Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I feel looking back on my media product that it would be suitable for distribution from a wide range of companies. I believe that my media product would interest a number of major institutions such as Film4. I believe that an institution such as Film4 would be interested in the product as it is a British film with the potential to bring in a large American audience as my products shares a number of elements with Se7en and American Psycho. The company has supported a number of the most successful British films in the last twenty years including films such as Trainspotting and Seven Psychopaths which were both released in not only Britain but also America as well. I feel that the media product would not only appeal to my target audience, but also through my research into potential audiences it could appeal to members of the general public who enjoy mainstream cinema as it offers a storyline which people cannot just lay back and follow, but also do not have to have to think too hard about as the plot basically follows a detective trying to figure out who the killer is.

 However I do feel the media product may also have potential to be a television movie, likely on a channel such as ITV due to the use of violence within the product.  I do not feel my film could be distributed as an art house movie as it shares a number of elements with thrillers such as Se7en and American Psycho which both had major commercial success. This is also the reason I believe that film would not be suitable to be released as an internet film as there is prospect of companies making profit from the product through the target audience I have identified for my product. However I do not feel that my media product opens up any opportunities for franchises as it is set in the 1980s and would have a closed ending therefore there would be no option for any sequels on the product’s main characters and this may put off major Hollywood institutions as it would lead to no further profit after the release of the product. Even though it presents little opportunities for franchises, I believe the product would follow suit with a number of thrillers such as The Silence of the Lambs and achieve mainstream success from how I have represented particular social groups and attracted my target audience as well as a wider audience of mainstream cinema goers.