Evaluation activity 3

Our production company name is 'RLI Media' which is comprised of the three media students that are a part of it ( Robbie, Lewis, and Isobel ). We chose a simple, basic name that would easily identify us as a group. 'RLI Media' is also our Facebook, Twitter and Youtube logins, as it relates to our blogger. Our role as a company is to produce a film that can be distributed by a media institution.

A distribution company can buy the rights to a film from a production company, and then show it in cinemas and DVD etc. A production company ( RLI Media ) creates the film. 

We looked at a large variety of production companies that we could use, if we were to distribute our thriller. Many of them, such as Warner Brothers would be very difficult to distribute as they usually only distribute high budget films such as 'The Dark Knight'. Universal was a good choice, as they distribute the highest concentration of thrillers, however we found that Hammer films best suited our theme of thriller. Also we felt that we could relate more to them as a distribution company as they can understand our vision when creating our own thriller.

Our thriller was funded entirely by our group. This influenced our location as we had to pay for petrol in order to get there, which is why the house we chose was excellent as it was close. All the props we used, were already in our possession which meant that we did not have to pay for them. We went for a B - Movie style, as we felt that there was no way we compete with a high budget film.

We decided to add only the production team name RLI Media, in the opening as we felt a list of names would draw from the tension we were attempting to build. RLI Media can easily be related to the individuals in our group, therefore we felt names were not necessary.

Our film is similar to Saw in the way that we would market it. For example, our poster highlights the violence that will feature in our film as seen by the blood on the door and the helpless girl in the background.