Film Institutions/ Studios

I also thought it was important to look at film institutions and studios to decide which would be most appropriate for my horror movie.

20th Century Fox

20th century Fox is situated in Los Angeles.The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the result of the merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz.Twentieth Century Fox's most popular film franchises include Star Wars, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Home Alone, plus famous TV shows such as M*A*S*H and The Simpsons. 20th Century fox would be a good choice to distribute my trailer as it's globally known and would gain a lot of publicity for it. I decided against it as Fox only produce films from well-established, famous actors with a history of well successful existing films. 

Paramount Pictures

Situated in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures is the third oldest existing film studio to this day. It is one of the top-grossing film studios. It has celebrated it's 100 year anniversary this year. It has produced films such as ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Friday the 13th’, as well as popular classics ‘The Godfather’. Compared to Fox, this instition is quite similar as the benefits of this studio would be that it has high reputation within the movie industry and so would allow good publicity and respect from the target audience. However, my intention is to make a low budget horror film trailer and low-budget films are uncommon in Paramount Pictures.

Film4 Productions

Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. Before 1998, the company was identified as Channel Four Films or FilmFour International. This small but established institution has created popular british films ‘Attack the Block’ and ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ which was massively popular in 2011. Film4 Productions prides itself on promoting new filmmakers and so would be beneficial to me because it has experience in how to advertise and distribute alternative low-budget movies. They have a target audience that match the characteristics of those that would enjoy my horror film; young thrill seekers who enjoy watching films with their friends for the scare factor and thrill.

BBC Films

An institution that works closely  with other major UK and international distributors and has produced a collection of popular british movies.It has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including An Education, Fish Tank, Stage Beauty, A Cock and Bull Story, Nativity! and Match Point.  The institution has also produced the UK’s first ever 3-D movie ‘Streetdance’, which denotes its ability to take risks on new ideas. It has also produced a number of horror films such as ‘The Awakening’, ‘Tormented’ and ‘The Children’. The advantages of working with this company would be that they have connections with international distibutors, have a large british following of the BBC Corporation and have experience working with the horror genre and new directors.

Lionsgate Entertainment

Lionsgate Entertainment is a film company known for independent film and television distribution. They are the most commercially successful distribution company in North America since 2007. Lionsgate does not distribute many foreign films of the martial arts genre, and mainly features horror and thriller films. The company would be a good choice for distributing my film as they are popular from distributing films such as the Saw series and Kick-Ass, and are also suitable for distributing independent films. However, the film would only be distributed in English-speaking countries and the film is not within a genre that Lionsgate typically distribute.