Distribution

I have decided to distribute our film on the Virgin Media Shorts website. After looking around at other websites and competitions that allow you to distribute short films i found that this one suited our short film the best. Unfortuantly, alot of the websites and competitions i came across only let over 18 years enter, which of course, was no good for me. I found that this particular short film distributer suited our film the best as they were not asking for a particular type of film unlike other competitons and websites. The rules also state that the film has to be below 2 minutes and 20 seconds long, our film is 1 minute 1 second long so i felt this was perfect. Below is information about the competitoin that i copied from the Virgin Media website.

"Virgin Media Shorts is a short film competition that champions undiscovered talent.

Whether you're a film maker or a film lover, there are loads of ways to get involved. Read all about them below.

If you're a film maker...

Virgin Media Shorts gives you the chance to show your work in cinemas, on TV, online and on mobiles (via the mobile internet).

Here's what's up for grabs:

• 12 film makers win a chance to show their work on 214 cinema screens nationwide
• 1 lucky winner lands £30,000 to make their next film.
• 1 People's Choice winner takes home thousands of pounds worth of new film kit.
• Plus, we reward the college or school with the most entrants with loads of shiny new kit, too.

Entering is easy. Just check out the film spec. Then upload your film. The competition closes on 28 June 2010.

If you're a film lover...

You can see new film making talent, before they hit the big time.

Register as a film critic and you can:

• Comment on films
• Vote for People's Choice (launches in September)
• Win some great prizes, like the new iPad

Get involved now!"

To enter the competions i had to fill in a some details. Some were personal and some were related to our shorts film. For example, the genre and length. It also asked me to write a short synopsis. Having done a synopsis on our blog i just copied in the one i had already written. Before i submitted form i double checked to make sure this was the right competition fior our short film. I look around the Virgin Media website at other short films that have been distributed and i was pleased to find a variery of styles.

Not only will i distribute our film using competitions but it will also be distributed via youtube and vimeo. I think the fact the our film will be shown on these types of sites is a positive thing because a broader audience will watch it (hopefully). I think it is also good our film is being distributed on youtube on vimeo and both of these websites have a wide variety of footage so our will not be judge in any way.