Thursday, 10 November 2011

Institution Research

Dream Works Pictures
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From researching the film institution Dream Works Pictures, we have decided not to use this institution for our film. This is becaue we could only find very few films which are of our chosen genre (horror), meaning this institution would not suit our film as it would not be clear who our film is intended for or the genre.
Examples of a few Dreamworks Pictures films are:
>Cowboys & Aliens
>The Lovely Bones
>Dinner For Schmucks
>Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Dimension Films
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From researching Dimension Films we have decided not to use this film institution as it has not produced many horror or supernatural films.
Examples of a few Dimension Films' movies are:
>Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3
>Scary Movie
>Spy Kids & Spy Kids 2
>Bad Santa
>Starsky and Hutch
>Phantoms
>Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myres
These examples clearly show that Dimension Films have produced some horror films, but not many and not specifically supernatural horror ones which will be our type of film.

Paramount Pictures - Our Chosen Institution




From researching different production companies, Paramount is the institution which we have decided to use.
Examples of films which are produced by Paramount Pictures:
>Friday the 13th franchise (1980 - 1989)
>Paranormal Activity trilogy
>Shutter Island
>Cloverfield
>War of the Worlds
>Sleepy Hollow
Above displays the fact that Paramount Pictures has produced many horror films. Paranormal Activity is the main inspiration for my group and I to produce a supernatural film whilst others show conventions I would like to experiment for our film teaser. For example all of the victim characters have the typical plain clothing look as their costume, meaning the focus will be on the horror character, rather than being distracted by any outgoing clothing. Cloverfield is a film produced in a point of view camera angle throughout the whole film, with one of the characters filming all events throughout (which is similar to how Paranormal Activity is structured). We won't be producing our teaser trailer in this way, but it's something we will consider using in some of our footage as the look increases the fear in the shots as it gives an inclusive feeling for the audience, as if they are there.

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