Production Company Research

The next step into planning our film was to decide on the production company, and to decide this we had to do our research as to which company would suit our film the best. After researching different production company’s we found that Paramount is often associated with the genre of film that my group and i are doing, paramount was the production company for films such as ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Untouchables’ which are both Crime and Gangster films There are "Big Six" majors, whose movie operations are based in or around Hollywood, are all centred in film studios active during Hollywood's Golden Age. 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Paramount were part of the "Big Five" majors during that era as well. Columbia and Universal were also considered majors.

Below are just a few of the production companies that group and i thought would relate to our media coursework the most. These are as such:

20^TH CENTURY FOX: Road to Perdition  -   Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure. However after his son is witness to a killing he has done Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run trying to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

WARNER BROS: Goodfellas  -  The lowly, blue-collar side of New York’s Italian mafia is explored. Henry Hill makes his way from strapping young petty criminal, to big-time thief, to middle-aged cocaine addict and dealer, the film explores in detail the rules and traditions of organized crime. Watching the rise and fall of Hill and his two counterparts, the slick jack-of-all-trades criminal Jimmy Conway and the intimidating Tommy DeVito.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES: The Godfather – It is about the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty who transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Genre is a hybrid of Crime and Drama. This is very similar as it is gangster related, it is about authority and violence is present.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES: Public Enemies – It is about the Feds trying to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. Genre is a hybrid of Biography, Drama, Crime and History. This is very similar to our media coursework as the film is gangster related; they wear dinner suits and use weapons.

After doing a lot of research, I think the best production company to use would be Paramount.