The Film and video institute

The film and video institute is a small organisation which is based in England. The institute has little money, by is run by film making enthusiasts that do the work to keep the organisation going. The Film and video institute is a charity that anyone one can join by signing up and paying membership fee, they except anyone from beginners to experts.  By joining the charity you are able to access a whole community of film enthusiasts, were you can watch and share your own work and can receive help as you can gain access to copyright licences, music advice and receive regular copies of the Film and Video Maker. This is a good advantage as it would keep us up to date on the latest in the amateur film industry, and will provide us with a distribution method that is essential to getting our film out there and seen by potential audiences.
Joining The Film and Video Institute also has the benefit of having links with hundreds of affiliated clubs, which could provide as useful as they could offer support and provide an audience for our film Detonation 180. the institute could potentially enable us to join larger film-making groups. The institute also provides a potential distribution method of taking parts in national and international events. Events such as these would give our film a great place to be seen be audiences and to get our film known in the amateur film making community. Another great opportunity provided by the company is the choice of showing your film in there own film festival as they select the best amateur films from the uk and overseas to be aired during this event. This
would give us a good chance to get our film seen.
The Film and Video Institute run there own competition called the International Amateur Film Competition, this attracts movies from all over the world. The winning films have the chance of being chosen to represent the UK in competitions abroad. This potential opportunity would allow us to get our film aired abroad, therefore enabling us to gain foreign audiences which will make our film a success as we will be able to get support and the chance to gain a variety of audience members.