Task 3 - Media Institutions

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For our Thriller, named ‘Five’, which is about a young Girl sitting in a police office and a guardian is watching her. I would use the institution ‘Lions gate’, Lionsgate is a Canadian entertainment company that has existed in different incarnations. The current company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America.
They have made for example ‘Saw’ or ‘My bloody Valentine’. Specific they make horror movies, with low to medium budgets but still in a good quality of horror pictures so it looks very realistic, like for example in Saw the wounds and blood.
Lions gate would be good for our movie because we also working in a low budget but still want it realistic. So we could have more money for advertising and so many people would watch it although it is a low budget movie and probably not in the cinema’s so they would also be able to promote it on DVD That is how we could get more money than we paid for the film itself. Because almost the same reasons we could also use the Institutions ‘Hammer’ because it is one of the biggest British Film companies and based on thrillers. Also because they are really professional and if I would do a movie a want he to get popular and for that ‘Hammer’ is one of the best companies.
2.

Here are the URLS which will help you track the activities of the global media corporations. Some of them are very open about the links between their operating sectors. Some are not. Check out the investor’s information they provide in order to get a clear picture of exactly how huge a slice of the global media these companies own. Like: Disney, Sony, Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom or Seagram.
They advertise through the Internet, Magazines, TV/Radio, Film or Music.
Media institutions are companies which get paid from Film makers. From them they get all the props and technologies also studios. They also have a lot of connections which helps when you want to have actors or advertising in TV or Radio. If you want to do a good movie/high concept and want the movie in the cinema’s you have to choose your company very good.
Media Institutions are an organisation that provide media content and supply the context within which media products are produced e.g. the BBC or News international.
Also involved are Companies/Organisations which represent the process of production, distribution and marketing.
For example ‘20th Century Fox’ is an American film Production and involve everything of a Media Institution.

3.
People from the age 15+ (31). Not younger because the movie is only allowed for people which are minimum 15 years old, to scary. Because our movie is not a ‘Teenager’ movie also people until 32 could watch it.