Matthew Leigh G324 Advanced Portfolio

There exist a couple of means to fund and distribute my short film. One such way would be through a large company who would show the film in theaters, before the feature presentation. Pixar are one such company that partake in this practice, but the shorts are always animated and are made in-house, meaning that my film would be unsuitable for Pixar's use. Instead, I could appeal to it's parent company, Disney, as they may be willing to extend this practice to it's live action features.

Perhaps the more realistic way of gaining funding for, and distributing my film to it's target audience would be through a specialist short film distributor. The biggest of these is Futureshorts. Futureshorts are a global company that specialise in the distribution of short films, holding monthly events to air new films and backing films for such awards as the BAFTAs and Academy Awards. They also distribute films to short film festivals. Futureshorts also provide a consultancy service and have their own dvd label, meaning every aspect of my films publication, marketing and distribution would be covered.