Question 3

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

 

This is my answer in the form of a podcast that plays over the Universal Studios logo. It listens in on my interview with Universal studios and below that is a script so you can follow what is being said. Yellow = me (producer of Inside) and black = Universal studios representative.

Following my recent research on distribution companies and also production companies I have been able to answer this question. I am going to an interview with Universal studios now and I will let you listen in...

 

Hello Universal studios, thankyou for taking the time today to discuss the potential distribution of my media product called Inside.

Hello, its my pleasure.

So you have distributed multiple horror films before including your most sucessful one; Jaws back in 1975.

Yes that grossed 260 million dollars!

Wow, thats impressive, however why should I choose you to distribute my media product rather than Lionsgate who has produced sucessful horror films that are much more recent, for example The Conjuring in 2013.

Well, we were founded back in 1912 which was way before Lionsgate who were founded in 1997 and so we have much more experience with distributing media products like Inside.

Thats true, however my horror film is not like Jaws and the majority of your most sucessful films are not aimed at the target audience I am looking to reach out to. And it is for that reason that I am going to choose Lionsgate to distribute my media product as they have simular products, for example Scream and The Conjuring and so they will have more useful experience with distrubuting horror films like Inside. They have also gone on to distribute sucessful series like the SAW series and so I could consider continuing my horror film by making it a franchise.

Ok, I understand and accept the choice you have made, thankyou for considering Universal Studios.