Friday, 29 January 2016

Film Distribution

What does it do?

  • DCP: Digtial Cinema Package
  • Transport film and arrange the film to be distributed and released in the cinema
  • They help find or decide a target audience
  • Consider why people would go to see the film
  • Estimating the revenue potential across all the formats of its release
  • Persuading exhibitors to play the film
  • Developing plans and partnerships to build awareness of and interest in the film
  • Aiming to convert as much interest as possible into cinema visits.
Which of the 'Big Six' are shown by the FDA 
  • Sony Pictures
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • Universal Pictures
  • Warner Bros.
  • Walt Disney Studios
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Lionsgate
Definitions to remember for Film Distributors
  • Limited: Only played at certain cinemas - anything under 600 cinemas
  • Key Cities: Only being shown in a specific country or area - 
  • Wide: Played in most places but not everywhere
  • Saturation: Played in alm,most every cinema
  • Platform Release: A platform release is a limited release strategy, whereby the film opens in only a few cinemas, then gradually expands to more cinemas depending on how well the first release was. Therefore releasing the film in bulks epending on the popularity and feedback.
  • Non - Theatrical: A film that is not related to theatre.

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