The Production Company (Jodie)

Any authentic and realistic AS media studies film opening needs a production company to "create" their film. The production company's name and logo will be included in the opening credits just like a typical film. However, because of the wide range of production companies who create different films of different size and genre, our group needs to research which one is ideal for our film opening.

As a group we first looked at production companies and distributors at our group movie night. When looking at the opening credits of our list of films on youtube, we noted down who they were made by. From this I (jodie) looked at some of them more in detail.

New Line Cinema
Films created; The Butterfly Effect, Se7en, The Mask, Austin Powers
New Line Cinema produces a wide range of genres within their company as well producing some of the world's most well known titles. This production company would ideal for a film which is hoping to become a world wide blockbuster hit.

Dark Castle Entertainment
Films created; Gothika, Ghostship, The Reaping, House of Wax
Dark Castle entertainment focuses on specific genres within its company. Although it originated with specialising in horror, it now creates films which come under the thriller and action genres. Dark Castle Entertainment are also known to collaborate with distributors such as Warner Brothers and Columbia.

Spyglass Entertainment
Films created; The Sixth Sense, Memoirs of a Geisha, Bruce Almighty.
Spyglass entertainment is a american film and television production company who create works from many different genres. However even though they created the Sixth Sense which is considered one of the best psychological thrillers, Spyglass' collection of this genre is small.

Twisted Pictures
Films created; SawI, SawII... ect., Dead Silence
This company mainly focuses on the horror genre but sometimes branches into thriller. Although they have created a small number of films, the success of their Saw series has made them a well known name in the film industry.

After speaking as a group we decided that we see our film not as a big blockbuster but a film which would be screened at niche cinemas to our select target audience. Also we felt that we should pick a company who specialises in our gerne in order to portray our film in the right light. Therefore I feel we shuold use Dark Castle Entertainment as they specialise in horror and psychological thrillers and this is what we are looking for in a production company.