EVALUATION QUESTION 3

WHERE OUR FILM COULD BE SHOWCASED

THERE ARE MANY MEDIA OUTLETS IN WHICH WE COULD SHOWCASE OUR FILM, HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.FILM FESTIVALS – THIS WOULD ALLOW LESSER KNOWN PRODUCERS SUCH AS OURSELVES TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM TO A VERY LARGE CROWD. CINEMAS – AN EXTREMELY POPULAR WAY TO SHOWCASE FILMS, HOWEVER MOST MAINSTREAM CINEMAS ONLY SHOWCASE HUGE BUDGET PRODUCTION FILMS.TV – OUR FILM COULD BE SHOWN ON TV, SKY DEMAND OR A STREAMING SERVICE. AS STREAMING SERVICES ARE THE MOST POPULAR WAY TO WATCH FILMS, THIS IS A MEDIA OUTLET WE SHOULD FOCUS ON.

ODEON CINEMASLOOKING AT THE FILMS ODEON IS CURRENTLY SHOWCASING, IT SEEMS THAT THE MOST PREVALENT GENRE AT THE MOMENT IS SCI-FI OR MYTHICAL. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ISN’T THE GENRE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON. THERE IS ONLY ONE THRILLER CURRENTLY SHOWING AND THAT IS AN EROTIC THRILLER. THIS SHOWS THAT THE CURRENT AUDIENCE ISN’T INTERESTED IN CRIME THRILLERS. THIS IS WHY ODEON WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR US TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AT THIS TIME.

WOKING THEATREWOKING AMBASSADORS THEATRE IS SHOWING NEARLY ALL THE SAME FILMS. AGAIN, THE MOST POPULAR FILM GENRES ARE EITHER SCI-FI, MYTHICAL OR ACTION. THIS FURTHER PROVES MY POINT THAT CURRENTLY THE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE ISN’T INTERESTED IN CRIME THRILLERS AND IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM.

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO CINEMAS

COMPARING THE TWO CINEMAS, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NEITHER CINEMA WOULD CURRENTLY BE SUITABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM. THIS IS FIRSTLY BECAUSE THE CURRENT AUDIENCE ISN’T INTERESTED IN CRIME THRILLERS AND ALSO BECAUSE MAIN STREAM CINEMAS WILL NOT SHOWCASE A LOW BUDGET FILM WITHOUT A WELL KNOWN CAST.

UNTIL PRODUCTION COMPANIES START TO PRODUCE AND RELEASE MORE THRILLERS, OUR FILM WILL BE IRRELEVENT. UNLESS WE GET RECOGNITION FROM A FILM FESTIVAL OR A FILM MAKERS COMPETITION.

INDEPENDENT CINEMA (BFI)BFI WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE TO SHOW OUR FILM AS THEY SHOW A HUGE VARIETY OF FILMS. THEY ALSO SHOW OLDER FILMS WHICH HAVE BEEN RE-MASTERED AS WELL AS FILMS WHICH AREN'T FROM A BIG PRODUCTION COMPANY. BFI MOSTLY SHOW ACTION AND COMEDY, HOWEVER THERE ARE LOTS OF CRIME THRILLERS AS WELL AS DRAMA. THIS MEANS THAT BFI WOULD BE A PERFECT FIT FOR US TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM.

INDEPENDENT CINEMA (READING)

READING CINEMA WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD CHOICE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AS THE MOST POPULAR FILMS CURRENTLY BEING SHOWED ARE THRILLERS AND DRAMAS. HISTORIC FILMS ARE ALSO VERY PROMINENT AT READING CURRENTLY. THIS MAKES READING THEATRE A GOOD CHOICE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AS THEIR AUDIENCE IS CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN CRIME THRILLERS. OUR FILM WON’T BE OUT OF PLACE THERE. THIS SHOWS THAT AUDIENCES ARE MORE WILLING TO GIVE LESSER KNOWN PRODUCERS A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK AND BFI SUPPORT THIS.

SUNDANCE FESTIVALTHE MOST POPULAR GENRE AT SUNDANCE THIS YEAR WAS DEFINITELY DRAMA. THIS SHOWS THAT SUNDANCE FOCUSES MAINLY ON SHOWCASING DRAMAS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SHOWCASING A NUMBER OF THRILLERS. THEY SEEM TO FOCUS ON US DRAMAS AS NEARLY ALL OF THE AWARDS WON AT SUNDANCE WERE WON BY AMERICAN BASED DRAMAS.

BFI FESTIVALBFI LASTS TEN DAYS AND IN THAT TIME WILL SHOW A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FILMS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES. HOWEVER, THE MOST POPULAR FILMS SHOWN AT BFI ARE THRILLERS WITH A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT SUB GENRES, THE MOST POPULAR BEING CRIME. THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT BFI IS PERFECT FOR THRILLER ENTHUSIASTS. LARGE AND SMALL PRODUCTION COMPANIES ATTEND THIS FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE THEIR FILMS, MEANING THIS FESTIVAL WOULD BE PERFECT FOR US.

CANNES FILM FESTIVALTHE MOST COMMON FILMS WHICH WERE SHOWN AT CANNES THIS YEAR WERE EITHER DRAMA OR THRILLERS. IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR AT CANNES BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THESE TWO THRILLERS WERE THE MOST POPULAR. FOR THIS REASON, MOST THE AWARDS WON AT CANNES WERE WON BY EITHER DRAMAS OR THRILLERS. FOR EXAMPLE, BEST SCREENPLAY WAS WON BY ‘LE CLIENT’. HOWEVER, NEXT YEAR ACTION OR COMEDY COULD BE THE MOST PROMINENT GENRE LEADING TO MOST OF THE AWARDS BEING WON BY SAID GENRES.

FILMS SHOWN RECENTLYSE7EN

A CRIME/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WHICH FOLLOWS A COP CHASING A MASTERMIND CRIMINAL. THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN RECENTLY ON FILM4 AS WELL AS ITV AND SKY MOVIES.

FILMS SHOWN RECENTLYPROMETHEUS

A SCI-FI THRILLER WHICH HAS BEEN AIRED A FEW TIMES BY FILM4 AS WELL AS ITV. IT FOLLOWS A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS ON A MYSTERIOUS PLANET.

WHERE COULD OUR FILM BE SHOWNCINEMA

CINEMAS ARE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR OUR FILM TO BE SHOWN AND DISTRIBUTED. HOWEVER, I DON’T THINK A HIGH PROFILE CINEMA SUCH AS THE IMAX OR ODEON WOULD BE THE BEST IDEA TO SHOW OUR FILM AS THEY USUALLY OWN SHOW VERY HIGH PROFILE FILMS WITH A BIG BUDGET. REALISTICALLY, WE HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING OUR FILM SHOWN AT A LARGE CINEMA CHAIN.

HOWEVER, IF WE DID MANAGE TO GET IT SHOWN, IT WOULD BE PERFECT EXPOSURE AS OTHER CINEMAS WILL ALSO TRY TO SHOW OUR FILM. HOWEVER, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF MONEY, TIME AND EFFORT TO GET A HUGE COMPANY LIKE ODEON TO SHOW OUR FILM.

HOWEVER, IF WE TARGETED INDEPENDENT CINEMAS WHO DON’T JUST SHOW BIG BUDGET FILMS BUT ALSO LOW PROFILE ONES, IT COULD BE EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE FOR GETTING OUR FILM OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. IF OUR FILM RECEIVES POSITIVE REVIEWS, IT MAY EVEN ATTRACT BIGGER COMPANIES LIKE ODEON TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

IN CONCLUSION, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE TO GET OUR FILM SHOWN AT AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA SUCH AS READING THEATRE. HOWEVER, THE BIGGER FIRMS SUCH AS ODEON AND IMAX WOULD BE A WASTE OF OUR TIMER.

WHERE COULD OUR FILM BE SHOWN

FILM FESTIVALS

AS WELL AS THE CINEMA, OUR FILM COULD ALSO BE SHOWCASED AT MULTIPLE FILM FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE BFI FILM FESTIVAL, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AND ALSO SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. THE BFI FESTIVAL IS GOOD AS IT SHOWS A PLETHORA OF FILMS FROM MANY DIFFERENT GENRES. THIS IS BOTH GOOD AND BAD FOR US AS IT MEANS OUR FILM WILL MOST LIKELY GET SHOWCASED THERE BUT ALSO HAS CHANCE TO GET SURPASSED BY THE OTHER FILMS. HOWEVER, FILMS ARE SHOWCASED AT DIFFERENT TIMES DEPENDING ON THE GENRE, SO IF THERE AREN'T THAT MANY CRIME THRILLERS BEING SHOWCASED, IT COULD MEAN OUR FILM COULD MAKE AN IMPACT.

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IS ANOTHER HUGE FILM FESTIVAL HOSTED IN CANNES, FRANCE. THIS FESTIVAL MAINLY FOCUSES ON SHOWCASING FRENCH FILMS, HOWEVER A FEW FILMS ARE SHOWN FROM OUTSIDE FRANCE. THE DOWNSIDES OF CANNES, IS THAT THE FRENCH MAY AUTOMATICALLY PRESUME OUR FILM WON’T BE AS GOOD AS IT’S NOT FRENCH AND THEY MAY FEEL LIKE IT’S OUT OF PLACE, CONSIDERING THE BEST FILMS VOTED BY CRITICS AT CANNES ARE USUALLY ALWAYS FRENCH FILMS. ALSO, CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF CANNES AND THE AMOUNT OF FILMS THAT ARE SHOWN, IT WILL BE EXTREMELY HARD TO GET NOTICED.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IS AN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL WHERE OVER 45,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED LAST YEAR. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US AS THEY SHOW INDEPENDENT FILMS AND LIKE TO SHOWCASE LESSER KNOWN FILMS . ALSO, IT GOES ON FOR TEN DAYS GIVING US PLENTY OF TIME TO GET OUR FILM SHOWCASED.

IN CONCLUSION, I THINK THE BFI FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE BEST FOR US AS ITS BASED IN THE UK AND BECAUSE OF ITS POPULARITY.

OUR FILM WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED HERE AS MANY PEOPLE AT THESE FESTIVALS ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT NEW PRODUCERS.

WHERE COULD OUR FILM BE SHOWN

STREAMING SERVICES

OUR FILM COULD BE SHOWN ON A PLETHORA OF STREAMING SERVICES SUCH AS NETFLIX, HULU OR AMAZON PRIME.

AS THE INTERNET BECOMES AN EVER INCREASING PHENOMENON, WE MUST LOOK INTO STREAMING FOR SHOWCASING OUR FILM AS IT IS EXTREMELY POPULAR.

AMAZON PRIME WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AS IT IS VERY POPULAR AND IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE QUALITY PROGRAMS ALREADY AVAILABLE, WE MAY NOT ATTRACT THAT MANY VIEWERS.

NETFLIX IS ANOTHER GOOD OPTION. NETFLIX IS ALWAYS UPDATING THE FILMS IT’S SHOWCASING TO KEEP UP WITH CUSTOMER DEMAND. NETFLIX IS ALSO EXTREMELY POPULAR SO WE WILL GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING OUR FILM. THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS IS THAT OUR FILMS MAY NOT GET THE GREATEST REVIEWS.

YOUNG FILMMAKERS COMPETITION

A YOUNG FILMMAKERS COMPETITION WOULD BE PERFECT FOR US TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AS ITS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FILM MAKING TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES. BFI AS WELL AS THE BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL HOLD FILM MAKERS COMPETITIONS, BUT DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BSC COMPETITION, OUR FILM WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE TO SHOWCASE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A BRILLIANT WAY TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM AND HOW IT COMPARES TO PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES.

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO SHOWCASE YOUR FILM?

AFTER RESEARCHING, A GOOD PLACE TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM WOULD BE AT AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA AS THEY ARE MORE WELCOMING THAN MAINSTREAM CINEMAS AND THEY SHOWCASE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT GENRES AND FILMS OF DIFFERENT BUDGET SIZES. OUR FILM IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE SHOWN AT AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA THAN A LARGE MAINSTREAM CINEMA SUCH AS ODEON. INDEPENDENT CINEMAS LIKE TO PROVIDE EXPOSURE FOR SMALLER PRODUCTION COMPANIES, SOMETHING A LARGER ORGANISATION WOULDN’T CONSIDER.

HOWEVER, THE BEST OVERALL PLACE FOR US TO SHOWCASE OUR FILM WOULD BE AT A YOUNG FILMMAKERS COMPETITION. THIS IS BECAUSE WE WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SIMILAR BUDGET SIZE TO US AND ROUGHLY THE SAME EDITING SKILLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO REALLY COMPARE OUR FILM AND SEE HOW WE WOULD IMPROVE IT. IT’S A GREAT WAY TO GAIN EXPOSURE AS THEY ARE USUALLY EXTREMELY POPULAR EVENTS.