Distributer for our film

 With our thriller, we think that the British production company Hammer, would be whom we would try to contact in order to help us create the film. Hammer is a well-known British production company, and they have a history of producing horrors and thrillers, which is what we are trying to produce. Most recently, Hammer has been responsible for the production of ‘Woman in Black’, which was a fairly successful British horror with a budget that is nowhere near Hollywood sized. Hammer are also known for their not so large budget films, and being our first film we would not have a large budget to use unless we could find an investor.

The main way that our film would generate revenue, would be through the sales of DVDs, and other film-related merchandise. This is because, being a first time director, and a British-made thriller, it means that it will not be a massive hit in cinemas, and we would not be able to afford to get the film playing in hundreds of cinemas. In order to gain an investment we would hopefully take the film to a film festival, in either the UK or in Europe. By doing so, we would hope to be picked up by a US distributor, someone along the lines of Harvey Weinstein, who is known for picking up low budget UK films, distributing them in the US and around the world and making them a huge hit.

Also, in order to generate more revenue, we would hope to distribute our film to television stations, by doing so it will also act as advertisement for the film, and this would hopefully encourage people to then go out and buy the DVD. We would aim for TV stations such as ITV and BBC, but then aim for the more movie-based TV channels, such as Film4, SKY Movies, which would be better for getting our film out into the market. By doing this, TV channels would buy the rights to show the film on their station, and therefore we can make more money through it.  They work with Millennium Entertainment to distribute their films. Once their film gets distributed, they could get more attention from larger film companies in the uk for example TV 4 and BBC therefore the film will be a bigger hit.

From our research into ‘Hammer’ we know that their target audience must be between the ages of 20+ I would say. Films such as ‘Woman in Black’, being a dark horror, are not going to be aimed at younger children, and neither are they aimed at people over the age of 50. However, Hammer has been around since 1934, and therefore they will have produced some films a long time ago, which would appeal more to an older generation, but the films they produced nowadays seems primarily based on a younger audience, from the age of 17-28.