WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTIONS MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

FRANK ADLINGTON-STRINGER

STUDIO CANALSTUDIOCANAL IS A FRENCH-BASED PRODUCTION AND

DISTRIBUTION COMPANY THAT OWNS THE THIRD-LARGEST FILM LIBRARY IN THE WORLD. THE COMPANY IS A UNIT OF THE CANAL+ GROUP, CONTROLLED BY VIVENDI. THE COMPANY

CREATES ALL TYPES OF FILMS RANGING FROM TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY AND BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP TO PADDINGTON AND TERMINATOR 2. STUDIO CANAL HAVE ACQUIRED UK COMPANY

OPTIMUM RELEASING WHO HELPED DISTRIBUTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WARP FILMS. THEREFORE THEY HAVE SHOWN THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN BRITISH FILMS AND PROMOTING SMALL

COMPANIES. TTHIS FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY WORKS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE UK AND IRELAND. THEY RELEASE BOTH BRITISH AND FOREIGN FILMS, SUCH AS ANIME AND WORK WITH STUDIO GHIBLI, BUT PRIMARILY RELEASE INDEPENDENT BRITISH,

IRISH AND AMERICAN FILMS IN THE UK.PREVIOUSLY NAMED OPTIMUM (1999-2011), AND UNDER THIS

NAME, THEY RELEASED OVER 200 FILMS A YEAR AND WERE ONE THE UK’S LEADING DISTRIBUTORS FOR INDEPENDENT AND QUITE

LOW FILMS.

STUDIO CANAL IS THE FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY THAT I WOULD HAVE DISTRIBUTE MY FILM. I HAVE CHOSEN IT AS IT IS A

COMPANY THAT DISTRIBUTES BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILMS, ALONG WITH OTHER FOREIGN FILMS, AND ITS HISTORY FILMS

THAT ARE OF A SIMILAR GENRE AND BUDGET TO MY OWN FILM.FILMS OF A SIMILAR GENRE AND BUDGET TO MY OWN:

TYRANNOSAUR – A 2011 DRAMA WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PADDY CONSIDINE

FOUR LIONS – A COMEDY/CRIME/DRAMA FROM 2010 WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER MORRIS

BRIGHTON ROCK – A CRIME/DRAMA RELEASED IN 2010, SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTED BY ROWAN JOFFE

MY CHOSEN COMPANY