Evaluation Activity 3

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

What does a production company do? (from Ask.com)
'A production company is a company liable for physical production of new media, performing arts, film, radio or a television program. The company is also directly responsible for raising of funding for the production or may accomplish this through an emissary. The production company can be either a small company or a larger one, selling its products to a film studio or presenting it at a theatrical venue, or, in the case of film and television, it may be the studio itself.'

Our production company name is called 'Cobble Productions'. We decided to call it that because we thought that it relates to the whole Victorian era, hence the word 'Cobble' like the stones you get on the streets of London. It also simply came from where we were filming, on a cobbled path. We wanted it to be something that sound British and small, not something big and international.  If i had to compare our film production company with another already existing one I would say that we are more like Warp Films or Film4 simply because they are small independent British film companies. Film4 also make horror and thriller films too, so they would be perfect to distribute our film as it fits in those genres. Warp Films have also wont lots of awards for their film 'This Is England' so they would be a good company to go with as they have a good reputation from great films.

A film that is similar to our film, but not produced by Film4 or Warp Films, but produced by Constantin Film Produktion is the film 'Perfume'. This film as been a huge help to us all throughout the process of making Chapel Lane because we have based a lot of things on it for example, the creepy nature of the main character, the era it was set in, the costumes and the genre. Its similar to ours through all of theses things, making them the same in a lot of ways. Its similar in the way the main character has an obsession with women although for different reasons, this makes the genre of the films -thriller- even creepier and leaves the audience wanting to know whats going to happen next.

I have clearly shown that the genre of my film is a gothic horror and thriller, through the use of Victorian costume which is essential if you want to make a period piece, as it lets the audience know straight away when it is set and helps them relate to the time. I have also shown this through the editing of making the footage black and white, again relating to the old fashioned theme to it and adjusting the the brightness to make it darker like a gothic film. 

I didn't include any of the actors names in the billing, we decided not to do this because we wanted to make the film opening feel real after we had gone to a lot of trouble to find Victorian era clothes and edit it all to make it all look really old fashioned and real. So we didn't want to ruin the real feel to it by putting up the actors names and clearly showing the audience that it isn't real. Instead we would put their names at the end of the film when it has all ended so not to ruin the suspension.