Evaluation Activity 3: Distribution

The pictures below depict our opening production sequence. This shows our production company name and logo and the transition we used between the images. We began with the photo of the clouds as we thought this was quite nice and peaceful but also seemed quite generic and quite typical of a production company. We used the name 'Cloudburst Films' as we thought this sounded quite professional and related to the image we had chosen. The change of the image from colour to black and white through the glow transition is effective as it hints at the dark genre of the film and helps to fade the production titles away smoothly.

A production company helps to create the film as it aids with the budgeting, scheduling, scripting and casting for the film. They provide the money and are responsible for finding a director and actors for the film. They overlook the creation process to make sure it is being filmed and edited properly for when they send it to distributors. For our film, we essentially had the job of producer and director. We had to make sure everything went to plan and that anything that went wrong, was fixed as best as it could be. We had to make sure that everything was in the right place and the film ended up like we wanted it to when we went to publish it.

A distributor is the company that sends the film out for audiences to watch. They decide where and when the film is screened and promote it accordingly. Netflix is currently a very popular distributor and would be perfect for our type of film. This is because it is a low-budget film and is aimed at similar youthful audience who are technologically aware. Multi-platform devices also help Netflix to be a leading distributor of smaller films, through buying the rights and showing it online. Netflix already have a keen fan-base meaning that people will be waiting to see our film and it will be promoted directly to people who have viewed similar things in the past, giving us a guaranteed profit.

We would not need much money as our film would be a low-budget horror film. We didn't spend any money creating the opening two minutes as we used simple and basic props and took advantage of our connections (e.g having our friend do Harriet's makeup). The money would ultimately come from the production company, however, we used a small budget to create an effective opening that looks like it was created with a much larger budget.

People named in titles are the people that worked on the film and are, usually, named in order of importance. Typical jobs listed in the opening credits are the director, producer, screenwriter, costume and props designer, main actors, visual effects and sound. We reflected each of these jobs in our opening credits which makes it look more professional and as if it were made by an actual film company.