot experience. It is also a well known company too, which means that there are expectations to deliver to the audience.

‘Adulthood’ (2008) was one of the films which was distributed by Pathe Pictures, this shows that they have catered to the target audience that we are looking to carter for with our film. This is shows that they will know how to target the audience and make the audience aware of the film.

Revolver Entertainment
Revolver has distributed many films as well, about 128 films since the company started; this shows they have a lot experience in distributing films. Two films which they have distributed are: ‘Kidulthood’ (2006) and ‘Shank’ (2010). These films both have the same target audience which is teenagers, there is the same target audience and they have pulled the audiences in to watch those films than they could probably do the same with our film.

‘Kidulthood’ (2006) was popular and the next film which was the sequel to it was ‘Adulthood’ (2008). ‘Adulthood’ (2008) was not distributed by the same company this time; it was distributed by another company, which was Pathe Pictures.

Screen Gems
Screen Gems is a USA company which means that they are less likely to distribute the film because of this; American companies are more well known and are less likely to take a risk to distribute a UK film which is small.

353 films have been distributed by Screen Gems which is many more than other companies which I have looked at, some of the films which they have distributed include:

When a Stranger calls (2006)
Obsessed (2009)
The Cottage (2008)
Cleaner (2007)
Prom Night (2008)
Quarantine (2008)
And there are many more films.

The films which are distributed by Screen Gems are mainly targeted at teenagers; this is an advantage because they will know what ways to target the audience and bring them in. Since they have been doing it for a long period of time and they probably know what is more effective than other companies which may have only targeted teenagers as their audience a few times.

This would be the best company to distribute the film however it is not the company that will be distributing the film since it a American company and our film is a small British film which has been made an independent company.

The company which will distribute the film is going to be Pathe Pictures because that is the best company for the film, they have distributed many films and some of them are thriller films. Therefore they will know how to distribute the film because it is also a thriller film, another reason is that Pathe Pictures seems to be better since the sequel to ‘Kidulthood’ which was ‘Adulthood’ was distributed by Pathe Pictures; this shows that Pathe is clearly the best choice. They have targeted the audience before that we want them to target and they are successful and have also distributed many films.

Pooja Patel