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- 2. FACTORS TO CONSIDER • Who is the target audience of ‘Cold stream’? • What is the estimated income the film will produce? • Will the target audience be interested in the film? • What is the films budget? Who is it produced by? • Who are the actors in the film? Are they famous? • How well have similar films done? What audiences did they attract?
- 3. ABOUT ‘COLDSTREAM’ • Coldstream (2017) is a low budget, independent British film by Silverlinings pictures, based in Peterborough, UK. • The target market is 15 to 25 year old • Due to it being a low budget film, they cannot afford to spend excessively on the distribution and marketing methods of the film • Therefore, social media is a very useful marketing method as it is cost effective and is very popular within the target audiences ages.
- 4. CASE STUDY: FILM 4 • Film 4 is a British film company established in 1982 • Film 4 have produced some successful films which have been Oscar winning such as Slumdog Millionaire (2009) • Film 4 is backed by Channel 4, who are not required by legislation to make films.
- 5. CASE STUDY: VERTIGO FILMS • Vertigo Films is a UK Film and distribution company founded in 2002 by Alian Niblo and James Richardson • The films span a range of genres and audience taste and include the box office smash hit Street Dance 3D • Vertigo also owns a successful post production company in Berlin. The post republic and is a partner is sales company Protagonist Pictures with Film 4 and Ingenious
- 6. CASE STUDY: LIONSGATE • Lionsgate are an American-Canadian entertainment company established in 1997 • They produced the Huger games trilogy films which was ranked in 2012 the top digital title and the twilight saga films • They have distribution partnerships with the history channel and A&E Networks