INSTITUTION-PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

By Bansari Raval

The role of the Production Company The role of the production company is to help

make the film and look at different aspects of the film at the production level.

The look at different stages like the: The Budget Scripting Scheduling Casting-Which actors, how much will they be

paid Responsibility of the directors and if they are

doing their job correctly.

The role of the Production Company They even keep an close eye on the

whole process of the making of the film from when the idea was formed to the DVD release of it. This helps them keep the whole filming and producing process in check looking at everything is on task.

Furthermore the Production company takes full responsibility of any accidents on sets e.g. health and safety of actors, injuries, damage to equipment etc.

The role of the Distribution Company

The role of the Distribution company is to distribute the film for the audiences to watch deciding where and when the film will be watched, with deciding a release date.

They are key players when promoting the film and spend a hefty budget while doing so.

Similalry like the Production Company the overlook several aspects when distributing a film.

The role of the Distribution Company

How many copies of the film will be made

Where the film will be sold e.g. Cinema owner buyers

The cinema start showing of the film in their cinema’s

After all these steps the film is once again sent back to the distributors and a payment is made by binding a contract.

Independent Films

Production and Distribution companies are always assciated with a big budeget film that conglomerates usually are in the process of making however the process of independent films usually works very differently. Since they are made on a smaller scale they usually try to eliminate the process of a conglomerate production company or distribution company therefore taking them longer to complete the steps I outlined. Therefore they use different ways to acquire finance for their films and usually self promote them or use the word of mouth technique. If the production or distribution company is a subsidiary or part of conglomerate company the independent film usually has less problems to tackle since most of the budget is provided by the company.