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

A production company such as Film 4 would possibly distribute our media product as it is a low budget film company so it doesn't broadcast huge blockbusters on their screen, which is good for our media product because it won't look out of place against the other films that would be shown along side it. A film distributor such as Film 4 would be more inclined to distribute our media product than any other film company because others are large companies that are very picky about the types of films that are distributed through them, whereas Film 4 distribute low budget films happily. If Film 4 was to show our media product on air, they would introduce our production with our film logo and name to their viewers before the film, of which we have created.

We have a logo and name for our production and looks professional for the film company Film 4 and it won't put them off distributing our media product when we have thought about the ins and outs of the distribution of our film opening.
We would have to tell a distributor from the Film 4 company about our story outline and show them a clip from it so that they can see whether they want distribute it through their company. This is usually a group of people that we would have to introduce our film to, in order for it to be agreed upon in order for it to distributed.
Our film idea and genre is similar to films such as 'The Lovely Bones' as it is a fantasy thriller where the main character is dead and shows that have previously been on TV such as 'Marshlands' which is a thriller also.

This is the Film 4 opening logo that comes up at the start of the films that they have distributed. The other company logo's after Film 4 are companies that have calibirated with them in order to help distribute the film in subject because Film 4 isn't a large scale company with a lot of money in order to do it themselves.



The Film 4 website lists the films they have made and we got a general idea of the types of films that they produce by this as a group. We found out that the film of which we based our film opening idea on was actually made by Film 4 itself, The Lovely Bones. This supports our assumption that we believe that Film 4 is the company that would help produce and publicise our film as our film is the same genre and feel as The Lovely Bones.

The Lovely Bones on the Film 4 website.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audience that we have chosen for our film opening at 13 to 25 year old's. We have agreed that the media product will be mostly targeted at girls because of the theme and the characters within it being young girls. We have chosen this age range because we have based our film opening around the film 'The Lovely Bones' which has this targeted range for audience.

We think that this will be a good age group for our film opening as they will be able to relate to the characters within it as well as old enough to work out the twist about the main character being dead instead of her friend so the story line is sutable for the age group that we have targeted it at. This is also why we have chosen girls to be a more suited audience because they will be able to relate to the two characters more as they are girls also.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

We have related our main Character look to the girl in 'The Lovely Bones' called Susie Salmon. She also, is based in the 60's with her clothing and her hair style. The age of our main character is the same as this character's as it creates the eary thriller atmosphere and genre that we are aiming for in our film that is used in the same predicable as 'The Lovely Bones' follows.
We have shown our characters within our film opening to be sweet and innocent so that they create the illusion that they are young  girls and add to the thriller genre of our film opening because they are unexpected characters in a film that is portrayed as scary and shocking. We thought this to be a good idea because it helps add to the scary feel of the film and creates an attachment between the audience and the characters so that the twists towards the end are more shocking, thought provoking and creates emotion if we was going to do the entire film.

Letter to Apple Records

This is the letter that my group member sent to Apple Records asking for permission to use their song 'The Beatles - Blackbird':

Miss Clark
508 Fulbridge Road
Werrington
Peterborough
PE4 6SD

1^st February 2013

Apple Records
27 Ovington Square
London, SW3 1LJ
ENGLAND

To Whom this may concern,

I’m currently studying A-Levels at Ken Stimpson Community School. As part of my Media course I have to create a filming opening.

To my knowledge Apple Records owns the rights to the song Blackbird by The Beatles. If this is the case then please may I use the song as part of my opening. The film opening is for educational purposes only and will be only seen by my teacher and the examiner.

If I don’t hear from you then I assume it’s okay for me to use the song.

Yours sincerely,

Laura Clark