Evaluation Activity 3

What kind of media institution might distribute you media product and why?

Research:

Film Festivals

'The Action!' Film Festival and featured films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Man On Wire, Spirited Away among others. The National Young Filmmakers' Award (NYFA) is a competition open to people up to 19 years old.

The Leeds Young People's Film Festival was created foryoung film makers to create films that can be fiction, documentary or animation and must be under ten minutes in length. There are two categories that film-makers can enter into, the under fourteen category and the fifteen to nineteen years.

These two film festivals also have public screenings of films entered in their competitions. This would be a suitable place for our film to be exhibited/distributed to as our film is aimed at young adults upwards, and many young filmmakers attend these events.

Channel Four (Film Four)

On Film Four there is a wide selection of action/adventure films available to watch. This genre is quite popular some of the films being shown are Indian Jones and James Bond, these films are quite old in age but represent typical action/adventure conventions; such as chases, the use of weapons, etc and are immediately recognised as classic action or adventure films from their openings.

The Odeon Cinema:

Currently there are four action/adventure films being shown locally (Guildford) at the Odeon these films are:

1. Fast and Furious

2. Fast and Furious 5

3. Thor (2D and 3D)

4. Pirates of the Carribean 4 On Strangers Tides (2D, 3D, 3D IMAX)

The Odeon is currently only showing seventeen films at the Guildford Odeon of these four are classified as either action or adventure or both. These films are also being shown locally at The Ambassadors Cinema in Woking.The genre I have chosen (action/adventure) is quite popular in local cinemas. 

Realistically I feel my film would be suited to be distributed to Channel Four ( or Film Four) as the action/adventure genre is popular on this channel and would appeal to a television audience.I also feel my film could be screened at a film festival, this could be beneficial as we could understand who our target audience are and receive feedback from the general public.