Production & Distribution Company Research

Emma Marshall

Suitable CompaniesExample 1 of a Comedy Horror film: ‘Shaun of the Dead.’

Produced by: Universal Pictures and Working Title FilmsDistributed by: Rogue Pictures

Example 2 of a Comedy Horror film: ‘Zombieland.’

Produced by: Relativity Media and PariahDistributed by: Columbia Pictures

Analysis of popular production & distribution companies

Emma Marshall

20th Century Fox

The bright lights and the majestic non-diegetic music suggest that 20th Century Fox is a sophisticated and prestigious company. The change from the high to low angle implies that they are quite superior and the fact the spot lights move to face the logo gives the impression that it’s almost royal and of great importance. As the clip is drawing to a close, the pitch of the music gets higher, and it ends with an establishing shot of the entire logo, showing the 3D effect.

Lionsgate

The Lionsgate logo animation begins with an extreme close up on gears moving around, and soon reverse zooms into an ordinary close up. A keyhole is then revealed followed by a bright light before the company name appears. The score music begins relatively quiet and climaxes as the door is opened. Everything working together in the animation could symbolise how they put a lot of work and effort into their company and how everything links together. It could also represent how necessary production/distribution companies are to the film industry.

Inspiration

Things I can take from this research for my own work:

• Start of with a close up and slowly reverse zoom• Dramatic score music• Lights

For me, these were the main things which stuck out to me during this research. I will consider using these

when decided on our own production and distribution company.