Q3

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

I would say a company like Paramount could possibly take our film as they were the company that produced The Manchurian Candidate (2004). I feel that the Manchurian Candidate mirrors our film in some ways as they are action packed paranoid thrillers. This mirrors our film because the plot of 'The Betrayal' is that a teenager gets kidnapped by one of his friends although he doesn't know it was them and is trying to piece together the story behind what happened the night before. This plot makes the film a paranoid thriller and the story line of someone getting kidnapped first thing in the film would suggest to the audience that it is action packed.

Our film could have been made on the 'Microwave Scheme' from the UK Film Council. This is when films are given a period of 18 days time to be made and funds are given to the film producers of £100,000. We as amateur producers could do this because we are young people that are living in London and that are passionate about making films. An example of a film made in the 'Microwave Scheme' was 'Shifty'. This film was one of the most sucessful films to come out of the 'microwave scheme' as it got nominated for the BAFTA film award.