Production Company Research
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio and video. A lot of production companies have a theme to the type of films they produce, such as horror. Some production companies which are based on horror theme include, Blumhouse and Ghost House. These are shown below.
My Production Company
In our class, we had to create our own production company. The theme for the production companies had to be horror based as we are making our own horror film/ opening sequence. Mine is called 'Red Smoke Productions' and it has various different sound effects to create more atmosphere. I included a siren noise which is the main sound throughout, I also put in an electric noise which i thought reminded me of a torture noise. I included a dark drone ambient sound as a quieter background sound to add more effect. As well as these I also put in a creepy child laughing towards the end to add a surprise element as it come after the siren goes quiet. Lastly I added in a radio tuning noise for more effect again. For visual effects I used a bad TV effect to make the title flicker like a TV with no signal which is seen as a scary effect. I also used an aged film effect on the background to make it look more static and grainy.
Distribution company Research
Distribution is fundamentally concerned with ensuring that products reach target customers in the most direct and cost efficient manner. To make sure films get out to the audience production companies use distribution companies to sell their films by making them be seen in cinema's around the world. Examples of big distribution companies include Universal, Dreamworks and 20th Century Fox. These distribution companies are world known and also they encourage people to watch the films if they see these in the opening as they are known, meaning people are more comfortable watching the films as they are familiar with the names, this helps sell the films. A lot of distribution companies have something to do with worldwide or space as they are showing they can spread the films around the world. Examples are shown below.
My Distribution Company
In our class, we all had to make our own distribution company logo. I named my distribution company 'Galaxy Productions' to show it can be shown around the whole 'galaxy' (world) and also involved moving image of travelling through space with stars and galaxies. There is also whoosh sound effects to show it can travel fast, meaning the film.