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WHAT DOES A PRODUCTION COMPANY DO? The production company takes direct responsibility for the

film. It is the one which receives the praise or critism for the final production. It is said to ‘shepherd’ the production from beginning to end.

It can organise the cast, budget, fundraising, director and scheduling. Which ‘Lost City’ will be taking care of for our film ‘Fixation.’

Examples are:

Production companies can either be independent or owned by a major media conglomerate such as Viacom.

OUR OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY

We have chosen to create our own production company; ‘Lost City’ which we decided would be owned by our distributor, ‘Paramount Pictures’, to make it seem like an independent film, even though it is owned by a major media company. This would generally attract a niche audience who would be more interested in seeing character development and quality of the narrative in a film, rather than expensive special effects and celebrities. Paramount owns other production companies such as ‘Bad Robot’ who has produced films and tv shows such as ‘Lost’ and ‘Star Trek.’

Lost is a thriller for a wide audience and have attracted a lot of fame. We hope to achieve this too.

WHAT THE DISTRIBUTOR DOES

After the film is made the distribution company determines how many copies of the film to make.

The distribution company shows the movie (screening) to prospective buyers representing the theaters.

The buyers negotiate with the distribution company on which movies they wish to lease and the terms of the lease agreement.

The prints are sent to the theaters a few days before the opening day.

The theater shows the movie for a specified number of weeks (engagement).

This may be slightly different for independent films and additional steps may be necessary.

Source : http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution.htm

DISTRIBUTOR

Our distributor is Paramount Pictures.

Distributors are responsible for releasing the film to view in cinemas and home viewings i.e. dvd, blu ray etc. We have chosen Paramount Pictures to distribute our film because it is considered one of the top grossing movie studios and the oldest film studio in America. It has a reputation for producing good films for all audiences and if it distributes our film, it will get a lot of recognition. It is based in America which will attract a big audience and can also reach to an English audience as recent successful films such as ‘Paranormal Activity’ has been released in America and also been a hit in the UK. Having the backing of a famous distributor such as Paramount can almost guarantee a return on the investment in the film. As ‘Lost City’ and Paramount are linked it means the companies do not need to share the costs of the profit but it does mean if the movie does not do so well, there is no other company to share the costs.

ADDITION TO THEATRES

As Paramount will own the rights to our film ‘Fixation’ it can release the film to movie theatres but it will also gain ancillary rights meaning it can distribute the film on DVD, network tv and cable. And also make film merchandise such as action toys, posters, CDs and video games. However, with our audience we do not feel like such merchandise will be appropriate but it has worked for other children’s films such as ‘Shrek.’

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