Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Evaluation Task 3: 'SOLO' Production and Distribution


Media : producers and distributers

 

After speaking to my Godfather Terry who is an English film producer himself. I found there are many more than one way of doing this and by working out the best way to do this is determined by the highest profit you are estimated to gain in the end. One way of doing this would be going through an English film company such as VERTIGO for producing and distribution however though this would work out substantially  cheaper and for your out payment , the English film industry is much smaller than the U.S so the English companies will have smaller budgets . this  could create restriction when filming or and editing making the movie less appealing to a wider audience. To go with a U.S producer and distributer such as, Warner bro’s, or a smaller company such as Magnolia would help benefit by giving the film a wider audience and most likely a lager budget.  Only down fall being it will be harder to find investors and if the film fails you may not gain a good payment. Payment can’t be done either though a percentage or a outright payment , to take a percentage could lead in to a great profit if the film dose well but if the film fails you will  most likely lose more then you have paid in to the film itself. By taking an outright payment you  are more likely to get more then you paid in to the movie but if the movie does well if you had taken the percentage you may have a least double that amount and you will continue to get the amount for the rest of time the film is being played or marketed suggesting you could make a lot more money.

 

Our movie “SOLO” being based on a real life American event suggests to me it may appeal to an American audience more than an English one, as links to them more personally, making it more engaging for them as they will feel a part of it . I also think to go with a big U.S film company Warner Bro’s would be good to make our film as it is a lot of editing and high technology quality , if we were to go with an English company such as Vertigo I don’t think they would give us the budget unless they joined up with a few other company’s such as the BBC , which would mean paying out more to other palaces when the movie is finish so they would not make as much profit. The U.S could make this film off of there one company and if it does well and makes the money back with profit as well as distributing it across the U.S . I think to take an aggraded payment on the film would be the best idea, as it is our first film we have no idea which way it is going to go and to take the percentage my work out badly. For such a high tech film I think you will need  a high budget to make it believable. I believe that our films best success is with a big U.S company , due to the fact that the film is an American story , it’s an action thriller , it has a larger audience and has a better chance of doing well internationally.

 

 

If they were to remake our film I would also allow them to take control of distribution as they have a lot of experience in way of distribution to benefit the film itself. Leaving everything in the hands of Warner bros. However it would be extremely hard to convince Warner bros to remake this movie , most likely they would remake  our film if it was a success. I think if we looked at a lower budget company they would be more likely to except the movie. Vertigo  is one of the UKs biggest film companies to use them to produce our film would work well and as it’s a smaller industry over here in the UK. Vertigo also has its own distribution company which has proved it marking skills though such as “Monster and Street dance”, getting then in to the cinemas and  selling them over to the USAs film festivals like SXSW and Sundance I think this is the best route to take for our film to do well and make the best profit for them, as they can sell the rights abroad. This would offset the costs for making the film, as they could sell the rights in advance as this can help fund the film. They would distribute my film by working in partnership with uk T.V comapanys such as BBC and ITV ,this would help to rase the budget for our film as they are a low budget british company. If a lager U.S comapny was interested in puchersing our film , Vertigo would most likely sell our movie on to make money for futer films and it would also alow our movie to be distrubted in the U.S. 

 

 

 

 

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