Production and Disruption companies.

Production Companies

What is a production company?•A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.

Famous production companies are: •DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Pixar, Lionsgate, 20th centenary fox, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Columbia, Universal, Paramount, New Line Cinema and Walt Disney pictures.

Warner Bros.Who are Warner Bros?•The Warner bros are four brothers who are Polish born American Film, TV and music producers.

•All of the four brothers, bounded together and created the company on 4th April 1923 in Hollywood, California – USA.

Jack. L Warner Albert Warner Harry Warner Sam Warner

What Thriller films have Warner Bros produced?

•The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

•Lethal Weapon

•Lethal Weapon 2

•Lethal Weapon 3

•Lethal Weapon 4

•Oceans Twelve (2005)

•Gravity (2013)

Warner Bros.

Film Franchise1987 -1992

• Universal was founded on the 10th June 1912.• Universal was founded by Carl Laemmle, Pat Powers, Mark

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

• Universal studios is the fourth oldest major film studio.

Universal studios

Carl Laemmle

First founder of universal film studios.

Mark Dintenfass

Co-founder of Universal film

studios.

What Thriller films have Universal studios produced.•Jaws(1975)•Furious 7 (2015)•Fast and Furious 6 (2013)•Fast 5 (2011)•2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)•The Fast and the Furious(2001)•The Boy Next Door (2015)•The Bourne Identity (2002)•The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Universal Studios

Film franchise (The 3rd and 4th film is

not in the thriller genre)

Film franchise

Distribution companies

What is a Distribution Company?•Distribution is the process of making a product. The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing, and promotion.

Famous distribution companies:•DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Pixar, 20th centenary fox, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Columbia, Universal, Paramount, Miramax and Summit. •Production and distribution are very similar to each other, and the companies do both production and distribution.

• 20TH Century fox was founded on the 31st May 1935 by Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck.

• The initial title for this company was ‘Twentieth century-fox film corporation’, only in 1985 they changed the title slightly to ‘20th century fox’.

Twentieth Century-fox film corporation.

Joseph M. SchenckFounder of;

20th Century Fox

Darryl F. ZanuckFounder of;

20th century fox

Films in the Thriller genre which 20th century fox have distributed:

• The Revenant (2015)• Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails (2015)• Die Hard (1988)• Die Hard 2 (1990) Film franchise

• Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation , otherwise known as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company.

• The company was formed on July 3, 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Frank Giustra and Avi Federgreen founded this company in 1977.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation

Frank GiustraCo-founder of

Lionsgate

Avi FedergreenCo-founder of

Lionsgate

Films in the Thriller genre which Lionsgate have distributed:•Texas chainsaw 3D (2013)•Rambo (2008)•Abduction (2011)•The Vatican Tapes (2015)•Jessabelle (2014)•The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)•See No Evil (2006)•Crank (2006)•The Condemned (2007)•My Bloody Valentine (2009)•Lord of War (2005)•The Bank Job (2008)