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Possible Production Companies
Blumhouse ProductionsThis production company was founded by Jason Blum that specialises in the production of high quality, low budget, horror films.Blumhouse holds a ‘first look’ deal with Universal Pictures, allowing the other company to invest in Blumhouse productions before all else and giving both companies and edge.This company holds claim to productions such as: The Purge, Insidious, Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Dark Skies.Using budgets of no more than $5 million, this company is capable of producing huge success stories of the horror genre like Paranormal Activity; however, the success of some of Blumhouse’s productions are a combination of skill and luck, making the company a slightly risky investment due to the uncertainty of their success, with Blumhouse productions like ‘The Boy Next Door’ having critical receptions.
CBS Films
Established in 2007, CBS is an American studio that handles almost all aspects of media within a film, from the production to the financing to the marketing.Aiming to release between 4 and 6 film production a year spanning a diverse range of genres, CBS has already created titles such as: Seven Psychopaths, The Woman in Black and Beastly.CBS works to have its productions distributed internationally through partnerships and synogies with other distribution companies, ensuring a wide audience.
Hammer Films
Founded in 1934, Hammer Films has produced successful horror films for a little over 80 years.Its first real success stories were classics: Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein and The Mummy, which all contributed to Hammer Films now strong, reputation as a respectable and highly profitable horror film production company (though only 1/3 of Hammer Film productions are horror).Their more recent horror film successes are titles like: The Woman in Black, Wake Wood, and The Quiet Ones.While Hammer Films also produces thriller, sci-fi, action, etc. its main genre remains horror, and its already shown success in that area makes it a very viable otion.
New Line Cinema
In synogy with Warner Bros. Studios, New Line Cinema is known internationally for its worldwide success stories such as Final Destination, a Nightmare on Elmstreet and Lord of the Rings – which generated an incredible $3 billion in the box office.Typically aiming to manufacture films that appeal to the broadest audience internationally, New Line Cinema selects possible productions carefully, without staying within the confines of a single genre.Since joining Warner Bros. in 2008, the budgets for New Line Cinema productions have rapidly grown and its films have become more successful with the expanse of resources (e.g. the Hobbit trilogy).
Vertigo Films
Founded in 2002, Vertigo Films is a UK based production company that focuses on the production of unique films, using new, up-coming talent, claiming the advancement of actors like Tom Hardy, Scoot McNairy, Rupert Wyatt, and Gareth Edwards.Vertigo Films has produced box office sensation ‘Street Dance’, with a £3.5 million budget and grossing £11 million, and also created award winning ‘Monsters’.The innovative company works to create success stories using new talent and low budgets, and is diverse in its selection of genres, though created horrors such as: Outpost and the Facility.
Blumhouse Productions
This production company would
be the most suitable to
produce our film – ‘The Shadows That Guide Us’.
Its expertise and almost
exclusivity, in low budget
horror films, makes the
company ideal for its
knowledge, experience and
success.
Hammer FilmsThis production company would be the second
choice to produce our
film.It holds large
experience and expertise in the production of
horror films, and has produced some of the
most successful of the genre in
history. However the company has
created some failures, and its large budgets make it risky.
New Line Cinema
This company would be the third choice in
production company.
Its few but large success stories
within the horror genre
show that the company holds knowledge and
skill in their production, and
their synogy with Warner
Bros. only works to provide them
with a larger budget and resources.
Vertigo FilmsThe UK based, independent production
company would be our fourth
choice. Its ability to create
successful films from very low budgets and
using new talent makes them a
very viable option for their
skill in production,
though their lack of experience in the horror genre makes them less
suitable.
CBS FilmsThis company would be our
fifth choice. As an American
based company with some
experience in successful horror films; its lack of consistent films from the genre
suggests it is not their forte. As an American based company, it also
may not be suitable for our UK based film.