Film Production Companies

Film Production Companies

The production of cinematic motion pictures and television films; the principal branch of cinematography. What we see on the screens in front of us, looks all free flowing, but there is always a lot of hard work, effort, time, money and willpower to produce the end product for the audience.

Film production takes place at motion-picture studios—enterprises that specialise in various types of films, such as feature motion pictures, documentaries, popular science films, educational films, and animated cartoons. Motion pictures are classified as black-and-white, color, wide-screen, large-format, multiscreen, or stereoscopic films, depending on the cinematographic systems and technological means used.

Film production is characterised by a close interaction of art and technology in the production process; the high labour input of production and the relatively high cost of films; the large number of creative workers and technical specialists who take part in making films; the use of complex technology and expensive materials; the dependence of outdoor motion-picture filming on weather conditions; and the necessity of assembling actors from various theatres, military units, means of transport, and museum displays during filming.

Examples of film production companies are listed below:

Twentieth Century Fox


Founded on May 31 1935. Fox Films(1915) and 20th Century Pictures (1933) merged together to form 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

Universal Studios

Founded April 30, 1912 (1912-04-30) (as Universal Film and Manufacturing Company) has been running (7002100000000000000100 years, 7002222000000000000222 days).

Warner Bros.


Founded in 1918 as Warner Bros. Studios, then formed as Warner Bros. Pictures on April 4 1923

There are many more film production companies out there for film production but, the three I have listed, I feel have produced many action films suited for my film assignment, as my genre is urban action I will take inspiration from the past work of the film production companies and implement them as appropriately.

Film Production Companies - Twentieth Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, with hyphen, from 1935 to 1985)—also known as 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Pictures, styled as 20th CENTURY FOX, or simply 20th or Fox—is one of the six major American film studios as of 2011. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Some of the films produced with Twentieth Century Fox:

Die Hard (1988)

 

Fantastic Four (2005)

Avatar (2010)

R&P - Questionnaire

Film Questionnaire

Q1) Are you more likely to watch a film with a male or female lead? please circle

Male       Female

Q2) How many films do you watch in a month? please circle

0       1-3       4-6       7-9       10-13       14+

Q3) What is the most important aspect of a film opening for you? please circle

Setting       Music       Characters       Title       Dialogues

Q4) What type of a film genre do you prefer? please circle

 Comedy       Drama       Action       Romance       Thriller       Gangster/Crime       Drama       Sci-fi     
 Horror         

Q5) Are there any particular film openings that catch your attention? please circle

Yes       No

If yes, which one/s and why? ...................................................................................................................

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This is the questionnaire that I have put together consisting of 5 questions, as soon as I have some participants to fill this out I will post the results as quickly as possible.

Audience Profiling - Hot Fuzz (2007)

Hot Fuzz

Released:	16th February 2007
Genre:	Comedy
Price:	D
Estimated box office:	£6,000,000
Director:	Edgar Wright
Film cast:	Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton
Certificate:	15
Distributor:	UIP
The Story:	In this action comedy, Simon ("SHAUN OF THE DEAD") Pegg plays Police officer Nicholas Angel -- London's top cop. This tough law enforcer is good at his job - so good, in fact, that he makes his colleagues look bad. As a result, his superiors "promote" him to the village of Sandford, where all is garden parties and neighborhood watch meetings. Partnered with Danny Butterman (Nick ("KINKY BOOTS") Frost), an oafish but well-meaning young local cop, Angel struggles to adapt. But he just can't, until a series of grisly "accidents" indicates that foul play is afoot. Suddenly, this seemingly idyllic town is a case that Angel has to crack - hard. The eagerly anticipated second feature from the co-creators of 2004's award-winning sleeper hit "SHAUN OF THE DEAD."

 Comparable Profile

	Age:	%:	Gender:	%:	Class	%:

	4-6	0%	Male:	65%	AB	32%

	7-11	0%	Female:	35%	C1	33%

	12-14	0%			C2	20%

	15-24	48%			DE	15%

	25-34	22%

	35-44	16%

Hot Fuzz is a full action/comedy British film, it matches perfectly well with our urban/action setting and genre. As it is an action film set in Britain we can take exact inspiration from it, one factor which stood out for me was that the higher class individuals watched it more than any other class type, this is very surprising as the film has a mixture of expletives and humor which really adds to the comedy element, the majority of gender watching this film was the male gender, this is obvious because as it is shown above, the two main performers were males so it may not have appealed to the female audience as expected.