Monday, 7 December 2015

Distribution Questions

1) How many of the 'Big Six' studios also own distribution companies? 
- All of the six majors also known as the 'Big Six' have their own distribution companies in the uk. 

2) Have a look at the new releases in UK Cinemas this week and see if you can work out what the following distribution terms mean, and find one example of a film released 
a) Limited - select number of cinemas 
b) Key Cities - major cities cinema release 
c) Wide - majority of cinemas but not all, all parts of the country
d) Saturation - large scale release across the majority of cinemas 

3) Now have a look here, and see if you can find out what these more complicated distribution strategies are:
e) Platform Release - releasing the film within 2-3 steps, firstly releasing in 10-20 screens then stepping up to 500+ screens
f) Non-Theatrical - releasing the film straight to DVD. 

4) What is interesting or different about the release of the following films?:

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