Production Companies

What is a production company and it's role?
A production company provides the physical basis for works in film, television or radio. Production company's provide the funding for the film and sets the budget which is the amount of money which can be spent on the film. It also assists in the scheduling, scripting, casting and more aspects of a film.
The production company is also responsible for finding a director and most of the acting talent required. They are also responsible for anything which goes wrong while filming such as an actor getting injured or equipment getting damaged.

What makes an effective production company ident?

An effective production company ident usually contains the company's name, a moving animation and a change in the background which could be the colour or a different image. This movement or change in colour keeps the audience interested and this interest means that the audience will remember the company and the types of films they usually make. Two of the most famous idents are from 'Walt Disney Pictures' and 'Metro Goldwyn Mayer'. This is because the Disney palace with the fireworks and the roaring lion of 'Metro Goldwyn Mayer' have become iconic because the sound and imagery is memorable.

List of production company's and a film they made:

1. Dreamworks animation - Shrek
2. 20th Century Fox -Die Hard
3. Blue sky studios - Ice Age
4. Metro Goldwyn Mayer - Thelma & Louise
5. Universal Studios - The Bourne Identity
6. Paramount Pictures - Friday the 13th
7. Columbia Pictures - Ghost Busters
8. TriStar Pictures - Sleepless in Seattle 
9. Warner Bros Pictures - Gravity
10. Lionsgate Entertainment - American Psycho

Which production company would you choose to produce your thriller?
The production company which I think would best suit our Thriller would be 'Lionsgate Entertainment'. This is because I know that they have created a lot of Thriller films such as 'Abduction', 'American Psycho', 'The Lincoln Lawyer' and 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Since we are making a psychological thriller and 'American Psycho' is one of the most famous psychological thrillers we thought Lionsgate would be a good production company to be associated with.