Which Institution Would Develop Our Product?

Nowadays there are many film production companies in existence and more are created yearly. There are a number of major ones, the major American companies are sometimes referred to as the big six but as time goes on that has been changed and it is publically seen that there are at least eight major film companies.


If our film were to be really made we would have to consider what institutions would be involved in this process. We would need to choose an institution which would be best for the creation, distribution and production of our product. Below are the main companies that could do this.


Universal Studios is a subsidary of NBC Universal. The main motion picture production/ distribution part is called Universal Pictures. It's a very well known company and has produced and/or distributed famous films such as Love Actually, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.


The Walt Disney Company, known as Disney, is best known for films for children and familes. They make a lot of animation films and many live actor films; including, The Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Enchanted, Finding Nemo, the Incredibles, National Treasure, Bolt, High School Musical and Flubber. The company also has some famous subsidaries such as Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films.


Warner Bros. Pictures is a major film studio and subsidary of Time Warner. It makes a range of films of different genres and for audience's of different ages. Some famous films it has produced are: The Harry Potter film series, Miss Congeniality, The Matrix, Troy, One Missed Call, Friday the 13th and The Shining.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, MGM, is an american media company and mainly produces and distributes film. Some films they have produced/distributed are Fame, Stargate film series, Premonition, Casino Royale, Lucky Nimber Slevin, Basic Instinct, Legally Blonde, De-Lovely and Halloween.

Paramount Pictures is the film company owned by Viacom, and parent company of DreamWorks. Films released by these companies include: Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Along Came a Spider, Bridge to Terabithia, Shark Tale, Shrek and sequels, Friday the 13th and sequels, G.I. Joe, Failure to Launch, Just Like Heaven, Madagascar, The Terminal, Pulse, War of the Worlds and The Godfather. As of February 2009 DreamWorks films are released through The Walt Disney Company.

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, is an american film production and distribution company. It's parent company is Sony Pictures Entertainment. Films Columbia has produced/ distributed include Men in Black, Spider Man, White Chicks, The Grudge, Are we There Yet?, Rocky Balboa, Hancock, 30 Days of Night and 2012.

Twentieth Century Fox is one of the newest film studios to be classed as major. It's parent company is Fox Filmed Entertainment, owned by News Corporation. It's most famous films include Star Wars, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Planet of the Apes, Night at the Museum, Home Alone and Predator.

Lion Gate Entertainment Corporation originated in Canada and is a very successful independent film and television company. Films released by the company are: the Saw franchise, Bratz; The Movie, Disaster Movie and Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.

I think the most appropriate choice for us, considering the genre of our film is either Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures or Paramount Pictures. This is because of these companies previous experience with large scale horror, thriller, action and mystery movies. Also Paramount Pictures is responsible for the horror film Pulse, and a large part of our film is based on ideas and presentation used in Pulse. Another choice would be Lions Gate becasue they own the highly sucessful Saw franchise. These films are very popular horror films that produce high profit.

28/02/2010