Distributors

A Distribution company is one that is responsible for getting a film into cinemas and marketing it to the target audience. Major media companies such as Sony, Universal, or Paramount have their own distribution arm, which guarantees the distribution and therefore the exhibition, by this I mean screening in cinemas and or DVD, of their own films.

The motion picture industry is very much dominated by large and very diversified conglomerates, such as The Walt Disney Co., News Corp., Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc. which finance the development of new products, in this case motion pictures, own vast libraries of older products, and often own distribution channels for bringing these new products to the public. Sometimes the distributor will finance the movie from beginning to end and other times, they provide a portion of the finances and subsequently receive a cut of the profits.

However, independent film companies will be reliant upon a distribution company to buy their film from them in order for it to be distributed. Some film distribution companies are also independent.

UK Distributors: Despite the intensely competitive market, new distribution companies emerge every year in the UK.  Here are some examples….

Buena Vista International (UK) Ltd.A subsidiary of the Disney Empire, Buena Vista is best known for its mainstream fare (Disney/Pixar). Although a clear major distributor it’s also been known to release a few low-budget UK movies, such as: Kinky boots.

The company has been responsible for distributing massive movies such as: pirates of the Caribbean, sin city, UK tittles include: calendar girls, and Breaking And Entering.

Dogwoof

Independent film Distribution Company focuses largely on ethical and political documentaries.

Titles include: The devil came on horseback, La Antena, UK titles include: Black Gold and The age of stupid.

Slasher Films...

is the name of my distribution company for my film. The term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder. Therefore as you may have already guessed, my distribution company focuses largely on horror films, specifically teen horror films. I think the name reflects the nature of my distribution company. Its also an independent distributor.

In reference to the real company “Dogwoof” I’ve based my company on Dogwoof, as they are a successful independent distributor, they only focus on certain genres which include, ethical and poklitcal documentaries and I believe this is the reason for their success, because they stick to what they know and by not having their “fingers in a lot of pies they can focus on one area (genre) and succeed at it.