FILM STUDIO RESEARCH

Major film studios

Warner brothers entertainment

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is an American media company that makes film, television and music entertainment

Its headquarters are in Burbank, California. Founded – April 4th 1923 Founders -Albert Warner, Harry Warner, Sam Warner, Jack

Warner In 1926, Vitaphone began making films with music and effects

tracks, The film was silent, but it featured a large number of Vitaphone shorts at the beginning

First sound movie -The Jazz Singer (1927) First colour movie -In 1929, Warner Bros. released On with the

Show, the first all-colour all-talking feature

Some of the films made by Warner Brothers are : • I Am Legend • Superman • Batman • Looney Toons • Scooby Doo• Matrix • Gremlins • Harry Potter

Universal Founded April 30th 1912 Founders - Carl Laemmle, Pat Powers, Mark

Dintenfass, William Swanson, David Horsley, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel, Jules Brulatour

Headquarters – Universal City, California, U.S.

First colour film -1925 The Phantom Of The Opera

Highest grossing film – E.T (1982) $435,110,554

Some of the films made by universal :• 8 Mile • Kick Ass • Pitch Perfect • Fast and Furious • Despicable Me

Walt Disney pictures Founded – 1923 Founders - Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney Headquarters - 500 S. Buena Vista Street,

Burbank, California, United States 1937 release of the first feature-length

animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Number of employees - 180,000 (2014) Revenue - $ 48.813 billion

Films by Walt Disney :• Peter Pan • Aladdin • Lion King• Beauty And The Beast • Sleeping Beauty • Cinderella

Small film studios

Aardman The studio has had ten Oscar®

nominations, and has won four Peter Lord and David Sproxton began

their animating partnership at school. In 1972 they registered the name Aardman Animations.

British animation studio based in Bristol They are well known for using clay and

plasticine and the characters of Wallace and grommet .

Private company limited by shares Also known fro doing commercials and

music videos and short films

Films by Aardman :• Shaun the Sheep • Chicken Run • Flushed Away • The Pirates • Arthur Christmas • Wallace and Grommet