The Role of the Distributor
- Mark Batey – Chief Executive of the FDA (Film Distributors Association)
- Market place was very demanding
- Deliver the audience
- Hollywood has a vertical distribution system
- The big six is a group of production companies that consists of
Sony Entertainment
Disney
Warner Bros.
Pixar
20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures
Colombian Pictures
Independent Distributors
- Lions Gate
- Momentum
- Metrodome
- The most successful way of distributing films is with the in cinema trailer so that people can see other films coming out soon that are similar to the one that they are in the cinema to watch
Independent Film Festivals
- Sundance
- SXSW
- New Directors
- They first establish the genre of the movie and they try and find the unique selling point of the movie
- USP – the unique selling point, such as the cast of the movie
- They also need to consider the target audience for the movie that they are making
- The distributor has to think when to release the film. They need to think about when is the best time of year to release a film – for example the Summer is when all school pupils are on holiday
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