Film Institutions

Film Institutions 

20th Century Fox is an American film corporation found in 1935, which is one of the six major American film studios, located in century city area of Los Angeles.  It’s one of the most well- known and recognised film institutions in the word. The most successful films were produced by 20th Century Fox some examples are Avatar, Star Wars, Speed, and Titanic.  Mostly, the majority of popular and successful films produced by 20th Century Fox are Comedy & Family genre films such as Ice Age, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Deadpool.

They prefer to make these genres because it's the most profitable as it’s appealing to a wider range of audience children and adults. In addition to this, the 20th Century Fox also makes horror films for example:  From Hell, Jennifer’s Body and The Omen. However, when it comes to horror films they prefer to distribute them rather than produce them.

Carl Laemmle founded Universal Pictures also known as universal studios in 1912. It’s one of the six major movie studios and is one of the oldest American movie studios that still continuous production. They create and distribute theatrical and non-theatrical filmed entertainment. Universal has achieved both popular and successes by producing movies like A Beautiful Mind, King Kong, and The Pianist. The film institution universal prefers to make movies based on Drama, Romance, and Adventure. This is because typically these genres are already very popular and successful.  However, although they are not well known for their horror films. Some recognised horror films, made or disturbed, by Universal Pictures, are Drag Me to Hell and Dead Silence.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.  Founded by four brothers in 1923 and currently owned

by the company Time Warner.  Warner Bros is a major entertainment company based in California and New York.It produces television, Films, and music entertainment. In addition, it’s considered to be a global leader in distribution, creation, marketing and licensing all forms of creative content across different media platforms. 

Warner Bros is known for making numerous successful films, for example, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, and Conjuring etc. Furthermore, they produce and distribute a variety of genres from comedy, fantasy, horror, Adventure, romance, and Action. This is because by producing a variety of films, suited for different types of viewers, it appeals and attracts a wider range of audience.  

Usually, a movie created by Warner Bros has a very high budget. This is because the company has a lot of money from having success in the film industry.  In the year 2009, Warner Bros made history by becoming the first film studio to gross more than $2 billion internationally in a single year.

New line cinema is an American film production label founded by Robert Shaye in 1967. It’s known as a leading producer and distributors of films today. Initially, it was known as a distribution company but later became an independent film studio. In 2008 New Line cinema joined with Waner Bros.Entertainment and currently its films are being distributed by Warner Bros. The company is known for its reputation producing horror films and low-budget niche movies Nightmare on elm street was its first successful movie since then have produced movies such as Hairspray, The Notebook, IT and Elf.