Research and Planning 3: Our production and distribution institutions

Production Institution

We have decided to produce our film alongside Silver Pictures: an American production company known for many different Hollywood films. Although the nationality of our film is British, we are trying to recreate the glossy, stylised look that would be expected of a Hollywood film, similar to the James Bond films. Silver Pictures have worked on British-American films that are similar to the one that we aim to produce, such as Sherlock Holmes. We would work with Silver Pictures as an independent production company who specialises in British films which aim to replicate this Hollywood style of film making.

Distribution Institution

The company that will be responsible for the distribution of our film will be Universal Pictures. We have chosen Universal Pictures as they have a five-year marketing and distribution deal with Silver Pictures and have recently made similar films such as Non-Stop. The other reason for selecting
Universal Pictures as our distributor is that they have a strong presence in both the British and American markets. This is significant as we are planning a theatrical release in the UK and USA, followed by a video-on-demand release on websites such as Amazon Instant Video, Youtube Movies, UniversalVOD and more. We also aim to have a DVD and Blu-ray release for the film in order to provide as many different platforms for the film as possible.