Research Into Institiutions

Research into the distribution companies of the two movies I have researched:

Zombieland (2009)
This movie has 25 distributors who release movies around the world, I'll now list each one with a couple of examples of some of their other films.

1. Audio Visual Enterprises: Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, 2012, Angels and Demons, Toy Story 3, The Woman In Black
2. Columbia Pictures (USA): Bond 24, The Amazing Spiderman 3, The Smurfs 2, The Tourist
3. Columbia TriStar Warner Films De Portugal: 2 guns, Smurfs 2, Pacific Rim, Dark Shadows
4. Distribuye Movie (Uruguay): The Hunger Games, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Escape Plan
5. InterComFilm (Romania): Battle Of The Year, Grown Ups 2, After Earth, The Call, Total Recall
6. Nikkatsu (Japan): Attack on Titan, Unforgiven, Evil Hospital, A Road Stained Crimson
7. Sony Pictures Releasing (Argentina): Men In Black 3, 21 Jump Street, The Vow, Underworld: The Awakening
8. Sony Pictures Releasing (Australia); Elysium, This Is The End, Kill Your Darlings, That's My Boy
9. Sony Pictures Releasing (Germany): Nicht Mein Tag, WhoAmI, White House Down, Django Unchained
10. Sony Pictures Releasing (France): Insidious: Chapter 2, One Direction: This Is Us, Skyfall, Bad Teacher
11. Sony Pictures Releasing (Singapore): Robocop, Carrie, Captain Phillips, After Earth
12. Sony Pictures Releasing (USA): Chappie, Fury, Pompeii, Carrie, American Hustle
13. United International Pictures (Poland): Kick Ass 2, Fast And Furious 6, The Purge, The Dictator
14. Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures Finland: Monsters University, Iron Sky, Naked Harbour, Silence, Moneyball
15. Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures (Sweden): The Tourist, The Bounty Hunter, Alice In Wonderland, Salt, The Other Guys
16. Hollydan Works (Serbia): The Company You Keep, Argo, Passion, The Hangover Part III, Safe House
17. RTL Entertainment (Netherlands): De Man Met De Hamer, Hannibal, Glee
18. Sony Home Entertainment (Finland): Resident Evil: Retribution, Underworld: Awakening, Hostel: Part III
19. Sony Home Entertainment (Argentina): Wyatt Erp's Revenge, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Jack And Jill, Arena
20. Sony Home Entertainment (Brazil): The Warrior's Way, Rust, The Book Of Eli, 2012, Did You Hear About The Morgans?
21. Sony Home Entertainment (Germany): WhoAmI, The Breakout, Stranger Within, Kill For Me
22. Sony Home Entertainment (Greece): God Loves Caviar, ParaNorman, Total Recall, Battleship
23. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Netherlands): After Earth, Evil Dead, Premium Rush, Sparkle
24. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Sweden): The Adventures Of TinTin, Django Unchained, Salt, The Bounty Hunter
25. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (USA): Carrie, Breakout, Stranger Within, The Smurfs 2. 

All information was true as of the 21/10/13 at 15:33. URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co

Silent Hill: Revelation

1. Alliance Atlantis Motion Pictures Distribution (Canada): This Movie Is Broken, My Sister's Keeper, Stone Of Destiny, Delgo
2. Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece): The Woman In Black, Ghost Rider, Beastly, The Tourist
3. Concorde Filmverleih (Germany): Silence, Nymphomaniac, Area 51, The Taste Of Apple Seeds
4. Distribution Company (Argentina): Omision, 7500, The German Doctor, Texas Chainsaw 3D
5. Entertainment One Benelux (Netherlands): Selfless, A Haunted House 2, Pompeii, And So It Goes
6. Forum Hungary (Hungary): The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Metallica Through The Never, Planes, Iron Man 3
7. Metropolitan Film Export (France): Knight Of Cups, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Evil Dead, The Host
8. Open Road Films II (USA): Sabotage, Home Front, Love Punch, Red Machine
9. Presidio (Japan): Wer, Side Effects, Dead Man Down, Evidence
10. Shaw Organisation (Singapore): Iceman, Non-Stop, Sex Duties Unit, Badges Of Fury, Red 2
11. Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (Switzerland): Elfie Gray, Foxcatcher, Child 44, Demonic
12. Concorde Home Entertainment (Germany): Warm Bodies, Night Train To Lisbon, The Other Wife, Rubinrot
13. EDKO Film (Hong Kong): Finding Mr Right, The Berlin File, The Tightrope, The Hunt
14. Entertainment One Benelux (Netherlands): Selfless, A Haunted House 2, Pompeii, And So It Goes
15. EuroVideo (Germany): Dragon Day, Atlantic Rim, Warm Bodies, Iron Man 3
16. Forum Film (Poland): The Hunger Games, Avengers Assemble, Fame, I Am Number 4
17. Home Box Office (Netherlands): Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, The Grey, Luck
18. Mondo Home Entertainment (Italy): Diamond Dogs, Succubus: Hell-Bent, AD Project, Small Town Folk
19. Noori Pictures (South Korea): Mary,Singularity, Nurse 3D, Don Jon
20. Pris Audiovisuais (Portugal): Riddick, Blue Jasmine, Prisoners, Welcome To The Punch
21. Roadshow Entertainment (Australia): Straight A's, Movie 43, Fire With Fire, The Iceman, The Possession
22. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USA): Curse Of Chucky, Oblivian, Black Sea

All information correct at 15:57 on the 21/10/13. URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938330/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co

All of Zombieland's distributors seem to promote a large range of films, from family friendly films such as Django, all the way through to grisly horrors. This means that there is no specific target audience for any one distributor, probably because it would be far too restricting to do so. 

Silent Hill's distributors however seem to mainly specialise in movies of a 15 certificate meaning that their target audience is predominantly adults and older teens who like horror movies. 

Zombieland's main production company is Columbia Pictures which is a division of even larger Sony Pictures. This means that more distributors around the world are willing to take on the movie and sell it in their country. As a result, this film became a great success worldwide. 

Silent Hill's main production companies were Davis-Films and Konami. Davis-Films' earliest record on IMDB was back in 1993, and since then only 36 films have been made. Most of these tend to be within the horror or thriller genres. As a result,I'd say that these companies cater to a rather niche market. However, they have had distributors from around the globe promoting the film,which means that despite the fact it's from a small production company, it's reach has been worldwide. 

For that reason, I'd say that Davis-Films would be most likely to release my film. This is because my movie will be a low budget, indie psychological horror which is very similar to the movies that they have released in the past. Although now Davis-Films is to high budget to be an indie company, it's certainly not the biggest. 

As well as this, their movies don't tend to have massive starts like Johnny Depp or Angelina Jolie, therefore they're probably more comfortable releasing a movie with new actors and an unknown directer than say Columbia, Paramount or Sony.

Some other independent film distribution companies: 

• Coffee Films: http://www.coffeefilms.com/content.html
• Patchwork Productions: http://www.patchwork-productions.co.uk/patchwork_productions/Welcome.html
• Dreamtime Film: http://web.dreamtimefilm.co.uk/
• Scenario Films: http://www.scenariofilms.com/

These small, UK based film production and distribution companies are far more likely to consider my work than any other because they deal mostly with small, unknown actors and directors who are just starting out. These companies know how to make a small movie a success, how to market it and distribute it so that more people are likely to see it. Therefore they know they've not got much to loose is the movie flopped. 

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