Distribution Companies

I decided to do some research into various institutions for the film trailer as a convention of film trailers is that it often shows the distributor of the film so therefore we want to follow this convention and pick a distributor to use for our film and this research will help us come to a decision as this company will feature in not only the film trailer but also the film poster and the film magazine.

Lionsgate Entertainment
Lionsgate Entertainment is a public corporation and was founded by Frank Giustra. This institution is based in Santa Monica and this is where their headquarters is situated however the company first formed in Vancouver, Canada on July 3rd 1997 and has grown into a worldwide known corporation. The company has been involved in popular films like The Hunger Games Trilogy, Kick-Ass and the Saw series. The company is both a film and television distribution company and has a significant involvement in many horror genre films which make it appropriate to our film.

Lionsgate Entertainment has been involved in several horror films including:

- Saw
- Hostel
- The Vatican Tapes
- American Psycho

Universal Studios
Universal Studios is part of the big six film studios and its parent company is NBC Universal. The company is based in Universal City, California and was formed in 1912 which makes the company over 100 years old. The company owns many subsidiaries including Focus Features, Illumination Entertainment, Working Title Films and Universal Animation Studios. The company has been very successful in the film industry and has 7 films which have achieved box office records these include Jaws (1975), E.T (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), Jurassic World (2015) and Minions (2015).

Universal Studios has been involved in several horror films including:

- The Mummy
- Purge: Anarchy
- Mama
- Ouija

Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures was founded by W.W Hodkinson, Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. The company is based in Hollywood, California and this is where their headquarters is situated. The company was formed in 1912 and is a subsidiary of the Viacom Corporation and also it is one of the big six film studios. The institution works as a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor which makes it a well-known company within the film industry. The company has also worked in synergy with Disney to produce and distrubute major films like The Avengers and Iron Man but the company can also work within its own organisation to produce and distribute successful films. Paramount has grown its popularity and reputation as it has been involved in many successful films like the Mission Impossible series, Transformers, Star Trek, Titanic and Iron Man.

Paramount Pictures has been involved in several horror films including:

- Friday the 13th
- The Devil Inside
- Psycho
- My Bloody Valentine

20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox was founded by Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck. The institution was formed on May 31st 1935 which makes the company over 80 years old. Also the parent company is Fox Entertainment Group which makes this institution part of the News Corporation which is one of the big media companies within the USA and owned by Rupert Murdoch. The company is based in Los Angeles, California and owns many subsidaires including Blue Sky Studios, TSG Entertainment and Fox Television Studios. This film company has grown signifantly over the ast few decades as its films have become more and more successful worldwide for example Avatar which is one of the highest grossing films of all time.

20th Century Fox has been involved in several horror films including:

- Alien
- Prometheus
- What Lies Beneath
- The Omen