Evaluation - Question 3

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

Legal Deception addresses contemporary issues dealing with corruption in the legal system. It is a gritty and raw edge film which would work well as an Independent Film or a TV film for BBC or Channel 4. To get interest from production companies we would use several different approaches: We would post a high quality edit on YouTube and mass email everyone with a link to get him or her to view it and hopefully post positive reviews. We would also create a website www.legaldeception.com with links to our script outline and quotes from respected industry leaders giving us positive feedback on the film. This will be linked to the Youtube page to expand potential audience. We would arrange special screenings of the film at screening rooms in Soho such as the screening room in the Soho Hotel and create an event with questions and Answers around the film for an invited audience of industry professionals.

Using the Website (www.snatchedfilm.com) and YouTube we would approach commissioning editors at Channel 4 and the 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. The best way to create a buzz for this film would be to do something outrageous that would get into the newspapers or local or even National TV that might make a producer somewhere sit up and take notice. For example we could hire a couple of professional actors to play out the opening sequence for real and film it on hidden cameras but instead of confronting him in a dark alley literally try and drag him off the streets of London and into a passing car with the guy shouting and screaming for help that he was being kidnapped and see if anyone tries to intervene or calls the police – and the reveal it is all part of a film and film people’s reactions and put that on YouTube as well.