Some of Film Distributor Delivery Requirements a Producer Have to Get Right

Posted by deliverables on August 30th, 2017

Shooting a film might look easy when faced with the daunting task of finishing it, like when the film is being delivered to the distributors. There is a huge list of tasks that need to be completed and delivered to the distributors or your film might as well as lay comatose in the cans. Once you have completed shooting you shall require to change in to the format which is acceptable to the theatres. In this regard your master tape will go through the process of being converted into digital format so it sees maximum screens when the film is screened. A producer has to fulfill film distributor delivery requirements or it could be entirely rejected by them.

The master film or negatives are required in the deliverable list which would be ProRes HQ, required to deliver across different platforms. To make it easier the film has to be delivered in the native resolution and frame rate. You shall also need to check that the film is in stereo format as most theatres play them in that format only. The other deliverable is the QC of the film and it will be easier for the distributors if it is provided in the highest quality thus eliminating the hard labour of the quality control process. It will be better to create a Blu-ray or DVD of your own and give it to the encoding house.

VOD platforms require closed captioning as mandatory and probably the distributors themselves will help you create it. If you have done it beforehand it will help increase efficiency. Subtitling is another aspect a producer need to add to the Film distributor delivery requirements because it widens the scope of screening across language and territory which the distributor will naturally aiming for.  Crowd sourcing the subtitle is a bad idea because it is rejected by distributors so it is better left to the professionals.

Trailer is another important tool included in the film distributor delivery requirements as it will make all the difference when distributors come to get a peep at what you have created. The trailer has to be extremely good because that is what is going to make the difference between good pick and a bad pick. It could be a 30 seconds flick or run for about 3 minutes but a 90 seconds trailer is what everyone prefer so take a note of it.

Summary

This article is about the film distributor delivery requirement and how they will help the film to screen in various formats and get the attention of the buyers.