Institution Company

Artisan Entertainment began in 1982 and did movies such as 'The Blair Witch Project', 'Novocaine' and the 'Punisher'. Originally it began as USA Home Video and turned into 'International Video Entertainment' in 1986 branching into film distribution in the late 80's. In 2003 the company announced, linked with microsoft, their firt HD DVD. In the same year Artisan was aquired by Lion's Gate and video releases from Artisan are now released under the Lion's Gate banner.


Their Filmography as 'Live Entertainment' was:
-Reservoir Dogs
-Trees Lounge
-The Arrival
-The Substitute
-Dirty Dancing
-Hotel De Love
-Critical Care
-Wishmaster
-Caught Up
-Suicide Kings

Their Filmography as Artisan Entertainment was:
-Pi
-Permanent Midnight
-Belly
-Blair Witch Project
-Grizzly Falls
-Book of Shadows- Blair Witch 2
-Requiem for a Dream
-Startup.com
-Soul Survivor
-Novocaine
-Jonah- A Veggie Tales Movie
-National Lampoon's Van Wilder
-Step into Liquid
-House of the Dead
-Dirty Dancing- Havana Nights
-The Punisher

I think that Artisan Entertainment would be good to sell 'Askew' due to the style of the movies which they did previously. They do quite arty and abstract movies which is a category which our thriller fits into and I believe that their normal audience would be our target audience. Because it is a similar style probably most of the people which have watched their previous films would come and watch this one and I also believe that they woul be prepared to risk showing this film as it is the sort of film which they show, sell and advertise. Our target audience would probably be people aged 16-24 or people which enjoy abstract films. This film might not be suitable for small children as they might not be able to deal with the subject of the film.