Evaluation- Question 4: Distribution

How would it be distributed as a real media text?

I would say that our film is somewhere in between being a niche film and a blockbuster.
As it is a dark/noir thriller that carry various controversial topics, it may, naturally, not attract the mass audience.

Furthermore, it may not be appropriate for young children and families- therefore it wouldn't be distributed by many major distributors, Netflix, or made into DVDs, and may be more suitable for being screened at film festivals.

However, people are becoming more accepting of controversial films, and any films similar to ours have gone mass, such as The Silence of the Lambs or have been marketed to the mass media from the start, such as American Horror Story- this may attract major distributors. Being marketed towards the mass population isn't such a bad thing

• I think a release date somewhere from November to October would be suitable for our film as it is not yet too cold to go out (since our film isn't going to be distributed as DVDs or on Netflix). It also means that more people are interested in watching a horror/thriller movie as it is the Halloween season, making our film more hyped up. This also may attract film critics and horror movie lovers more.
• If our film were to be distributed by a major distributor company, I would say Lionsgate Films is the most suitable as it showcases a lot of foreign films of the horror/thriller genre. 

• However, since our film is quite niche, an independent distributor may be used, or it may be screened at a film festival such as Sundance film festival.