Film Studio Research

It is necessary to find a film studio to distribute the film. In order to establish the most suitable, I will investigate which of the main studios is most relevant to the genre/style of film we are creating. I will therefore analyze each of the major six Hollywood film studios, by finding out what film genres they produce,

Warner Bros. Pictures

Market Share (2009): 20.1%
Highest Profitable Film: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($960,996,492)
Genres: Adventure/Horror (House on Haunted Hill, The Shining)

20th Century Fox

Market Share (2009): 16.1%
Highest Profitable Film: Avatar ($2,778,464,644)
Genres: Sci-fi/Action

Paramount Pictures

Market Share (2009): 14.3%
Highest Profitable Film: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($836,303,693)
Genres: Action/Adventure/Sci-fi

Columbia Pictures

Market Share (2009): 14.1%
Highest Profitable Film: Spider-Man 2 ($783,705,001)
Genres: Action/Sci-fi

Walt Disney Pictures / Touchstone Pictures

Market Share (2009): 11.9%
Highest Profitable Film: Alice in Wonderland ($1,023,291,110)
Genres: Fantasy

Universal Studios

Market Share (2009): 10.0%
Highest Profitable Film: Robin Hood ($311,920,798)
Genres: War/Drama/Action

On reflection of this information, it would be most suitable to use Warner Bros. Pictures to distribute our film as it has been known to distribute from both the 'horror' and 'adventure' genres, and our film is a horror film with an underlying adventure to discover the truth. Our film is of a similar nature to The Shining in the use of merely hand-held/steady-shot shots. Also, this film studio had the biggest market share in 2009, and given that low-budget British films fail to reach large audiences simply based on the marketing, it makes sense to try and reach the widest audience.

Signed Sam