The boat that rocked.

Who were the distributions? How well known is/was the company? what is their track record as distributors? (other films they have distributed)

The distributors for this film was workingtitle, this company if well known for distribution of films like this because of there reputation. They have got the rights to distribute 'Nanny McPhee' 'Green Zone' these are two of the big films that are coming out soon.

Who was the target audience for this film? How do you know?
I couldn't find anything on the boat that rocked target audience but however, i think that it would be all different kind of people because of the music that was used in this and the kind of people that were in here, because if it was full of teenagers and no old people, it would be for teenagers but however this film has got more of a mixture of people in the film.



How did the film makers decide where to release the film and when? What was the eventual

release patter nationally and locally?

What deals were made for distribution abroad? How easily were these deals secured?





Why did they at any stage change their planes for the release pattern, and if so, why?
I think that they changed there planes because they didn't expected it to get bad reviews.




What was the marketing and advertising strategy for the film?
There marketing and advertising strategy, was to send the movie abroad and have them look at it and promote it out there because they didn't think it would be big out in this country, but they thought it would be in others.




Was there a premiere and if so where?

Yes there was a premiere and it was in Leistear square



Was your film distributed to digital cinemas?
Yes the film was out in digital cinemas, like ciniworld and odeon.




When did it go to DVD, HD- DVD and what are the sales figures?
It come out all at the same time on these and it was 07 sep 2009




How important are Internet downloads and YouTube?
Yes the Internet downloads were important because it would give them more ratings and it would look better if more people were downloading and watching it that's why they will still be making money.




How dose the official film website market the film? Are there any official and blogs ect?
There is no certain websites for this film but however there is a lot of articles on blogs and information on sites that is useful for this research.