I think that 'Studio Canal UK' may distribute our film due to their prior collaborations with 'Warp Films'. They distributed the films ''71' as well as 'Four Lions' and 'Dead Man's Shoes', which were created by 'Warp Films'. This shows that the company has prior experience with distributing independent films so would understand the market. The fact that they also distributed 'Dead Man's Shoes' and 'Four Lions' shows that the company are willing to take risks with films, as long as they like the content that they have seen, due to the graphic nature of 'Dead Man's Shoes' and the controversial terrorism satire used in 'Four Lions'. This means that if there were to be any gore or violence in our film, then they would most likely still go ahead and distribute our product. I do not think that 'Studio Canal' are as fixated on profit as a huge conglomerate like 'Warner Bros.' are either. The evidence in this is that 'Dead Man's Shoes' had a budget of £723,000 yet only grossed £101,186, yet they decided to distribute further projects of 'Warp Films' after this film. I think that this shows that 'Studio Canal' are more focused on the quality of a film and the accolades it receives than the intake in profits that they receive. 'Warner Bros.' may not be the best choice for our film as they would be more driven on making as much money as possible so some aspects of our film may need to be changed in order to appeal to a wider audience, such as our actor being changed from Matt Wells to an American actor.
I feel like 'Studio Canal' may be interested in our film due to the independence it has and the specific market that it may interest. The psychological aspect of our film may interest 'Studio Canal' due to the niche market that it would appeal to, and due to the fact that a fairly similar film in 'Donnie Darko' not only received positive reviews, but also made profit. This is a similar film to ours, however our film still is very different to this film and has it's own unique ideas, so I feel like this may interest them. 'Studio Canal UK' are also obviously a British film production company so we would have greater chance with getting them to distribute our film than a huge American conglomerate, as 'Studio Canal' would enjoy seeing British films being made so would have no problems with sticking to a British setting and cast, and would possibly prefer this.
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