1. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
TYRISHA LENDOR-BLACK

2. What is a production company? What do
they do?
A production company is to provide the money for the
production through and also set the budgets,
scheduling, scripting, organisation, the supply of the
cast and resources, distribution and marketing. In some
cases they may also make fundraising decisions on what
director and what directors can be hired.
An independent production company is a professional
film production ending in a feature film that is
produced mostly for outside of the major film studio.
Whilst on the other hand a major film studio is a
production and distribution company that releases
large scale films annually and regularly demands a
significant share of box-office revenues in specific
markets.

3. Why have you chosen your production company logo?
This is my production logo, I have chosen to
use a clown and a picture of a girl screaming
upside down as it relates to my genre this is
as clowns are often portrayed as ‘scary’ and
‘terrifying’ so it fits in well. Nevertheless,
the picture of the girl screaming is a
reflection of peoples expressions when
watching horrors. Also, I chose the name
‘cranked productions’ as cranked suggests
sickness, weakness, ill and dysfunctional.
The reasons for my choices are that both of
the images stand out and the text is quite
blunt yet snappy therefore it will be
memorable. I have added the production
company logo to my film so that the
audience knows what production company
created the film.

4. What is the job of a film distributor?
A film distributor is a company or individual
responsible for the marketing of a film. Once the
distributor gets the right to the film, it is then their
responsibility to get it shown to the public. From
this the distributor may set the release date of the
film and the method in which it is going to be
released and made available for viewing. However,
if it is a smaller movie that does not have the
support of major Hollywood studios then the film
distributors might also develop marketing and
publicity campaigns. A limited distributor may only
deal in a particular country or market, they may also
deal with certain products such as DVDs. The
standard release routine is regulated by a business
model called “release windows” which was first
conceived in the early 80’s.

5. Which film distributor would you choose for your film and
why? What other films have they distributed that are similar
to yours?
The distributor that I would
choose for my film would be
vertigo films as they are a
London based distributor who
have also released films in the
horror genre. Another films that
they have distributed that are
similar to mine are the children
and the facility.

6. How would your film be funded? Lottery?
Although I would like my film to be funded through self-
funding as I would then be able to be in full control of
my expenditure through planning budgets the way in
which I intend for my film to be funded is through BFI.
The British Film Institute was founded in 1933, they are
a charity who are governed by a Royal Charter and
awards lottery funding to film production, distribution,
education, audience development and market
intelligence and research. The reason for choosing BFI is
that whilst they provide the funding for you to create
your film etcetera they also coincide with you as if you
were a partnership by using members of their team to
help guide you through the process which means you
will be able to make improvements and adjustments to
your benefit. Not only this, but they also invest in all
genres and types of films whether they be mainstream
or experimental. Along with this, they also combine
cultural, creative and industrial roles that bring together
the BFI archive.

7. Film Titles
I have included titles in my opening as
it is a typical conventions of any film
opening. Film titles are needed in
order for the audience to know who
the main characters within the film
are, who produced, directed and
edited the film and also who was
involved in the costumes, music etc of
the film. Along with this, titles are also
necessary as they help the audience
to recognise who the distributor of
the film is. The way in which I have
presented my titles is by adding them
in over my film opening, placing the
names of the main characters when
they appear on the screen and also
adding the other titles in at necessary
points.

8. What films have influenced you from the industry and why?
Whilst there are many films in the horror
industry that I feel have had an influence
on the creation of my film opening, the
main films that have influenced me most
from the industry are the children and
orphan. This is as they are both based
around the possession of children, and
the idea of a child being the antagonist. I
like the idea of this as if defies the
stereotypical conventions. I have tried to
adapt and intertwine the aspects of both
films into my film opening.