Monday 23 January 2017

The BIG SIX

THE 'BIG SIX' CONGLOMERATES:
This has been taken from the website here:

Universal Pictures
Universal is an american film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group of its owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Universal owns StudioCanal and Focus Features. Also, Working Title is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. Universal itself is a distributor while NBC offers exhibition for Universal. NBC is a vertically integrated conglomerate with for example Working Title who is one of their production subsidiaries. Their highest grossing film was Jurassic World which had a box office gross of $1,670,400,637 (1.6bn) worldwide.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment (earlier known as Columbia-Tristar Pictures)

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) operates Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, Screen Gems, Sony pictures Classics and TriStar Pictures. It is an american Entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment through multiple platforms. It operates as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc. (the parent company for both the music and motion picture businesses of Sony Corporation. Sony Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
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Warner Bros.
It is an american film studio and film distributor that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank, California. It is a member of the MPAA and is the third largest film studio in the world after Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. There were four Warner Brothers who founded this company called Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. Founded in 1923.
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Paramount Pictures
It is an american film studio based in Hollywood, California, thats had been a subsidiary of the american conglomerate Viacom since 1994. Paramount pictures is the longest operating major film studio in Hollywood. Founded in 1912.

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20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox is the world's second largest film studio after Warner Bros. They have distributed various commercially successful films including Avatar, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Planet of the Apes, Night at the Musuem and Fantastic Four. These films have secured 20th Century Fox's position as one of the Big Six studios of Hollywood. Founded in 1935 by William Fox.
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Walt Disney Studios 
It is an american film studio and one of the four major business of the Walt Disney Company. The Walt Disney Studios is also a member of the MPAA. Founded in 1923.



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POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE FOR MY FILM

Why the big six wouldn't distribute my film:
  • I have no A-list stars or well-known actors in my film. 
  • It is not a franchise e.g. Friday the 13th, Halloween. 

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