Production Company Research

Production Companies

For my title sequence I needed to research production companies so I could find the appropriate production company to put into my work. I was looking for a relatively small production company but something that doesn’t do just low budget productions as I believe my film would not come under low budget. However neither would it be a huge budget film. By doing this I have also widened by understanding of the overall film industry.

 

 New Line Film Productions Inc. often referred to as New Line Cinema was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne in New York and are now part of the Warner Brothers Label since 2008. They are responsible for the making of such films as Rush Hour, Se7en and Deep Cover. I do not however, believe that my film would be made by his company as they are too high budget.

Paramount Pictures based in Hollywood, US was founded in 1912. It created such films as Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible and The Godfather. Although these films are the same kind of genres as mine, my film would not be created by such a huge budget production company, so these would not be my chosen production company.

Working Title Films is based in London, UK. It was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. They have created such works as, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Shaun of the Dead and Les Miserables. Although they are the closest and most convenient, I don’t believe this production company would be my best option as they don’t seem to specialise in the kind of film I want to produce as they haven’t done much like it before.

 

Europa Corp. – French Production Company founded in 2000 by Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, they have made movies such Taken, Taken 2, Colombiana and From Paris With Love. Although they are a French Production company, I think they would be the best for my film, obviously the standard of title sequence I will create will not be half as good as what it could be if I had the equipment that they do, but the story line seems along the lines of the type of film they would produce and have a lot of experience in the genre I have chosen, plus they’re not as big as other production companies, in fact they are quite small compared to the others, it just so happens that a few of their movies have gotten a tremendous amount of support. So because of this I think they would be perfect for my film because it wouldn’t be a small low budget film, but it also would never be on the scale of the production companies above.