Friday, 22 November 2013

FDA UK distribution guide and questions on film distribution

1.What is meant by the term film distribution?
Film production is essentially the process that makes a film avaliable for audiences to watch by the film distributor.

2.What does a film distributor do?
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing.


3.How does reach relate to film distribution?
Reach relates to film distribution because film distributors try and get their film distributed over as many media platforms as possible the downside of this is that the film distributor has to try and keep the balance between budget and the amount of reach.


4.What is meant by the marketing plan?
Definition: The written document that describes your advertising and marketing efforts for the coming year; it includes a statement of the marketing situation, a discussion of target markets and company positioning and a description of the marketing mix you intend to use to reach your marketing goals


5.What is meant by the distribution plan?
The ability to assess where products and services should be deployed and determine the stock-keeping unit/location-level replenishment plan.


6.What is the difference between advertising, publicity and promotion?
Advertising is showing people your product this is usually done through TV adverts. Publicity is making sure as many people as possible see your product. Finally promotion is saying that your product is better than everyone else`s.



7.Find a teaser poster, teaser trailer, main poster and main trailer for a horror film and put them on your Blog – who was the distributor and in how many countries was it released? Can you find how many screens it was shown in on the opening weekend?

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