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20th Century fox was formed in may 31, 1935, as the result of the merger between fox corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth century pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck and Joseph M. Schenck.
20th Century Fox has distributed various commercially successful films, such as Avatar, the first two Star Wars Trilogies, Ice Age, X-men, Die Hard, Planet Of the Apes, Night At The Museum, Fantastic Four, Alien, Predator and the live action Alvin And The Chipmunks. Most of these films have become commercially successful and grossed a lot of money at the box office, thus making Fox one of the riches distribution companies out there. |
Colombia pictures is an American film production and distribution company. The company was founded in 1918 by Harry Cohn, and co founders; Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt. They have distributed horror films, such as, 30 Days of Night, Anaconda, Fright Night and the popular The Evil Dead. Columbia Pictures is seen as one of the 'Big Six' because the company has been able to distribute majorly successful movies like Fright Night.
Recently, Colombia Pictures have been involved in popular films, such as, The Amazing Spider Man and Hotel Transylvania. These pictures have most probably received more recognition because of the large company that are distributing them, Columbia Pictures. |
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Momentum Pictures are a distribution company in which have been adopted by Entertainment One. They have many films that they've helped distribute and many of them successful and some even horror! Some of the horror films that they helped distribute include films like: V/H/S, Dark Skies, The Woman in Black and Sinister. These films had actually ended up being both well known and grossed a lot of money. Other movies they helped distribute include: Movie 43, The King's Speech and even Seven Psychopaths. All these films were hugely successful and have helped the company grow in popularity.
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Something we noticed when Analysing the idents above was that they all seemed to feature cool, muted colours such as blue, this is to represent that they cater to all audiences such as families as they lack any intimidating content that horror oriented production companies such as twisted pictures use due to the fact distribution companies tend to distribute a variety of films whereas a production company is less likely to do this. We also used calm music as this is another trend which we noticed when analysing well known distribution companies. Finally, we used a clip of the camera panning over the sea as a visual representation of distributing films overseas which reflects the fact that our distribution company would distribute worldwide compared to some distribution companies who only distribute to certain areas.
Conclusion
If we were to receive backing from an official distribution company we would like to receive that support form Momentum Pictures. This decision is partly due to the fact they have previous distributed several horror films such as Sinister and The Woman in Black. Since they have already distributed this genre of film before they know what effective promotional methods to use. This means our film would receive an good amount of general interest from the public. Additionally, they seem to distribute originally indie films and distribute them into mainstream media, this is the case for such films such as The King's Speech, The Mechanic, Insidious and Seven Psychopaths.
Finally, the majority of the films this company decide to distribute go on to gain a lot of attention both while the film is in cinemas and again when the film is released via DVD, Blu Ray and digital download meaning our film would have constant promotion during it's initial lifespan and will continue to grow in popularity after the release of the film itself.
Finally, the majority of the films this company decide to distribute go on to gain a lot of attention both while the film is in cinemas and again when the film is released via DVD, Blu Ray and digital download meaning our film would have constant promotion during it's initial lifespan and will continue to grow in popularity after the release of the film itself.