How it will be distributed-With our film being an independent UK Thriller with a relatively low budget it is likely that our films will not be available in Multiplex cinemas e.g. Cineworld, Vue or Odeon.
-It is more likely that our Thriller will be played in local Picturehouses like the Duke of york in Brighton.
-Because we are not supported by a large Hollywood studio, Picturehouses seem to be the right decision as they are more likely to be interested in our independent product.-We would make the Picturehouses interested by using online services like YouTube and Vimeo to promote our film, like a free advertising so that they can preview our films before we approach them or they want to approach us. We may also create a dedicated website for our film, to perhaps crowd source and preview parts of our film to spectators.
-If the Picturehouse deals work out, it would launch our films public interest even more than Youtube and Vimeo, and perhaps bigger cinema contacts would become available. Studios may also become interested if our film is a success, which in turn means, that the possibility of a sequel or the opportunity to make another separate film but, this time with studio backing (funding, people working on the film, and some trained actors)
-Without the funding from a major studio (British or American) Services like Kickstarter could have been a way in which we received our budget and gained audience interest at the same time.
-We fear that without support or deals with cinemas that our film may go straight to DVD, which in that case we will have to rely on retail stores like Blockbuster and HMV.
-Without success in the cinemas not only will we go straight to DVD but Blu-ray wouldn't be possible as our film wasn't popular enough with audiences, and Sony would want to put money into films on Blu-ray that are likely to sell.
-It is unlikely, but depending on the success of our film in cinemas and DVD we may approach, or it may be picked up by LOVEFILM or Netflix in the hope that the distribution of our feature continues for longer than initial release.
-After a while, our film may be bought by a television distributor like Film4 (Channel 4) our the BBC as they are good at supporting and releasing films that can be relatively unknown.
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| I have imbedded a link to KickStarter in the evaluation and here -> http://www.kickstarter.com |
This is a reasonable start Scott, but your answer would be improved by showing more understanding of the processes involved in getting Picturehouse interested, and what the consequences of this might be in terms of contacts etc. Look again at the links from my blog and online search - eg guerrilla film making, and the role of youtube, vimeo etc.
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