CLICK HERE to rad an article outlining HOW you get a film distributed.
Read the Wikipedia page for distribution to find answers to the following;
1. What are the different types of releases?
2. How have release strategies changed with the development of technology?
3. What are ancillary rights?
4. What is a theatrical window?
ACTIVITY #1
Click here to read the article on DISTRIBUTION (The Art Of the Deal) and then answer the following questions;
1. What are the two different financial models that distribution agreements are based on?
2. Describe what they both entail.
3. What are ancillary rights?
4. What is the definition of the film's 'opening' and what factors are taken into account when making decisions about a film's opening?
5. What does it mean if a film has 'legs'? What factors might determine this?
6. At the time of this article, how many theatres were there across USA and where are they mostly located?
7. What role does a 'buyer' play and what are some of the terms they negotiate?
8. What are the 2 ways a theatre may release a movie? Explain how they work.
9. What is meant by a 'loss leader'?
ACTIVITY #2
Go to your case study notes on the 4 films you looked up information for. Check what information you have about your film's ditribution process.
- who distributed the films?
- how were they distributed?
- Where were they released and when?
- What type of release did they have?
Case Study research...
1. What type of releases did your case studies have?
2. What countries were they released to?
