InstitutionsHarinder Hunjan

Lionsgate

• Lionsgate is a large institution who distribute different genre’s of films. It focuses mainly on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film series, including The Twilight Saga (partially), The Hunger Games, Saw and The Expendables.

• They distribute their films for both cable and broadcast television.

• Lionsgate are a conglomerate so they have the funds to become a convergence which is where they have an institution in other mediums e.g. television, video and music.

• Some of their horror films are ‘You’re Next’ and ‘Saw’.

Universal Pictures• Universal Pictures are a large corporation who

distribute films worldwide. They are based in California, United States of America but have their distribution company in New York.

• They do not use convergence as they are not that big of an institution but are big enough to own and produce a lot of big hit films.

• Some of their horror films are: ‘MAMA’, ‘Jaws’

Warner Bros.• Warner Bros are another huge conglomerate who

distribute films from all different genre’s worldwide. They are a American producer of film, television, and music entertainment.

• As they go into other mediums, it means that they use convergence which has helped them to gain this big brand image and has made them a global business.

• They distribute their films into cinema’s all over the world and after a while they get played on TV on channels such as Film 4 and Channel 4 who are owned by the same label.

• ‘The Conjuring’ is one film in the horror genre that they have produced.

My Opening Sequence

• If my opening sequence was to get distributed by a production company, I think it would be Warner Bros. This is because they are a huge conglomerate with a large audience worldwide. They also use convergence to go into other mediums as well as using synergy e.g. their character’s from films becoming toys sold in a happy meal at McDonalds.