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FILM STUDIO RESEARCH BY BROOKE MEDCALF

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FILM STUDIO RESEARCHBY BROOKE MEDCALF

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HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONSHAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS WAS FOUNDED IN NOVEMBER IN 1934 BY WILLIAM HINDS, BEING ONE OF THE OLDEST FILM COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. THE STUDIO IS BASED WITHIN THE UK AND IS WELL KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE CLASSIC BRITISH HORROR/THRILLER FILMS SUCH AS ‘THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN’, ‘DRACULA’ AND ‘THE MUMMY’ WHICH ALSO LEAD TO HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SEQUELS. THE MOST RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE STUDIO INCLUDE ‘THE WOMAN IN BLACK’ (2012) AND ‘THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH’ (2015). THE FIRST FILM STARRED DANIEL RADCLIFFE, ALREADY WELL KNOWN FOR HIS STARRING ROLES WITHIN THE HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE, THE HORROR/THRILLER FILM WAS RATED AT A 12A AND MADE A TOTAL DOMESTIC GROSS OF $54,333,290 AND SOLD 6,825,790 BECOMING THE 8TH BEST THRILLER FILM OF 2012. THE SEQUEL HOWEVER WAS RATED AT A 15 DUE TO IT’S HORROR SCENES WHICH WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE DUE TO SEVERAL UNEXPECTED JUMP SCENES AND SEVERAL VIOLENT/GORY SCENES. THE FILM MADE A TOTAL DOMESTIC GROSS OF $26,501,323. IN 2014, THE COMPANY SEALED A DEAL WITH EONE ENTERTAINMENT, TO INCREASE HAMMER’S PRODUCTION OUTPUT, FOR ONE YEAR WHICH INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION, FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS.

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DIMENSION FILMS

DIMENSIONS FILMS WAS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK BY BEN WEINSTEIN IN 1992, WHICH HAS PARENT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING ‘THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY’, ‘THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY’ AND ‘WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES’. THE COMPANY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR PRODUCING SLASHER/THRILLER FILMS SUCH AS THE ‘SCREAM’ (1996) AND ITS SEQUELS, ‘HALLOWEEN’ (2007) AND ‘SCARY MOVIE’ (2000) ALONG WITH ITS SEQUELS. OTHER FILMS PRODUCED BY THE COMPANY INCLUDE ‘THE AMITYVILLE HORROR’, ‘EQUILIBRIUM’, ‘PIRANHA 3DD’ AND ‘THE MIST’. THEIR MOST RECENT FILMS INCLUDE ‘VIRAL’ (2016) WHERE A VIRUS HAS SPREAD THROUGH AMERICA AND FOLLOWS THE STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRYING TO SURVIVE AS THE VIRUS KEEPS SPREADING TO THOSE AROUND THEM. THEIR MOST RECENT SUCCESSES INCLUDE ‘SCARY MOVIE 5’ (2013) STARRING ASHLEY TISDALE WHICH MADE A TOTAL DOMESTIC GROSS OF $32,015,787

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DARK CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT

DARK CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT IS AN AMERICAN FILM PRODUCTION LABEL WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1999 BY ROBERT ZEMECKIS, JOEL SILVER AND GILBERT ADLER. THE PARENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THIS COMPANY ARE SILVER PICTURES AND STUDIO CANAL UK. THE COMPANY HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL THRILLER, HORROR AND SLASHER FILMS SUCH AS ‘HOUSE OF WAX’, ‘ORPHAN’, ‘THE REAPING’, ‘NINJA ASSASSIN’, ‘HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL’, ‘THIRTEEN GHOSTS’ ETC. ONE OF THEIR MOST RECENT SUCCESSES INCLUDE ‘GETAWAY’ AN ACTION CRIME THRILLER STARRING ETHAN HAWKE AND SELENA GOMEZ, WHERE HE MUST SAVE HIS KIDNAPPED WIFE HOWEVER HE MUST TAKE ORDERS FROM THE MAN WHO KIDNAPPED HER, INCLUDING SEVERAL CAR CHASES AND OUT RUNNING THE POLICE. THE FILM WAS RATED AT A 12A DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE AND WEAPONS INVOLVED, AND THE TOTAL DOMESTIC GROSS CAME TO A TOTAL OF $10,494,494 IN THE US.

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BLUMHOUSE

BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS WAS FOUNDED BY JASON BLUM IN THE YEAR 2000, IT IS AN AMERICAN BASED COMPANY WHICH PRODUCES HORROR AND THRILLER FILMS INCLUDING ‘THE PURGE’, ‘OUIJA’, ‘SINISTER’, ‘THE GALLOWS’, ‘THE VISIT’, ‘UNFRIENDED’, ‘AREA 51; ETC. ONE OF THE MOST RECENT SUCCESSES OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY IS THE PREQUEL TO THE INSIDIOUS FRANCHISE – ‘INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3’ WHERE A TEENAGE GIRL HAS BEEN TARGETING BY A SUPERNATURAL BEING, AND A PSYCHIC WHO OFFERS TO HELP BRING THIS GIRL BACK TO THE RIGHT WORLD. THIS SPINE CHILLING FILM HELD A BUDGET OF $10,000,000 AND WAS RATED AS A PG-13 DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF HORROR SCENES AND SEVERAL SCENES CONTAINING STRONG LANGUAGE. THE WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE MADE A GRAND TOTAL OF $120,678,444.

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CONCLUSION

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE RESEARCH OF EACH FILM STUDIO, THEIR SUCCESSES AND FILMS THAT THEY HAVE PRODUCED, I WOULD HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE MY FILM TO DARK CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT. THE REASONS FOR THIS DECISION IS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FILMS FALL WITHIN THE THRILLER GENRE IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER FILM STUDIOS. BLUMHOUSE INCLUDE CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF THE THRILLER GENRE WITHIN THEIR FILMS HOWEVER THE OVERALL GENRE OF THEIR FILMS FOCUS ON HORROR. HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS AND DIMENSION FILMS FOLLOW THAT SAME ROUTE HOWEVER THEY BOTH MAINLY FOCUS ON PARANORMAL AND FANTASY WHICH BOTH ARE NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN MY FILM. BY DISTRIBUTING TO DARK CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT, A COMPANY WELL KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THRILLER FILMS, WILL GUARANTEE FURTHER SUCCESS FOR THE FILM RATHER THAN DISTRIBUTING TO A COMPANY THAT ISN’T WELL KNOWN FOR THE THRILLERS THEY PRODUCE.