Producing my film is one of the most crucial steps within the film industry. Choosing the right institution for my film is very important so I must choose one who has produced films of a similar genre in the past that have been successful. A couple of intstitutions that I have considered are; Dreamworks (The Ring), Columbia Pictures (The Grudge), Toho (One Missed Call), and Dimension Films (The Others).
After a short discussion with my partner we both felt that Dimension films would be the best company to produce our film as they have created many movie franchises within the horror genre, such as; Scream, Halloween and Children Of The Corn. These movies are highly renown and are classic examples of different horror sub-genres. My film ends on a cliff-hanger, and I feel that if my movie was successful, there would definitely be a sequel. Dimension being experts in those areas, would be very useful to get our film attention and make this sequel a reality.
Dimension Films are part of The Weinstein Company. This label was taken with the Weinstein brothers when they split apart from Miramax (owned by Disney) in 2005. Dimension Films produce and distribute many films, mostly franchises and horrors.
Dimension Films has distributed and produced The Others - a very similar film to mine in the way of characters and settings, and one that I watched for the comparing two movie openings section. It includes old and secluded houses which generates a good effect upon the audience. The film also features a psychotic and confused female lead. There is a lot of emotional confusion and tension in both my film and The Others, too. The audience sees the events through the confused, main character's eyes, much like my film. I think this is a strong part to our film and won't go unnoticed by the audience, I think we can create a great effect just like The Others did if we spend enough time on our movie.
I would expect a production budget of 15 million if this was to ever become a real movie. The movie that is similar to our - The Others, used a budget of around 17 million to create the film, keeping in mind that special effects were neve used and the only high profile actor was Nicole Kidman. If I was creating a real media text, I would make an addition to more famous and well known actors. I could also use some of the budget for special effects and gore.
I would expect my film to be quite high profile like The Sixth Sense, meaning they'd be in most mainstream cinemas across the UK and hopefully the US. I would also look forward to having an official website for the film so people can watch trailers and be updated on news and curretn events. This will increase the popularity and hype when the film is released in cinemas and possibly DVD. Another way of becoming more known is to advertise online via Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
This research has allowed me to think about what kind of options I'd have to think about if I was to make a real film and choose a institution that is profesional and suitable for the movie. I have learnt that there are many complicated things to do even after the movie has been filmed which really show how famous it's going to be.
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