What kind of media institution might distrubute your media product and why?

We needed to consider on what scale our film was going to be produced and what companies would be doing so. we needed to also consider wether our piece would be suited to the Hollywood mainstream or appeal to more of a niche audience and be shown at certain small, independent cinemas rather than those including Empire and Cineworld etc. We came to the conclusion that our film was more suited to an indie film distributor and production company such as Drafthouse Films or Film4. We had a low budget and only used a single budget and did not have access to professional editing resources. we linked our film to 'A Field In England' and the themes of that film to come to the agreement that our film was for a niche audience on a small scale due to it's themes that may not appeal to mass target audiences. we also felt that we would premiere our film at a festival such as Sundance to see the reaction prior to cinema release.











The fact that we decided to premiere our film at a festival led us to the decision that our film was an arthouse film and would be scheduled for an internet release. We came to this decision because or product has been solely advertised via social media http://thirdpersonpictures.tumblr.com/ (our tumblr) and therefore if we had released the persuant in the cinema nobody would have anticipated the release and it would have not been sucessful. By advertising on social media it allowed us to advertise to a mass audience for free. This is very useful for a company like us as we were limited to a very small budget.
















We felt that the story of the obscure character of Jamie Ward who plays the Pursuant could be told. This could be done in a prequel to show any reasons for the actions that he takes in the film and also any motives that may have encouraged him to be the way he is. E.G. Alfred Hitchcock and his troubled childhood. Merchandise could also be released such as the trench coat and the bowler hat as they are very distinguishing of the character and also t-shirts with a silhouette of the character could be sold. We took the 'Heisenburg' t-shirts from breaking bad as an inspiration for this idea. The film may also be subject to a remake due to the enthralling storyline.

Costume is important in depicting the indie theme of the play for example the cheap style costume (rugged hat, plain coat and normal school attire). this also helped to convey the audience that the pursuant was not wealthy and could indeed be after ransom.