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Film Distribution and Vertigo Films

Film Distribution and Vertigo Films. Chloe Templeman. What is Film Distribution?. Film Distribution is the process a film company goes through every time they make a movie and make it available for an audience to watch, often in the cinema, DVD and downloadable copies. The Process….

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Film Distribution and Vertigo Films

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  1. Film Distribution and Vertigo Films Chloe Templeman

  2. What is Film Distribution? • Film Distribution is the process a film company goes through every time they make a movie and make it available for an audience to watch, often in the cinema, DVD and downloadable copies.

  3. The Process… • Someone has a movie idea. • They outline the movie so they can get people like a studio interested in their idea who purchases the rights to produce the film. • A screenwriter, produce, director, cast and the crew is found to be able to make the film. • The film is sent to the studio once it has been made. • The studio sets up a license agreement with the chosen distribution company. • The distribution company decides how many copies of the film to print. • The distribution company organises a movie screening to potential audiences.

  4. The Process… • The buyers of the movie decides on which movies they lease from the distribution company. • The distribution company sends copies of the film to cinemas (usually American cinemas first) a couple of days before the opening day. • The cinemas show the movie for an agreed number of weeks which can sometimes be longer if the movie is a hit. • The distribution company receives the copies of the film back. • If the movie is a hit then the distribution company will send copies other parts of the world (usually the UK) and state that it was a hit in America which sells the movie to the next audience.

  5. Vertigo Films • Vertigo Films is a British Film Production Company and a Film Distribution Company located in London, England. • They have produced and distributed some successful films like the StreetDance movies , Monsters, Outlaw and Bronson.

  6. Vertigo Films • Allan Niblo created Vertigo Films in 2002, he had previously produced, wrote and distributed movies before. • Currently the goal is to produce and distribute 4 films per year. • Vertigo also owns The Post Republic, an exceptional post production company in Berlin. • Vertigo has a partnership with Protagonist Pictures, an international sales company. • They’ve recently set up PFXE which is Europe’s most experienced 3D facilities company.

  7. Vertigo Films • 2010: Vertigo released Europe’s first 3D live action movie; StreetDance 3D, getting to no.1 in the UK Box Office charts and received on the most successful UK independent films and was shown worldwide. • 2010: Monsters was also very successful and was a big hit receiving 3 British Independent Film Awards. • 2011: Vertigo released a 3D feature film of the children’s TV Show Horrid Henry which made £6.5 million. • 2011: Vertigo teamed up with Hammer Films producing Wakewood which was the best reveiwed horror films in years.

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