Evaluation Q.3

Tracks of Damnation Evaluation Q.3

Film distribution is one of the major stages in the film making process and it is essential that a film making company receives funding and help marketing a film from distributors, who pay for licencing to exploit a film, this can either result in International distribution or in the case of our film local distribution.

Our film is a small budget film created by our small local company “Hustler Productions” and I certainly isn’t large enough for distribution on an international scale, so in order to receive funding from a distributor we will need to seek assistance from a distributor who supports independent production companies and can help us branch out to a Niche or domestic audience.

For this we could contact some local companies to propose our film to, one possible distributor we could contact is Film 4.

Film 4 is British digital television channel owned by Channel 4 Television available for viewing in the UK.
It started in 1982 and is responsible for backing a large number of films in the UK such as 12 Years a Slave, A field in England, The Inbetweeeners Movie and The last King of Scotland, only listing a few.
Film 4 are known for making small film companies create successful and profitable films.

Another possible distributor we could appeal to is BBC Films, the feature film-making arm of the BBC, BBC films has helped to produce some of the most popular British films in recent years, and produces on average 8 films a year, some successful films they produced/co-produced are Street Dance 3D, Iris, An Education and Billy Elliot.
Although our genre of film is not the usual sort of thing BBC film produces so may not be a very viable option.

Pathe films are another good option for distribution, Pathe is a French film company which has a great heritage and was founded in 1896 it even outdates universal and paramount.
 They are a major film production and distribution company and own many cinema chains across Europe, they helped produce films such as Dog Soldiers, Selma, Slumdog Millionaire and tormented.
Despite being a French company Pathe has produced/co-produced many British films and has done many a film focused around the Horror genre and for this reason would be a good company to appeal to.