Film Institutions: Conglomerate

Paramount Pictures:

Paramount Pictures is a large conglomerate that has been around for 104 years, it was founded in Los Angeles by W.W. Hodkinson, Aldolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. It is now classed as one of Americas 'Big Six' Film Studios along with Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros Entertainment, Fox Entertainment Group, Universal Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Entertainment. They have helped to produce some of the worlds biggest thriller films such as: Instinct, Ghost, World War Z, Mission Impossible. These are all extremely large grossing films that have done really well in the box office and a long time after.

Ghost Opening sequence:

The opening sequence is very minimal, it involves the camera moving around a room showing you objects whilst some of the film credits pop up on the screen. Although the opening is cleverly thought out for the film, as a stand alone thriller opening I don't think it works. It has blurred images and natural lighting, making the audience wonder what it is or what the room is used for. The music is orchestral based with various piano based crescendo's which does attract the audiences attention to the screen. Although I hope to capture some of the essence this opening has, I don't think it gives enough of the story away in order attract the audiences full attention.

Would we consider working with them?

They have a large following of people who enjoy their movies who would watch ours just because they made it, allowing the amount of people who see the film to increase and possibly the amount of people who enjoy the film will increase due to this. They have 10 different production deals with smaller companies so that means they have many ways of making our movie and a lot of people who would invest a lot of time and effort into making it at the best of their abililty. As well as this, Paramount Pictures are international, this increases our pool of target audience as well as increasing the advertising and media coverage our movie would get. Finally due to it being a conglomerate they would have a higher budget as they would be able to do everything themselves without needing to outsource to smaller companies. However this being said we are more likely to loose creative control over our movie. In addition, even though they have a lot of experience, Twisted Pictures has a lot of experience with just thriller films so I think we would lose the help and input they could offer us as it would be so personal to us and them.