Institutions

I researched both major and independent film institutions and studios to figure out which institution would be most likely to distribute the film for the trailer we make. 

There are 6 major film companies in the USA and on is 20th century fox which was founded in 1935 and is the most well known institution worldwide. The studio is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Some of the most successful films created by 20th Century Fox are Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, X-Men and Ice Age. 20th Century Fox creates mostly Comedy an Family genre films and as I am producing a Thriller film trailer I need to look into whether 20th Century Fox would be a good idea to pick. Although 20th Century Fox prefer to make Comedy and family films they also create Thriller films such as Alien, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Chronicle. 

The company Warner Bros is another very well known company and is 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, The Hangover, The Dark Knight and Interstellar . Warner Bros produce and distribute a vast variety of films of different genres.  After researching what thriller movies 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 Thriller films than 20th Century Fox. Some thriller films that Warner Bros have created areFriday the 13th, Inception, Interstellar, The Matrix and The Edge of Tomorrow. 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 the Thriller Genre which means they would make better success out of my film.

 Hammer is a film production company based in the UK and was founded in 1934. The company is best known for a series of Gothic Horror films produced between the mid-1950s until the 1970s. In the late 1960s and 1970s the intensity of the horror film market was so competitive that Hammer lost American funding and it closed down in the 1980s but the company then announced plans to begin making films again in 2000.When looking for a British company to research I came across Hammer Films and it is a great institution to use as they focus on the production of horror and thriller films. Some of their best produced and well-known films are The Curse Of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Woman in Black and The Quiet Ones. Hammer is  a smaller film company than the American companies I talked about previously but Hammer is better when producing Independent films where as the American companies always produce Mainstream films. Hammer Films also only focuses on producing Horror and Thriller films unlike the big American Institutions that create a variety of genres to please as many different audiences as possible. 

I think that Hammer Films would suit our film the most as they specialise in Horrors and Thrillers so would excel in the distribution of the film trailer/film.