Evaluation 3: Distribution

As our film is quite unusual, from the way it is edited, to the dialogue, to the subject matter of out of control clones, It would be less likely to be picked up by a larger, more well known distribution company like Warner Bros or other members of the big 6.

This is due to the fact that the companies rarely take big risks in the films that they release as they are all about gaining money and would not be sure if a film about out of control clones, with an unknown and very small cast would do well at the box office.

This is why it is more likely that, if our film was picked up by a company, it would be a much smaller, more independent film company such as Icon who are actually the UK’s leading independent film distributor. Icon are responsible for The Nice Guys, a buddy cop movie in 2016, they don’t make them like that anymore, and other films with strange/risky plots such as What Women Want in which Mel Gibson (of all people) obtains the ability to read the minds of women for a brief period of time. It is clear that Icon likes to take risks which is why they could be good for us.

Also, Film 4 is also a candidate for the distribution of our film as they have distributed films such as Submarine, and most notably, Room (2014) which, much like our film, for the majority of the film, features just 2 characters talking and interacting in a Room that they are trapped in. This similarity of strange events also makes us likely to be picked up by Film 4.

Finally, Warp Films is the one that we will go with for many reasons, such as the fact that on their about page on their website it even say “If you like predictable and formulaic storytelling, sorry, you’ve come to the wrong place.” Showing how they’re more willing to make films that break conventions and take chances, thus increasing our chances of being distributed by them as the storytelling in the first 3 minutes of our film is not linear and is very open to interpretation which is why it would be perfect for Warp Films.