Institution Research

Hammer Film Productions is a company founded in 1934 which based in the UK. It is known for a series of gothic horror films produced mainly during the 70's. During the late 1960s and 1970s there was competition in the horror film market which causes the institution to close down in 1980s. Their well knows films include The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and The Phantom of the Opera. They have also produced the feature film The Woman in Black. During the opening weekend, the Woman in Black earned $20 million which was the largest US opening for the production in their history. I think that Hammer Films would be an appropriate intuition for our film because they have the best experience with producing horror films. As they are an independent film company it would be cheaper to produce the film.

 Lionsgate is a Canadian-American film production and distribution studio. It’s the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. Majority of their films categories in similar genres these are usually drama, action and thriller.  Liongate have made some top horror film including Saw, The Last Exorcism, and My Bloody Valentine. Its first major box office was American Psycho; it earned $4,961,015 (USA) and £749,526 (UK) in the opening weekend. After researching horror films from Lionsgate they specialise in drama, action and thriller so would not be suitable to produce our horror film.

Twentieth Century Fox Film is one of the six major American film studios. The company was formed on 31 1935. Twentieth Century Fox distributes various successful films such as Avatar, Stars Wars. The majority of popular films that they have created are for the family for example Alvin the Chipmunks, Diary of the Wimpy Kid. They chose to produce this film genre as it produces the most money however when it comes to horror movies they distribute it as are not specialised in this genre.  They have also created some horror movies such as The Omen and Jennifer’s Body.  As we’re producing an opening scene to a horror film, the 20^th Century Fox is suitable institution as they do not specialise in horror films only in the distribution.

Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. is an american entertainment company that produces film television and music entertainment. As one of the major film studios with its headquarters in Burbank, California. Warner Bros, has several other companies, including Warner Bros.Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment and DC Entertainment. This was the institution that produced the Harry Potter films.