What Institution Would Distribute Our Thriller

·        I think warp would be interested in producing our thriller because our thriller is a dark comedy set in game shows that exist nowadays and Warp has produced Four Lions which is also a dark comedy about a problem that exists in the world. Warp also takes first time directors and makes low budget films with them. Warp work in convergence with film4 to fund their films with experimental first time directors, Film4 release the film directly onto into their TV channels and on DVD the same day in order to capitalise on profits and make sure they get a return on their investment. Film4 can recoup their expenditure on the film if the film is successful through advertisement by increasing the price to advertise in the breaks of that film. Warp would make money from this film by marketing it on DVDs, pay per view and in cinemas/box office like it has done with ‘four lion’. Warp specialises in first time directors and low budget thrillers. Warp made the film Submarine which is also slightly similar to ours in that it’s a comedy with a serious undertone and story line. Warp seems to target an audience in the age range of 16 – 24 which is a similar audience that we want our thriller to attract which is also why I think Warp would produce our thriller. Warp typically produces thrillers with low budget actors that appeal to 16 to 24 year olds, such as the mighty boosh film which hadn’t made any films before. Warp made the film ‘This is England’ which fits into our style of social realism and representation of social classes.

·        The target age for my thriller is age 16-24. They may like the film because it relates to everyday shows that this age group watches. A majority of the actors are also in this age range so they appeal to an audience of the same age. Each character is designed to be part of a specific social group that’s found in an everyday society, to place it into a social realism genre which creates a niche audience for our thriller, much like the audience that ‘This is England’ is aimed at only we’ve tried to widen our audience slightly by giving it a reality TV style glaze which conforms to the dominant style of popular TV. However our film is still very much a low budget art house film and therefore applies directly to a niche audience.