TASK 3 - The institution that would make my film

The institution which we chose to make our thriller was Vertigo. Vertigo is an English production  and distribution company which specializes in producing lower budget films with actors that are lesser known than those in holywood films. The budget for films produced by British production companies such as vertigo are much lower than the average budgets of films produced by big, well know production companies. Vertigo produces films that are low budget, with TV stars and lesser known/unknown actors. The films made by Vertigo are mainly made to attract to a niche British audience, however, they hae produced films such as 'Street Dance 2' which was produced in order to 'crack' the American market. Although this film was not very sucesful, I feel that although our film is a first time film, it is the type of film that could be used by Vertigo to crack the American market. I think Vertigo productions would produce our film, as it has unknown actors, and we are first time film makers. Hollywood wouldn't produce my film because it would not make a profit and there would be no attraction towards it.

Other films that Vertigo films have made which are also thrillers are; The children, Monsters and Out Law.  They are also similar to my film in the way which they are jumpy and have a complicated plot. They would appeal to our target audience for the same reasons our thriller would.

I think that my film could be should in independant cinemas where small budget films are played as it would not attract a great enough audience in big multiplex cinemas. I also think that DVD sales of our film would create a profit for Vertigo films. The reason I think our film would only show in small Independant cinemas not the big multiplex ones in cities is because 9/10 of the films shown in multiplex cinemas are Usa productions.  Therefore the main profit would have to be made out of dvd sales. They would promote the film to dvd by selling it cheaply in supermarkets, or on websites such as amazon.
However, we could distribute this film with the help of independent or European distributors,  who would buy it off the british companies and distribute it in europe, this often recoups the costs. We could promote it on film 4 which would encourage people to buy the DVD or watch it when it is premiered on the television. The film could also be shown on British television networks such as Film 4 as premiers which would also make a profit by charging for adverts.