Fox Searchlight pictures is a film production company lead by presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley established in 1994. It is a division of Fox Filmed Entertainment of the larger 20th Century Fox. They focus on making independent, British and often non-English-language films in genres such as drama, comedy and horror. They are quite versatile when it comes to budgets: they do high budget films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Black Swan and 127 Hours, which have budgets in tens of millions of dollars in addition to lower budget films such as Love and other Catastrophes and 20 dates which have a relatively lower budgets in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I would choose Fox Searchlight Pictures to produce my thriller, ‘Askew’. This is because firstly, they produce independent films, which is the category ‘Askew’ falls into and it also fits the genre of films that they produce (horror). Also, Fox Searchlight Pictures are versatile with their budget, and ‘Askew’ is a low-budget film without a well-known star cast. Due to these factors, I think Fox Searchlight Pictures would be ideal for the production and distribution of my thriller.
‘Askew’ is mainly targeted towards an educated, young adult and adult audience, as it is rather abstract yet complex in terms of content and raises questions issues encountered in our society. Although Fox Searchlight may screen ‘Askew’ in cinemas across the U.S and the U.K, it may not be a long release and therefore it would be a good idea to release is on Movie on Demand and DVD soon after its release.
This is an example of what the target market of ‘Askew’ would look like:
Educated, young adults, in the age range of 18-25
Educated adults of age 25 and above
