Jess Gell- Question 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our questionnaires showed us that our target audience's preferences were quite mainstream. (such as their interest in pop music and dance films) Therefore we felt that Universal Studios were an appropriate distributor, as they are a mainstream company. We felt that our film was more appropriate for a mainstream audience, as it explored universal themes such as murder, crime, death and obsession. These aren't themes that could only be understood by a niche independent audience. We felt our film would be appropriate to distribute to a mainstream audience as the narrative and visual codes conformed to the straight forward conventions of the thriller genre. Although the narrative was quite complex, as (if we had made the whole film) it would have been non-chronological , we didn't feel that this necessarily meant that it would therefore appeal to an independent audience, as a great deal of thrillers distributed by mainstream companies have complex narratives, such as Inception.

I think that the distribution and production companies could perhaps have been thought about in more detail. As we focused a great deal on the narrative and how to portray it, focus was lost on the background elements of the film such as deciding on a logo for our company and deciding which distributers to use. However I do still think that the concentrated effort on the production of the film does show, and adds to the overall quality of the film.