Film Institutions

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 and The Chronicles of Narnia. 

The majority of popular and successful the 20th Century Fox created are Comedy and Family genre films, for example: Alvin and the Chipmunks/Doctor Do-little/Night at the museum and Dairy of a Wimpy Kid. 

As I am producing a Horror film I have to see weather 20th Century Fox would be a suitable institutions to produce my film with. 

Although 20th Century Fox prefer to make Comedy/Fantasy and Family films because they seem to be most profitable films, they also create Horror Films, such as: From Hell (Distributors), Alien (Produced), The Omen (Produced)

When it comes to Horror Films, 20th Century Fox prefers to distribute them rather than produce horror films. 

Warner Brothers 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 business, across all current and emerging media platforms. 

Some of the most popular films created by Warner Bros are: Harry Potter (Producers and Distributors), Valentines Day (Distributors), Dark Knight (Producers and 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 to variety of films to suit different type of audience and in my case most of my favourite films have been made by Warner Bros. To help me with my research on what institution would best suit 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 films Warner Bros had been involved in producing or distributing I compared with 20th Century Fox and noticed that Warner Brothers have produced more-well-known and successful horror films than 20th Century Fox over the years. This is because 20th Century Fox mainly focus on the same genre films that give them more success, 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 follows: Friday 13th (Distribution), Sweeney Todd (Producers and Distributors), House of Wax (Produces and Distributors) 

 Between Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros have more experience with the horror genre, so I would work in synergy with them. 

Universal pictures also called Universal Studios is a subsidiary of NBC Universal,and one of the six major movie studios. It was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production. Universal Pictures creates and distributes theatrical and non-theatrical filmed entertainment.

Like 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures prefer to create films focused on Drama/Romance/Adventure films. The reason most of their films are based around this genre is because those genre films are their most successful and they prefer not to risk creating other genres out of their comfort zone and for that film to fail.

Some of the well-known horror films created or distributed by Universal Pictures are as followed: Me to Hell (Producers and Distributors), The Strangers (Distributors) and Dracula (Produced). As you can see Universal Pictures haven't created as many as Warner Bros, the amount of experience that Warner Bros has had on horror films is much bigger compared to Universal Pictures. If I was to choose a institution based on these three options, I would have to choose Warner Bros as they have much more experience then they other two institutions. 

Lionsgate is a Canadian entertainment company. It was formed in Vancouver, but its headquarters are in Santa Monica. It is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. After doing some background research on Lionsgate, I noticed that the majority of their films were of similar genres and the genres they prefer to produce and distribute are Drama, Action and Thrillers.

Horror films are also produce quite often by Lionsgate, some maybe better known and gained more success than others. The best horror films Lionsgate have produced or distributed are: Saw 3D (Distributors), Saw 1/2/3/4/5/6 (Distributors), The Last Exorcism (Distributors) and The Eye (Producers and Distributors).

Lionsgate have only had successful horror films in the last five years. After researching horror films from Lionsgate, I discovered that horror was not their strongest point when making or distributing horror films. From the information I have gathered I do not think this institution is the best for producing or distributing my product as I think they do not have enough experience in creating successful and memorable horror films.

New Line Cinema, is one of the main American film studios. It was founded as a film distribution company in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne. In 1996 New Line Cinema merged with Time Warner. In 2008 New Line Cinema merged with larger sister studio Warner Bros.

Since 2008, when they became a unit of Warner Bros. New Line Cinema has been the most successful period in its history with the releases of: Lord of the Rings, The Conjuring (It had the highest grossing opening weekend for an original horror film), and The Notebook.

Due to the connections that New Line Cinema have, and the amount of horror films they have produced I think that they would be a suitable institution to work with. Not only have they have they distributed two of the top grossing horror films of 2016 (The Conjuring and Lights Out). They have also distributed other highly popular horror movies such as: Annabelle, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday 13th.