2. WHAT IS A FILM DISTRIBUTOR?
A film distributor is a company or individual
responsible for releasing films to the public
either theatrically or for home viewing.
You can get major or independent companies
which are very different and tend to
distribute different film types.

3. WHAT IS A MAJOR DISTRIBUTION COMPANY?
A major film studio is a movie production and
distribution company that releases a substantial
number of films annually and consistently
commands a significant share of box-office
revenues in a given market.

4. EXAMPLES.
-Universal
-Columbia
-20th Century Fox
-Warner Bros.
-Paramount

5. FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY MAJOR COMPANIES.
20th Century Fox
Universal A-Team, The
Jaws, Jurassic Chronicles of
Park, American Narnia, Avatar, Ni
Pie, Bourne ght at the
Identity and Fast Museum, Transpo
and Furious rter and
Warner Brothers Cheaper by the
Inception, Sex and the Dozen.
City, The
Hangover, Harry
Potter, Invictus and
The Dark Knight
Paramount
Puss in Boots,
Columbia Kung fu
Men in Black, The Girl Panda, Captain
with the Dragon America, Shutter
Tattoo, The Karate Kid Island and Iron
and 2012. Man

6. WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION
COMPANY?
• An Independent film is a professional film production resulting
in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside
of the major film studio system.
• Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by their
content and style and the way in which the filmmakers'
personal artistic vision is realised.

7. • Usually, independent films are made with considerably lower film
budgets than major studio films.
• Independent films are often screened at local, national, or
international film festivals before distribution.
• An independent film production can rival a mainstream film
production if it has the necessary funding and distribution.

8. EXAMPLES.
THE FOLLOWING STUDIOS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST PREVALENT OF THE MODERN INDEPENDENT
STUDIOS
-Film4
-Entertainment One
-IFC Films
-Fox Searchlight Pictures

9. FILMS DISTRIBUTED BY INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.
IFC Films
Film4 Human
Shaun of the Dead, Centipede, Strang
127 Hours, ers, Chalet Girl
Inbetweeners Movie and My Big Fat
This is England
Greek Wedding
Fox Searchlight
Entertainment One Juno, Black
The Bridge, Swan, (500) Days
Our Brand is Crisis and of Summer, Whip
The Official Story. It, History Boys
and Napoleon
Dynamite.

10. RESEARCH
Box Office We did research into the Independent
Revenue film ‘Juno’ which was distributed by Fox
4 Searchlight and the Major film ‘Avatar’
distributed by 20th Century Fox on there
2 Box Office revenue. As you can see
0 Avatar made around $2 billion on the
Juno Avatar box office alone compared to Juno who
accumulated $2 million from box office.
These results show that majorly distributed films tend to make more money
as an end result as they are targeted to a much wider audience and are
marketed on a much larger scale than independent films.

11. RESEARCH
8.2 We researched the two films using the
8 ‘Rotten Tomato’ review website and
7.8 found that Juno (the film independently
7.6 distributed) scored 8.1/10 from critics.
7.4 Whereas Avatar (distributed by a major
7.2 company, and with a much higher
7 budget profit) only scored 7.4/10.
Juno Avatar
This goes to show that as Independently distributed films are used to target a
niche audience the overall reception will be much greater. Whereas majorly
distributed films are shown to a much wider audience with completely different
interests when it comes to film, this is evidently shown in these results where
Avatar which has spent millions on its production, scored less on reviews as not
all of the public may have liked it.

12. OUR DECISION...
When asked what institution might distribute our media
product, we had a long discussion about it and after
our research we decided that we would want an
independent distribution company to issue our final
media film.

13. Please listen to Podcasts Below…
WHY?
• more creative control Podcast 1
• more of an overall profit Podcast 2
• low budget Podcast
3
• target a niche audience Podcast 4
• more rewarding process Podcast 5

14. SUMMARY
So overall, an independent distribution company would be the most suitable
choice for our thriller as our individualistic style and genre would be able to
relish unlike with a major company who may change or manipulate our idea
in order to reach a bigger target and make a bigger profit.
Although film distributed by Major companies tend to make more overall
box office revenue and profit we feel as we have a very low budget even by
going independent our profit will be huge in comparison to our starting
costs.