Distributor & Production

After looking at a selection of films to help inspire mine and Kirsty's Science Boy's idea we also looked carefully at the distributor's of these films. The one seemed to be the most common was Optimum Releasing which distributes British, Irish and American independent films which attracted me to use it for our opening sequence as Science Boys seems like an idea that would be an independent film. 


Optimum Releasing (Distributor)  
In 2011, Optimum Releasing was renamed Studio Canal UK - which you may also have heard of. As a distributor, they release over 200 films a year which are independent films and this makes them the most prominent distributor of independent British movie's. It was founded in 1999 which does make it a fairly new distributor as it is only 13 years old. Also, their work is split into three categories:

1. Optimum Releasing - this goes to cinema's
2. Optimum Home Entertainment - this is on DVD's
3. Optimum Classics - re-releases of films
4. Optimum World - this is world cinema

 Big Talk Productions
This was another name which came up during our research and was involved in films such as Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block. One interesting point is it works closely with Edgar Wright the director & producer we researched. Big Talk was founded by Nira Park, a successful woman, in 1995 which also makes it a fairly new production company like Optimum. Nira Park was named in 2005 'Top Ten Producers to Watch' in Variety Magazine (weekly entertainment magazine in America.) Big talk productions is 75% independently owned. Me and Kirsty will probably use Big Talk in our opening credits.