Film Institutions

Independent Vs Mainstream Our film could be produced by either an independent or mainstream studio. We decided to look at other independent films and then mainstream studios to decide which studio would best suit our film.

We looked at SUBMARINE and LOVE, ACTUALLY, both British comedies we feel would be produced by a similar production company.

Submarine Love Actually Production and Distribution

Submarine Love Actually Budget £1.2 million £30 million

Submarine Love Actually Money Made £2.03 million

Submarine Love Actually How well known are the production companies? Love Actually has a couple of very well known production company's including one of the big six ‘Universal Studios’. Studio Canal are also a very well known company. I can see where the outrageous budget for this film comes from. For Submarine most of the production companies are not very well known. The only one I was familiar with was Film Four Productions, who are an English company and aren’t very well known around the rest of the world.

Submarine Love Actually Other Films the Productions companies made. Production Company Films Warp Films This is England (2006) Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) Snowtown (2011) Film 4 Productions 12 Years a slave (2013) 127 Hours (2010) 20,000 Days on earth (2014) Red Hour Tropic Thunder (2008) Dodgeball (2004) Zoolander (2001) Production Company Films Universal Studios Jurassic Park (1993) The Fast and the Furious (2001) E.T. (1982) Studio Canal Paddington (2014) Terminator 2 (1991) Hot Fuzz (2007) Working Title Les Miserable (2012) Notting Hill (1999) Everest (2015) DNA 28 Days Later (2002) Dredd (2012) Ex Machina (2015)

Submarine Love Actually What Genre do the film companies usually produce? Production Company Main Genre’s Warp Films Mostly Horror and Thriller. Film 4 Productions Drama Red Hour Comedies Production Company Main Genre’s Universal Studios Family, Comedy, Drama Studio Canal Thriller, Drama Working Title Romance, Drama DNA Horror, Comedy

Submarine Love Actually Who do the films by the film companies appeal too? Production Company Main Genres Warp Films Late Teenagers. Film 4 Productions Teenagers and middle aged adults. Red Hour Teens, families. Production Company Main Genre’s Universal Studios Families. Studio Canal Middle aged men. Working Title Middle aged women. DNA Late Teenagers.

Submarine Love Actually Universal Studios could claim it is the most successful out of all the films companies that produced both of these films because it has the widest range of films. Universal has produced films that appeal to all groups of people, they have also made classics which even appeal to children today even though the films are 20-30 years old. E.T. and Jurassic park are examples of this. Universal also has theme parks all over the world and are arguably the best theme parks there are with film themed rides and worlds. Universal Studios were founded in 1912 just over one hundred years ago and are proud to call themselves one of the big six.

20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox is a film corporation which is one of the 6 major American film studios. The organisation was founded in 1935 hand has become the most recognised film institution in the world. the studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch. Some of the most successful films created by 20th Century Fox are: Avatar/ Star Wars/ Speed & The Chronicles of Narnia. The majority of popular and successful films that 20th Century Fox created are Comedy an Family genre films, for example: Alvin and the Chipmunks/ Doctor Do-little/ Night at the Museum and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. As I am producing a Horror film I have to research weather 20th Century Fox would be a suitable Institution to Produce my film with. Although 20th Century Fox prefer to make Comedy/ Fantasy and Family films because the seem to be the most profitable films, they also create Horror films, such as: From Hell (Distributors) (which has very similar narrative as my horror film), Alien(Produced), The Omen(Produced), Jennifer's Body(Distributors), The Haunting of Molly Hartley(Distributors) and Shutter (Distributors). When it comes to Horror films, 20th Century Fox prefers to distribute them rather than produce them, so if I was to pick 20th Century Fox as the best intuitions for my film I would get them to distribute my horror film worldwide.

Warner Bros Studios Warner Bros is another one of the main film studios based in California and New York. Warner Bros Is a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of creative content and their related businesses, across all current and emerging media and platforms. Some of the most popular films created by Warner Bros Fox are: Harry Potter(Producers & Distributors), Valentine’s Day(Distributers), Sex and the City(Distributers), The Hangover(Producers & Distributers), The Dark Knight(Producers & Distributors) and Slumdog Millionaire(Distributors). Warner Bros Produce and Distribute a variety of films in different genres, from Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Action and Horror. Warner Bros are dedicated to producing a variety of films to suit different type of audience and in my case most of my favourite film have been made my Warner Bros. To help me with my research on what institution would suit best to create my horror film I have to research what horror films Warner Bros have created and weather they were successful or not. After researching what horror movie Warner Bros had been involved in producing or distributing I compared it to 20th Century Fox and noticed that Warner brothers had produced more well-known and successful horror films than 20th Century Fox has over the years. This is because 20th Century Fox like to mainly focus on the same genre films that give them more success (Comedy/Fantasy/Family) on the other hand Warner Bros Like to experiment with different genres and attract a wider variety of viewers. Some of the best horror films that Warner Bros have created are as followed: Orphan(Producers & Distributors), Friday the 13th (Distributors), One Missed Call(Distributors), Sweeney Todd(Producers & Distributors), The Wicker Man(Producers & Distributors), House of Wax(Producers & Distributors). The list of well-known film Warner Bros has produced and distributed is much longer than the 20th Century Fox list, which means if I was to choose between the two on which would be more suitable to produce and distribute my film with is Warner Bros as they have more experience with Horror Genre which means they would make better success out of my film.

Having analysed different production companies, we feel our film would most likely be made by Working Title as it is a British independent company that often makes films of our genre.