Question 6 - Ryan Oldham

I think a british company that would be willing to distribute and market our horror film would be Film4. Film4 have marketed horrors before such as 28 Days Later and The Exorcist. (Found on the Film4 website) Although these films are different sub-genres, they run similar conventions to that of our horror film. For example there is a young female victim in The Exorcist although a lot younger than the target audience and it is set mostly inside the house.

They would use our horror film as it is targeted at an extremely wide audience, that would be able to draw in viewers if the Film was then played on TV. The 15 rating that we have given to our horror film opening would make the text more suitable and viewer friendly opposed to something with an 18 age limit. This also means that the film would be able to be played at an earlier time as the curfew will not be as strict for a 15 rated film.

Film4 would promote our film to a much wider audience and draw more people in to watch it. This would result in a rise of money made by the film to cover things like production costs and taxes. A good film would give the company a good reputation and create a group of loyal followers that would expect them to keep the standard of films high that are being distributed.

Our film relates to other british films  production process as it is shot on location and has a low budget. This stays true to the british industry as it has less money in it and films have to be made on much lower budgets than that of the US, for example. An example of a British horror would be The Descent (2005) (£3,500,000 budget) compared to a US horror such as Saw 3D (2010) ($17,000,000 budget) showing that british horror is on a smaller scale than that of films made in Hollywood or the United States.

The Descent

Saw 3D