Evaluation Task 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product?

Our opening sequence is about a young journalist who is working after hours in his office. He believes that no woman is good enough for him so his aim is to chop up different women so he can put them back together to create the perfect woman. It just so happens that there is another beautiful office worker, working late that night. He takes this opportunity to take her out to dinner, but only after he's noticed that she has the perfect ear. Our opening features a lot of internal voice over, which tells the audience the true thoughts of this character.


Obviously the piece we have produced is only at A-Level standard, uses British actors and is set in a small office in Dorking. Having said that, we feel that we could target an American audience. To do this we would go knocking on the doors of Lions Gate Films. Not only do they produce films they also distribute films widely.

The film 'May' is an example of a small scale production that was distributed by Lion's Gate and coincidentally it has a very similar story line to our film. May is trying to find a best friend so in turn she chops up people to then sew them back together to create the perfect best friend\. Sounds a lot like our idea, right? It was produced by a very small company called '2 Loop Productions', they have only made one other film called 'The Elder Son' this gives the impression that they are not very experienced when it comes to producing, but with the help of larger distribution companies they can still get their film out there.

Another film that we have talked about a huge amount is 'American Psycho' which was produced by Lion's Gate. This gives us the indication that Lion's Gate are the best of both worlds. Not only can they produce massive films, like 'American Psycho', they can also widely distribute.

Another plus side to Lion's Gate is they aren't primarily high or low budget. They vary which is great because our film doesn't require a high budget. Using Lion's Gate would branch out to the American audiences. I think they would enjoy a film like this because it would seem that they like this sort of genre (they loved American Psycho and Dexter).