Cinema Trip - Majestic King's Lynn (15/07/2011)

Before deciding what genre my trailer should be in I thought that going to my local cinema and looking at film posters would help me decide what to do.

Whilst I was there I interviewed 2 women who were 17 and 23 respectively. They told me their opinions of movie genres and what they like in a movie poster.

Cinema Interview 17 Year old by MiniManJamJam


Cinema Interview 23 Year old by MiniManJamJam

The films that were out at the cinema at the time I went were; Transformers Dark of the Moon,

Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Bridesmaids. Reviewing the interviews with the women the things they said meet conventions of film posters. Characters from the films are prominent on these posters. There is a sense of mystery with all of the posters apart from Bridesmaids. I think that when creating my poster I should think about what the women said and try to follows codes and conventions already in posters.

Momentum Pictures

Momentum Pictures is a relatively small film company in comparison to the like of Paramount Pictures. It was founded in London in the year 2000. On average it produces about 20 films a year.

Here are some of the more popular and successful films Momentum has produced.

• Defiance
• The King's Speech
• Milk
• The Young Victoria
• The Men Who Stare at Goats
• The Fighter
• Chalet Girls

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures, sometimes shortened to Universal Studios is an American film institution and 1 of 6 major movie companies. It is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal and was created in 1912, being younger than Paramount Pictures by a month. It is based in Universal City, Calafornia.

• The Railway Children
• Jaws
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• The Flintstones
• Jurassic Park
• Apollo 13
• Blues Brothers 2000
• Notting Hill
• American Pie
• Hannibal
• Bridget Jones' Diary
• Hot Fuzz
• Frost/Nixon

20th Century-Fox

20th Centrury-Fox is an American film comapny that started in 1935 after the merge between 20th Century Film and Fox Films.

Here are some of the movies that 20th Century-Fox has produced.

• The Fly
• Die Hard
• Home Alone
• X-Men
• Mr & Mrs. Smith
• The Simpsons Movie
• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Avatar

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures is the oldest American film company, it was created in 1912 and is the only one of the big 6 still situated in Los Angeles, Hollywood.

Each year Paramount Pictures are credited as being one of the biggest grossing movie companies.

Some of the major movies that they have produced are;

• The Italian Job
• The Godfather
• Indian Jones Collection
• Forrest Gump
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Jackass: The Movie
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• Mean Girls
• Shutter Island
• Thor

Like many film companies Paramount Pictures co-produces many movies, Thor is an example of this. Thor is a co-production with Marvel Studios.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. is a subsidary of Time Warner, a large American company. Warner Bros. itself have a long list of subsidary companies, these make up the different parts of the company and each focus on different things.

The 4 Warner brothers were the original founders of this film company, now classed as one of the big 6 film institions.

Some of the films that Warner Bros. have produced are;

• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Pokemon: The First Movie
• Scooby-Doo
• Harry Potter movies
• I Am Legend
• Gran Torino
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Inception

Warner Bros. always includes their logo on the movies that it produces.

Film Institutions

In preparation for A2 I am looking at film institutions in order to gain an inside knowledge into how film companies produce their work and how important advertising forms, such as posters, really are.

There are going to be 4 main films companies that I will have a look at; 'Warner Bros.', 'Paramount', '20th Century-Fox' and 'Universal Studios'.

For a smaller film company I will be looking at 'Momentum Pictures', a British film instituion.