josh's media blog

Monday, 4 April 2016

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Double Indemnity

Se7en

The main audience for our Thriller film would be would be males and females aged between 16-24. T This is because when when I did research in to Se7en which our thriller is similar to this age group rated it the highest and had reviewed it the most. This might be due to the fact that it had mainstream actors like Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, also the story line and plot is glamorised to fit the mainstream film look that it wanted. But also the our film could appeal to 30-44 male audience due to the fact that the our Thriller like Se7en and also Double Indemnity are clever films with deep plots, complex and use of narrative like mcgiffins. Double Indemnity has these feature and the 30-44 males like this film I found during my research.

Audience profile:

This is Steve and he is 23 years old. He have a Stable Job and lives a quite, normal life. His favorite films are ones in which with deep plotted, gritty films like Se7en and Alice Creed. He also like the the cinema experience and prefers going to Cinema City then a mainstream cinemas like VUE. His other interests are gaming. Games Steve likes are GTA which LA noir is set. Also he like listen to non-mainstream music, which similar to his to the films he likes.

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the Thriller opening.

Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media production and why?

Question 3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media production and why?

The media institution that might distribute our film is Vertigo Films. They distributed small to mid-budget British films like Sweeney- based on London cop and his team who a frame for corruption and want revenge; With Blood On My Hands- based on a man who leaves prison and want to changes his life for the better. These are gritty crime films which are similar to our production; this could also be used to advertise our film to audience of the people how what other film by vertigo like the 2 above. Vertigo Films distribute to UK cinemas like cinema city where these films do well, also they distribute to mainstream cinema chains like VUE and ODEON due to some mainstream actor and actress in films like the Sweeney. These films distributed by Vertigo do well in the UK box office and not well over seas, in the UK the Sweeney made $7million.

Other distribution companies that might distribute our film are Entertainment Film Distribution.They are a UK distribution company and only distribute in the UK. The film they distribute are released to all cinemas but they do better in cinemas with niche audiences like Cinema City. They have released a mixture of film some with small budget like Shooting Fish and some with large budget like Se7en which my group used for inspiration for our film because it resemble what we where trying to achieve which was a gritty crime thriller.

I think that our film would do better at cinema city rather then a mainstream cinema because it does not fit the mainstream stature and it would not apply to the majority of mainstream film watchers. The reason that it's not mainstream is due to the slow pace at which it is shot and that it create menace with out violence in it this is done through the characters action like crossing the face off on a picture and swiping the desk of all that is on it. This also could be why our film might be distributed by Mubi. This is a online distribution company where people pay a subscription to watch the films on there, it has a wide range of film from blockbuster to low budget film. I think Mubi would be good our film distribution because our film relate to film already on their site and is suited to online distribution by not being mainstream and with now actor but not mainstream. The reason is is not mainstream are above in the previous paragraph.