Opening Scene | Evaluation Part 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We chose the film institution ‘Warner Bros.’ because we knew they were a very well-known and quite popular film company, which means that our film would have had a lot of promotion. ‘Warner Bros.’ is an American company which means that they produce Hollywood films, but they also produce British films. This meant that our film could be seen as a British film even with an American film company. As a group we didn’t really think about whether we wanted this film to be made for TV or whether we just wanted it to be made for the cinema. I think our film is suitable for TV, so it could be shown on horror/thriller film channels or it could be shown on a special event such as Halloween.

‘Warner Bros.’ have produced many horror films that are comparable to ours, but one that stands out against others is the ‘Harry Potter’ film series as it is a British film produced by ‘Warner Bros.’. There are many differences and a few similarities between our film and ‘Harry Potter’.

Differences:

·      Our film is based around the horror genre whereas ‘Harry Potter’ is based around the fantasy and adventure genre.

·      They use lots of special effects and CGI throughout all of the ‘Harry Potter’ films; however in our film we didn’t use any special effects or any CGI. We did use fake blood which comes under special effects, but it’s nothing compared to what special effects they use in ‘Harry Potter’.

·      In ‘Harry Potter’ they use very special costumes and they make the outfits especially for the film. Unlike our film where we just put the characters in normal casual everyday outfits.

·      The music used in ‘Harry Potter’ is based around the fantasy genre and a lot of sound effects are used. On the other hand our film music is mainly based around horror and we didn’t use any sound effects.

·      ‘Harry Potter’ was filmed on a set that was created just for the ‘Harry Potter’ trilogy. Unlike our film where we filmed outside and didn’t make and create anything that we could have filmed.

·      ‘Harry Potter’ has a mix of genders where as our film is mainly female characters which wasn’t intentional.

Similarities:

·      Both ‘Harry Potter’ and our film were filmed in the UK.

·      They are both known as British films produced by ‘Warner Bros’.

·      Both films create mystery and build tension with the music used.

·      They have similar characters as there are three friends and one villain.