What Kind of Media Institute Might Distribute your Media Product and why?

What Kind of Media Institute Might Distribute your Media Product and why?

The film Studio we chose to distribute our media product is Warner Brothers. This is because they are one of the big 6 and a very well known conglomerate recognised all around the world, which ensures it will be marketed and promoted up to a brilliant standard. Our film is also similar to their body of work because they have released award winning Hollywood thriller films like Syriana (2005) and recently released The Accountant (2016) which had huge commercial success and brilliant reviews by professional film critics. Due to our film being promoted by a Hollywood film studio our main goal is to create as much money as possible which is why we need to have a lot of star power.

In order to make a film a box office hit and to be a commercial success, star power is key. The protagonist in our film is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, this is because he is one of the worlds most recognised actors and ensures an established audience from his fan base alone. He is also very ideal to play this role because not only is he a talented actor but he has also been the main star in other thriller films like Shutter Island and The Departed. These are both Crime/Thriller films which happens to be the same genre as ours. In The Departed, Leornado DiCaprio plays the role of a detective. Therefore, he already has knowledge of being this character. The Departed is also a Martin Scorsese film, which was produced by Warner Brothers, which fits perfectly with our film because Scorsese is our director. We chose Scorsese as our director because he has directed brilliant thriller films in the past both critically and commercially; however this wasn't the only reason to why he was chosen. In my pitch I explain how ideal of a director he would be because he has worked with Leonardo DiCaprio and Warner Brothers before, he has also directed some of the worlds most critically acclaimed films which ensures he will do his job well. In addition to this, JK Simmons ( our films protagonist ) starred in the Warner Brothers most recent production " The Accountant " of which is a thriller film. Therefore, he would be ideal for this role as he can work well in this type of environment.

Due to our film being a Hollywood movie it will be integrated vertically, this is because Time Warner  is a successful enough production company to be able to pay for all the aspects of producing and distributing our film where as an independent film studio would use horizontal integration.

In conclusion Warner Brothers is the perfect option for us because it is completely compatible with our cast, it has previously produced similar films to ours and I also want to make as much commercial success as possible which is the same goal as Warner Brothers'.