Group Q3

Q 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

"We have created a mainstream, high production value product, that addresses contemporary issues dealing with corruption and terrorist threats in the Russian diaspora. Due to our high level of professionalism and high end production values this film is a main stream media product. To get interest from production companies we would use a tiered approach: We would post High definition edit on Youtube We would create a website devoted to the film With deleted initial scene, script outline to create a “buzz” about the product. With quotes from well know people in the industry supporting our product. This will be linked to the Youtube page to expand potential audience. Using the Website (www.snatchedfilm.com) and Youtube we would approach commissioning editors at Chanel 4 BBC. With this material we would also approach, UK based production houses such as SOHO based Tiger Aspect productions Also submitting this to as many Film festivals and competitions as possible. Including Virgin Media Shorts, London Short Film Festival, The BFI film fund and researching UK and European film festivals, and American festivals such as Rain-dance Also giving the nature of the Russian film connection we would target selected Russian individuals with money to see if they would be interested in financing out film, with a view to targeting Russian film festivals such as Moscow film festival. To create a ‘Buzz’ for this film using the LAMDA actors from Snatched, we would create a fake kidnapping of the young girl, possibly on the streets of Knightsbridge outside Harrods, to get into the papers and local and international news, giving us a platform to advertise our movie. If questioned by the police we would explain that this was a piece of performance art to highlight safety concerns around children of wealthy Russians expats in London. We would ofcourse make sure this was filmed by ‘a member of the public’ on the Iphone, and posted on Youtube to get people talking."