The company most likely to distribute our film would be the Warner Bros. Pictures, as they show a wide variety of films including the same genre (thriller) as ours. Some of its recent productions that are similar to our project are The Dark Knight (2008), The Departed (2006) and V for Vendetta (2006), which all deal with the idea of corruption and have a dark and/or mysterious setting and storyline.
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What is distribution?
A company that distributes films is responsible for its marketing, launching and circulation of movies in theaters, cinemas and home-viewing (i.e. DVDs). Without distribution, films are unable to become well known, and therefore it is a great responsibility of the company to make the film as available as possible.
General procedures for film distribution in the UK
1) Producer/company acquires rights to film a story or treatment
2) Screenplay is developed
3) Production, finance, cast and crew are confirmed
4) Principal photography takes place, in studios and/or on agreed locations, followed
by some months of post-production, editing and scoring
5) Master print of finished film is delivered to local distributor
6) Distributor determines release strategy and release date
7) Distributor presents the film to exhibitors and negotiates agreements to have the film shown in cinemas
1) Producer/company acquires rights to film a story or treatment
2) Screenplay is developed
3) Production, finance, cast and crew are confirmed
4) Principal photography takes place, in studios and/or on agreed locations, followed
by some months of post-production, editing and scoring
5) Master print of finished film is delivered to local distributor
6) Distributor determines release strategy and release date
7) Distributor presents the film to exhibitors and negotiates agreements to have the film shown in cinemas
