I have currently been researching production companies and the genre of the film they produce to try and give our group inspiration with names. We wanted to see if there was a connection between the genre the production company produces, the history of the production companies and the name of the production company, we have discussed many names such as, J.E.D.I which is taken from Star Wars and we did not want people to think that our movie is science-fiction.
Below is research of the production company and the movies that they have produced.
Lions Gate Entertainment
The company's roots can be traced back to the original, and now-defunct, Los Angeles-based studio and the Production company who was run by filmmaker Robert Altman in the 1970s, which the director called Lion's Gate Films. Altman named the company for a homet
own landmark - Greater Vancouver's Lion's Gate. The term Lion's Gate references the famed Lions Gate bridge. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. Lions Gate co-produced all of the Saw movies to date with Twisted Pictures. Lions Gate has produced a broad range of films with different genres, American Physco in 2000 and Crash 2004 which are both Thrillers, My Bloody Valentine 3D and The Haunting in Connecticut which are both Horrors, Youth in Revolt which is a comedy. Lions Gate produced many films with many different genres however it seems there are more Thriller and Horrors such as Crash, American Physco, The Haunting in Connecticut, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Teeth, Daybreakers and Drag me to Hell.
The company's roots can be traced back to the original, and now-defunct, Los Angeles-based studio and the Production company who was run by filmmaker Robert Altman in the 1970s, which the director called Lion's Gate Films. Altman named the company for a homet
own landmark - Greater Vancouver's Lion's Gate. The term Lion's Gate references the famed Lions Gate bridge. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. Lions Gate co-produced all of the Saw movies to date with Twisted Pictures. Lions Gate has produced a broad range of films with different genres, American Physco in 2000 and Crash 2004 which are both Thrillers, My Bloody Valentine 3D and The Haunting in Connecticut which are both Horrors, Youth in Revolt which is a comedy. Lions Gate produced many films with many different genres however it seems there are more Thriller and Horrors such as Crash, American Physco, The Haunting in Connecticut, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Teeth, Daybreakers and Drag me to Hell.Paramount Vantage
Paramount Classics was launched in 1998 and released such art house fare as The Vir
gin Suicides, You Can Count on Me, Sunshine, Mostly Martha, Winter Solstice, and three Patrice Leconte films (Girl on the Bridge, Man on the Train, Intimate Strangers). In 2006, the Paramount Vantage brand branched off from Paramount Classics, which was relaunched in 2007 as a distributor of smaller, review-driven films including foreign-language acquisitions and documentaries. In 2007, Paramount Vantage co-produced No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood with Miramax Films. It seems that Paramount Vantage produce many Thriller films with horrific scenes such as Babel, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, The Kite Runner, There Will be Blood, Defiance, The Eye, The Duchess and Revolutionary Road.
gin Suicides, You Can Count on Me, Sunshine, Mostly Martha, Winter Solstice, and three Patrice Leconte films (Girl on the Bridge, Man on the Train, Intimate Strangers). In 2006, the Paramount Vantage brand branched off from Paramount Classics, which was relaunched in 2007 as a distributor of smaller, review-driven films including foreign-language acquisitions and documentaries. In 2007, Paramount Vantage co-produced No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood with Miramax Films. It seems that Paramount Vantage produce many Thriller films with horrific scenes such as Babel, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, The Kite Runner, There Will be Blood, Defiance, The Eye, The Duchess and Revolutionary Road. Twisted Pictures
Twisted Pictures is a production company, mainly creating films of the horror genre. It gained wide attention through the production of the Saw series. The Saw Series was co-produced with Lions Gate Entertainment, the Saw series was the highest earned film with Twisted Pictures however they have made other films like Dead Silence, Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Tortured and Chain Letter.
Miramax Films
Miramax Films is an art-house/independent film production company that both produced 
and distributed films including foreign films over its 31-year history. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax Films has produced many different genres of films such as Romantic Comedies She's All That and Bridget Jones Diary, the Crime genre like Kill Bill vol. 1 and vol.2 and the Thriller genre such as There will be blood and No Country for Old Men with Paramount Vanatge and Comedy like Adventureland and Smart People. Miramax Films has a very broad range of films and that stands out from the other Production Companies.
After researching Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount Vanage, Twisted Pictures and Miramax Films I find that most production companies mainly stick to one genre. Lions Gate Entertainment main genre is Thriller, Paramount Vantage main genre is Drama and Twisted Pictures is all horror films. However, Miramax Films is the only production company where I can not see that there is one main genre as all of the films have very broad genres. I have decided that the title of our production company should sound professional and I feel that we should call our production company some thing relevant to the Thriller/Horror genre as we can say that our production company could target many Thriller/Horror films as the popularity of Thriller/Horror films are increasing.
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