EVALUATION QUESTION 3

3.
Our film was a local production with no budget. We had limited locations at our disposal. Despite the vast amount of technology we were able to use, our finished product would not be likely to be distributed by main stream cinemas.
Films that are exhibited and distributed world wide are usually made with a huge budget (though, not in all cases) and take a long time to complete. An example of a film with a higher budget is; Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott in 2000 had a budget of $103 million. Gladiator, in its opening weekend in the UK, made an incredible £3,555,446. Of course, such a high budget is not necessary to make a Block Buster. Another very successful film, with a much lower budget, is Daniel Myrick’s Blair Witch Project (1999). With a budget of just $22,000 U.S dollars, the film made $140,539,099 in its opening weekend.
However, there are some institutions by which it is likely that our product would be distributed. Examples are Arts cinemas and institutions specially established to exhibit student work; such as The Phoenix, an independent cinema in North London. In addition to this, websites for student and novice film maker’s and short film competitions may well show our product. I also managed to find a television channel that specialises in showing student work, Art House films and shorts called the Independent film channel; another medium through which our film would be exhibited.