Distribution of our film

When distributing a film it is important that we choose the right distribution company and maximising profit.

Walt Disney:
Disney Studios distributes all across the world which would benefit to us as it will maximize our profits as we can reach a greater audience. However, the name Disney has a particular reputation of children's entertainment and will not want to damage this by distributing a horror film. Therefore, Touchstone -a company owned by marvel- will be available to provide the same service as Disney Studios. Touchstone will be able to distribute our film as it is also a large company that will be able to distribute all across the world. We would have to implement the Touchstone logo into our opening sequence as the audience would recognize the distribution company and instantly know what our film entails. Therefore the audience will know what to expect based on previous films that have been distributed by Touchstone and will think positively of our film as a result. For example, the film Signs (2002) was a suspense building film similar to our film.

Columbia Pictures:
This is an American distribution company of the Columbia TriStar Motivation Pictures group. This will aid us in distributing in America as it is where we would like to distribute to mostly. This is because the there are millions of people in the Hollywood demographic making it perfect to making a profit. Although, our film is primarily targeted at the British audience between the ages if 15-24 I believe that our film can be successful in America. Columbia Pictures is also part of Sony Entertainment and a subsidiary of the conglomerates. As Columbia Pictures is a part of Sony it also has a reputation of producing similar films that we hope will effect our film in a positive way. A similar film to Redwood is Underworld: Awakening which is a action/horror.

Universal:
This too is an American distribution company as it has a headquarters in California. Therefore, we will be able to distribute our film in America, helping us maximise our profit margin. But it also has one in the United Kingdom in London which is our primary location. Universal owns 15% of the distribution market which a huge amount that will be able to make our film a success. This is because they will have the resources such as capital to be able distribute across all of Europe and America. As we will only have limited finance, we may not be able to distribute across the world but only Europe and America. Which is damaging to our box office but Europe and America are both major places to distribute and we feel that these regions are necessary to distribute to in order to make a successful film.