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

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First of all, our media product is a thriller film therefore the media institution to distribute our product would need to be a film institution. Film institutions are vital into the making of a successful product as the institution supply the money to make the film/product, attract actors/actresses to the product, advertise, and distribute the film across the country and on some occasions with blockbuster films, worldwide.

Our product is a relatively cheap (£10 spent on props) , British film which doesn’t require too many expensive scenes using special effects, as the majority of our product is filmed in already built and ready to use. This perfectly fits the mould of ‘Film 4’, a British institution, owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. Film 4 was made in 1982 and has now gone on to become a major part of the majority of UK films, or smaller budget worldwide films. This small budget and focus on British films would be perfectly suited for our film which is set in Britain and relatively cheap in expense with the majority of scenes set in already made scenes.  Although Film 4 tends to focus on mainly British audience we feel that our product has such classic conventions it has the potential to go multinational.

Why would Film 4 be a suitable choice for our media product?

Film 4 tends to base itself on less expensive and more low key (often British) films which perhaps doesn't require such expensive effects and scenes to make the film effective. I believe that our film would be more likely to suit the criteria of Film 4 as our film too does not use many hi-tech effects. Also our film is set in Britain, in generally public places, thus no money is needed to hire out expensive scenes and no travelling is needed. Overall, I believe our film tends to suit the criteria of a Film 4 film, therefore I feel that if we were to adopt Film 4 as our institute it would advertise our film well. Subsequently, we took a recording from the Film 4 introduction to films and placed it in ours to give our product a very professional look.







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