What kind of media institution might distribute your media product?

By Michael Rumble

Why our product shouldn’t be produced by a Hollywood studio

I believe that our product would benefit more if it was made as an independent film as in Hollywood thriller/suspense films are the 5th most popular film genre and while the majority of them are rated PG-13 there are still plenty of R rated thrillers that our product has drawn inspiration from.

Another reason that I feel our product would benefit from being an independent film would be the use of lesser known actors would improve the immersion of our film as most people wouldn’t be able to link the actors to any other media product than our film.

Our film relied heavily on our visual style to set the atmosphere of our film. During the opening sequence to our film, before the jogger is seen running along the beach. We can see that the weather is bright and sunny which is juxtaposed to the tone of the rest of our film as it suggests that the city where the film takes place could one day be turned into a place that doesn’t live in constant fear. The rest of our film has the traditional “doom and gloom” feel that runs predominantly with modern day thrillers.

Opportunity for franchises?

Our product doesn’t offer an opportunity for franchises as a franchise would exhaust the intellectual property of our product and it would become stale. Another problem with franchising our product is that it would take the focus away from our film and towards other products. It also creates a feeling among the views that our product exists only to make money and not to tell a story.

Here are some films that exist solely to make money and, while they do this very well, the IP which seemed new when it was first released however now the films are mainly just more of the same.