Film Four are a British production company who produce a wide range of films, some of these being horror films. They hold 'Frightfest', a four day film festival held in London that promotes short British horror films. It has grown in population over the years and has premiered horror films that have gone on to be hugely successful, such as Pans Labyrinth, Hatchet and The Host.
Below is a shot from Pans Labyrinth, capturing conventions shown in all genres of horror films (dark lighting, one victim alone etc)
If we were to look to getting our film produced and watched by huge audiences we would need to start off in a smaller scale film festival, which is more local, to gain public interest etc before moving on to bigger film festivals, attended by a larger audience, e.g. Frightfest. An example of this would be 'bang', a Nottingham film festival, which showcases films made in Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. This would be ideal for our film 'Alone', as it could gain recognition and could then hopefully move on to larger film festivals, i.e. Frightfest and become produced. Companies such as Film Four could get our film disrtributed to large audiences in Britain, through cinema, tv and dvds. They could also market our film, gaining a lot of public interest, making it become known etc.
Insomnia is a film shown at the Frightfest that is a psychological horror and has gained the recognition that we would hope we would achieve if our film could be shown at a film festival, whether it is starting off in a more unknown smaller one like Bang, or a more well known, popular one like Frightfest. Below is a shot from the film Insomnia:
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