Production Company

 

•    A production company is the largest and most prominent group in a movie or film project, and they are often tasked with being the main fundraisers for the film being created. They oversee the majority of what is placed in a film and are often owned by a film studio, however can be independent.

•   In production company idents such as Paramount Pictures, typography is used in order to make sure that the key focus in the shot is the name of the company, e.g. using the golden mean so as to place the name of the company on the area of the screen, as opposed to placing it nearer the bottom or towards the side. Paramount places their title at the top of a mountain peak, the highest and most distinguished point on the screen, with a significant amount of lighting on top of this. Clouds are utilised to make the surrounding area less interesting to the viewer.

• Hollywood pictures, the production company for the movie ‘The Sixth Sense’ is based in California. This location would be beneficial for creating a thriller as there are many film studios and sets in the surrounding area that would be easily accessible. While this company was a division of Disney, it had a history for producing relatively low key thriller and action movies. But due to its ties with Disney, the company had a large financial backing, which means there would be little in terms of limitations for a budget for a thriller film.