What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?By Rob Nicholas

I think an independent company would distribute my media product ‘Patient Zero’ because the film is more likely to be watched on a small scale. Also, the film would have a very limited budget available and therefore unknown actors and actresses were used. The use of these unknown actors and actresses provides harder work of attracting audiences because generally people are more attracted to films with famous actors or actresses.

Locations My media product would not be filmed in extravagant

locations overseas but would likely be filmed in easily accessible places closer to home thus cutting the cost of services such as travel. The scene in the woods would likely be as close to home as possible and this would struggle to attract avid movie fans because it doesn’t have some of the famous and beautiful places in the world that other films do.

Distribution This film would not be distributed on such a large scale

because that would cost more and would be likely to lose money, as it won’t attract a large enough audience to compensate for the cost of the cinemas. I think that the film would start in the cinema on a few screens at the beginning before increasing the number of screens, as the film becomes better known. After featuring in the cinema the film would then move onto television and the internet. I think this film would just be distributed in Britain, at least, to start off with because it would be a film that experiments with the audience. In this way, the film would be distributed in Britain, and, if successful, then it would expand its audience to a more global scale. It may possibly be distributed in the USA after Britain due to their large number of people that watch films.

Other Films A more mainstream Hollywood film would have many adverts

in various different formats because it would have a larger budget to work with. They would build up to the main film by using different teaser trailers and then a main trailer. These would be shown in common websites that people websites and popular television shows such as ‘ITV’. However, my film would be shown in less expensive formats such as in various adverts on websites whilst also featuring an advert or possibly short trailer on television, but one that wouldn’t be as extravagant as a more global film due to the budget available. An example of a production company that I would use is River Road Entertainment. This is because they are a small-scale production company that produce low-budget films. One of their films ‘Blood Simple’ is an example of a film in the thriller genre.