Media Institution Definition: A media conglomerate, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies in various mass media; i.e. television, radio, publishing, motion picture, and the Internet. These companies can help to distribute and advertise my media product, attracting a wider audience.
Blumhouse Productions (Production Company)
Their most successful films include: the Paranormal Activity franchise, Insidious, Sinister and The purge
Blumhouse productions are currently one of the best and most famous horror film productions at the moment. Blumhouse first gained their success with Paranormal Activity, which earned $108 million in US box office and an additional $85 million internationally, resulting in a total earning of $193 million. The film was very tense and received very good reviews. Also, Blumhouse productions incredibly only spend a maximum of $5 million on each film they make. An incredible achievement was the film Insidious which made over $97 million on a budget of $1.5 million.
Hammer Films (Production company)
Hammer is a film production company based in the UK, it was founded in 1934. The company is best known for a series of Gothic Horror films produced between the mid 1950's until the 1970's. Most other institutions were American, but this was and is one of the few UK horror film institutions.
The most famous Horror's they produced were; The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The mummy (1959).
Warner Bros (Distribution & Production company)
Warner Bros is one of the major film companies based in California and New York. It is a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of creative content. Warner Bros produce and distribute a variety of films from different genres including: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Action, Adventure and Horror.
Some of the most successful horror films created by Warner Bros include: Orphan, Friday the 13th,Missed Call, Sweeney Todd, Annabelle and House of Wax.
Lionsgate (Distribution & Production Company)
Lionsgate is a Canadian entertainment company. It was formed in Vancouver, but is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. They produce and distribute motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment and family entertainment.
Lionsgate's most successful films include the Hunger Games, Divergent and Twilight series'. Lionsgate have released and distributed 12 horror movies including: Blair Witch, Cabin Fever, Jessabelle, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Cabin in the Woods and You're Next.
Ghost House Pictures (Production Company)
Ghost House Pictures is an American film production company that was founded in 2002 by Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi, which usually co-produces films with Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane. This is relatively new successful company in producing horror films. They do extremely well wit low budget films and gaining huge profits of their success.
Ghost House Pictures' most successful films include The Possession, Evil Dead, Poltergeist, Drag me to Hell and their most recent and well known horror film - Don't Breathe.
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Due to planning on making a Paranormal subgenre, we have decided to use Ghost House Pictures is produce our film. This is because they have experience with these types of horrors even though they are a newer production company. It was a close choice against Blumhouse Productions, however we thought Ghost House Pictures was a better choice due to having more recent successes as well as working with low-budget films.
Then we also choose Lionsgate to work in synergy with Ghost House Pictures, bringing their experience to assist Ghost House Pictures. They are also an extremely well known distributor company worldwide,this then gives our film the best chance in becoming a bigger success. They work with independent films which is perfect for us, therefore Lionsgate is the perfect distribution and production company or our film.
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