Choice Of Film Institutions

 Film Institution Research

When thinking about suitable film institutions to represent our opening two minutes, along with our own institutions, we have chosen to research some institutions which maybe are not so well known, but produce films with similar genres to ours in the hope to make our film both more professional and realistic. We believe that many people will just choose a world famous company because they are well known for representing popular films and although this would probably be the easier option, we have chosen to put a bit more thought into it to see if we can find anything a bit more relevant to our opening.

We looked at the film Prisoners, which is an American thriller film based on the abduction of two children and the quest to find them, making it a similar plot to ours. The film institution they used was Warner Bros. which we found surprising because they are well known for their big budget films such as the Harry Potter franchise rather than a one off film. Nevertheless after research we found out that Warner Brothers actually do represent a wide variety of films, not just the expected stereotypical world famous films. Not only does it produce successful thriller, crime and especially action movies they also have a lot of experience and money meaning they can be very specific in which films they represent, meaning the quality of their films is usually very high. To us, this suggests that using Warner Bros. as an institution to represent our opening two minutes would maybe not be the best idea as the standards might be too high and it would not be very realistic seeing as we do not have a large budget or appealing cast which is something very stereotypical of a Warner Brothers production.

We also looked at both of the Taken films, Taken 1 and 2 which were one of the biggest influences on our production and plot as they have both a similar theme and plot meaning it was very influential over our opening two minutes because it helped to provide suitable shots in which we knew were successful. The film institution they used is a French company called Europacorp in which we were not very familiar with. They have come to fame from there success of English spoken films which delivered a 61% increase year on year revenue. There not a very well-known company however the success of the Taken movies has made it a very good candidate. The main problem is that it’s a French company which may make it hard to translate our ideas and that it is not very well known, however it may be more realistic and suitable for our purpose as our opening two minutes is also low key and so it might make more sense to represent it using a film institution which is not so popular.

Gone is another popular film which has a world renowned cast such as Amanda Seyfried.Their institution choice is Summit Entertainment which is quite new into the industry however their parents are Lion Gate Entertainment which is very respected institution. They are not known for any particular genre of film however they have represented some very successful films in their past such as the Twilight Saga and the Step Up movies. Some may say this is a negative as they are typically aimed at the younger generations however we think it shows their versatility in the film industry and might be suitable for us as our film is also aimed at the 16-24 year old target audience.

The last film institution we researched was Phase 4 Films which produced a film called Eden which is based on a true story of a teenage girl who is abducted and sold for prostitution. We had never heard of this company before, but found it from looking at the film Eden which is the last film we watched together as a group in the hope for inspiration. Although Eden is new, it is relatively low key which suggests why we have never heard of the institution it is represented by. Despite this, we think that this company would be a good choice for us as they produce low budget films which mean our film will be more realistic than if we choose a larger company and we know that they have produced films of a similar genre and theme to ours which would help enforce the realism of our film and make it seem a relevant choice.