Institutions

All films have institutions that produce and distribute the films. It is the names of the people who produce the films and the companies that distribute them that draw the attention of the audience. This is because if the audience have seen other films by these institutions they are more likely to see the new film if they enjoyed the other films and when they see films that are out by the same distribution company, they will also advertise a few other films in the opening credits.

About Schmidt

This film was directed by Alexander Payne who has also directed “Election”, “Jurassic Park III”, “Sideways” , “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”, “Gray Matters”, etc. These are all award winning films and have a budget in millions. New Line Cinema distributed “About Schmidt” whilst Michael Besman and Harry Gittes produced it.

P.S. I Love You

This film was directed by Richard LaGravense; who is best known for his work “The Fisher King”, and produced by Wendy Finerman, Brodricj Johnson, Andrew Kosove and Molly Smith. They have also produced films such as “The Devil Wears Prada”, “The Blind Side”, “Stepmom”, etc and have a number of successful films. This film was distributed by three well known institutions; Summit Entertainment, Momentum Pictures and Warner Bros. Each of these would have helped to attracted a wider audience.

Remember Me

This film was directed by Allen Coulter; who also directed “Hollywoodland”, and was produced by Nicholas Osborne, Trevor Engelson, Erik Feig and Robert Pattinson. Remember Me was distributed by Summit Entertainment which would help to draw an audience from people who have enjoyed films from this institution in the past.

Summit Entertainment seems to be well known for distributing films like “Remember Me”, “Twilight”, “Penelope”, etc. These seem to be more aimed towards the teenage to mid to late twenties females. These films are known to be “Chick Flicks”. They are a fairly successful institution but have had a couple of films that haven’t worked as well.

Warner Bros. is known for distributing a wide range of films from a number of different genres. They usually appeal to a wider audience due to the carrying films for age range and gender. They are a successful distribution institution due to people recognising the name.

Momentum Pictures distribute a range of different film with different genres. This will appeal to a wider audience range as there are films for different age ranges, genders and different people’s interests. They have had a lot of success with the films they have distributed and are a fairly well known name.

New Line Cinema seem to distribute a range of films from different genres. However in the past their films seemed to be more Thriller, Action and Horror films but have become more varied since the merge with Warner Bros.

We feel like the industry that is more likely to distribute a film like ours would probably be Summit Entertainment or possibly New Line Cinema as they have distributed two of our inspirational texts.