Media institutions that may distribute our thriller Paroxysm

By Can Arslan

The production and distribution companies we used

Production Company Distribution Company

CANDI Studios

Candi studios is where we created and edited our thriller. There is many reasons to why we chose candi studios.

- Candi studios specialises in thrillers for low budget films which was ideal for us as we had a low budget and needed expertise on producing a high quality product with limited resources.

CANDI Studios

CANDI studios is a small local independent studio which is on an very small budget.

Using this independent studio will ensure our target audience are aware that our film comes from a studio who has released plenty of thrillers. Furthermore having CANDI studios as our production company we are able to target our audience accordingly with thriller conventions we have adopted from our time at the studio.

Blumhouse Distribution

Background informationBlumhouse distribution/production is the company

behind the very successful and extremely low budget (until recently) series of the thriller/horror ‘Paranormal activity’ the first paranormal activity was made on a budget of $10,000

All sequels was shown in cinema chains worldwide despite being made on a low budget, this is something we wanted to accomplish ourselves which is why we decided to use blumhouse as our distribution company as they have made a name for themselves on the film stage.

Blumhouse Distribution

• We thought by using blumhouse to distribute both of us can profit as they would gradually appeal to a whole new target audience which may bring future possible audience members to their future projects.

• Another reason why we chose blumhouse to distribute it because their target audience is of similar age to ours which is 18-35 as the late teen, early thirties person is still into horror/psychological thrillers, predominantly those of male gender as they tend to prefer gore and murder and solving such mysteries.

Why small and independent?• A small media institution is more likely to distribute our film because of the low

budget nature of the film. Small media institutions are more likely to distribute it because it goes with their portfolio of independent films from small studios such as ours (candi media productions) which is on a local scale. Furthermore it would cost less for us to use independent companies rather than big companies. Small and independent also helps us tailor our product exactly on our target audiences’ needs as we have full control over the script and how the final product is made. Whereas in big companies we may be confined to certain regulations

• As we used small independent studios and distribution companies, our film was rightly shown in a small independent cinema in angel Islington.