Paramount

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios. The film 'Mean Girls' which is one of my biggest inspirations for my film genre was distributed by paramount, so I am going to use this production and distribution company to release my film.

Newline Cinema

New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner Bros. in 2008. I choose to research New line as 'The notebook' was distributed with this independent film studio in 2004.

Miramax Films

Here are some films that I have found that were produced and distributed by Miramax films. I have picked certain films out that are more similar to my genre, chick flicks and comedy. I think that I may use miramax films for the production and disribution of my film as they are a leading worldwide film and television studio with a library of more than 700 motion pictures.  Miramax sells directly and licenses its titles globally through strategic partnerships with Lionsgate, Studiocanal and most recently Netflix. Collectively, the Miramax library has received 284 Academy Award nominations and 68 Oscars, including four Best Picture Awards. 

Shall We Dance (2004) 

A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

Jersey Girl (2004) 

After his career is sidelined from an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup, a single man must take care of his precocious daughter.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

In November 1958, the American teenager Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana. Her father is an executive of Ford expatriated to Cuba, and Katey is an excellent high school senior student that misses her friends.

     Twin Sisters (2002)

Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.

Production

This lesson I have been researching different production companies and trying to find one that is suitable for my own trailer. Up to now 'Miramax' is one of my initial ideas as it specialises in a range of genres, I will carry on my research for my production company next lesson.

Analysing Inspiring Trailers

I am now going to research different 'chick flick' trailers for inspiration. I am going to use the website http://www.imdb.com/ to view the trailers. This will hopefully influence me for my own film trailer.

Mean Girls

The first trailer I am going to analyse is ‘Mean Girls’ which is an American film directed by Mark Waters in 2004. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, which is a well known American actress. I decided to analyze this film as it is a very well known ‘chick flick’ that has a lot of aspects of comedy. When thinking about a chick flick I always think of ‘Mean Girls’, ‘The Notebook’ ect. The film has inspired me in the way there is a lot of drama going on which brings comedy into the film. The trailer of the film is very enticing and full of laughter. This trailer is full of different camera shots and different scenes of the film which I think works well as the more of the film you watch the more you want to go and see the film. Each clip of different scenes didn’t drag or last to long, so I also think the timing of the trailer is good. Overall, I think the trailer is successful, Although, I do think there needs to be more sub titles on the trailer as there are only the producers and the name of the film. I think the way they have left the name of the film until the end of the trailer is conventional as people will watch the whole of the trailer to find out what the film is called.

Mean Girls Trailer:  http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi345571609/

The Notebook  

The second trailer I have chose to analyze is ‘The Notebook’, I decided to do this as it is one of my favorite ‘chick flicks’. Even though this is a romantic ‘chick flick’ I am very inspired by the trailer. There are a lot of short clips used and different scenes in the film that get you really enticed in the film. I also like the fact there is a voice over through the trailer telling you things that are happening in the film, I think this is effective as it gives you a clue what to expect. Although, I think this trailer is really enticing and shows a lot of romance I want my trailer to consist of more comedy. I will take some aspects of the trailer to use in my own such as the camera shots and the timing between each scenes.

‘The Notebook’ Trailer:

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2650210585/

A Cinderella Story

I think this trailer is successful in the way it has a lot of comedy that is consisted throughout the trailer but I do think that the film trailer should be a little longer as this trailer doesn't really show the audience what the film is about, I also think the trailer feels a bit rushed. On the other hand, I like the way they have a narrator talking about the film as this helps to find out what the film is about. Also, I like the music that is played at the end of the trailer as this is a typical 'chick flick' with romantic music. I like how the film comes across really girly and I think this will attract the target audeince well.   

A Cinderella Story Trailer:

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1152647449/