Our film company YRS Entertainment created a psychological horror film titled "Opening Title Sequence" based on the manga Death Note. The film involves three college students where one student finds a notebook that can kill people by writing their names. This inspires one student, Jenny, to start killing criminals but her actions are stopped. Given the horror genre and inspiration from manga/Japanese films, potential distributors for our film include Adult Swim, Mad House Productions, Manga Entertainment, and A24. These companies specialize in distributing similar genre films and have experience with Japanese source material.

1. EVALUATION
QUESTION III:
What kind of media institution might distribute your
media product and why?

2. Our OpeningTitle Sequence.
Our film genre is a psychological-horror based on film which is about three college students, the two best friends living together in a rented
apartment. However, one of the students in the college figured out that there was a person that were using the strange ‘notebook’ that killed people
off in seconds, by writing their names in the notebook. Jenny took this chance to write the names off of criminals that she thought they ‘ruined this
peaceful world’ and thinking this was a good thing to do because she wanted to be the Queen of the Earth, with no crimes. However, that one
student knew this was not okay and took the chance to kidnap her closest person- which was her best friend Kelly- then threatened Jenny to ‘bring
the book or she would kill her friend’. The frightened Jenny looked over at the notebook in wonder of what to do and gave the book back to get her
best friend back. This story was based off of the inspiration by the Japanese comic/manga ‘Death Note’, it also have TV Series and Film Series.
Additionally, the camera

3. We have created our own film company that goes by the name ‘YRS Entertainment’ or ‘YRS Productions’. As
we last time referred about this back in our film pitch presentation
(can be viewed on: https://foundationportfolioinmediabyya.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/film-pitch-presentation-
video.html ). We used this opportunity to explore and experience on how it would be like to create your own
film company, this means that we could use our own unique way of editing, shooting and storyline through
the use of a comic story based (since our storyline was based off of a Japanese comic manga called ‘Death
Note’). We thought this would be a cool thing to start off with a story idea because all the members in our
group had an interest in Japanese cultures and their art styles are very unique that we thought teenagers or
young adults would of liked it as well. However, not only we research on these type of genre but also focused
onto the American horror films. The examples of films that I could give would be The Boy (2016), The Blair
Witch Project (1999) and The Conjuring (2013); these films gave us the idea of the kidnapping scene which we
conduct this to best friends being separated from each other. In other words, the experience of creating our
own film company was, so far, very enjoyable and challenging for us since we had hard times of thinking of a
logo to create, what our film genre would be like and how are we able to send this to box-offices.
Our own Film Entertainment/Production.

4. There may be many examples of both American, British and even some Japanese film companies/productions that
have the choices to distribute throughout our group’s opening title sequence. However, we took the decision to
make our own film company instead and have a distributor that already exists. However, the following slides will be
about different film companies or cooparations as we mention these because it helped me with making a decision on
who should distribute our film sequence as we have our own film company as our base.
Film Companies All AroundTheWorld

5. Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by the
Channel Four Television Corporation, that screens films. It offers films in standard definition free of
charge
Film4

6. Eon Productions (an abbreviation of Everything or Nothing) is a British film production company
that produces the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also
operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom.
Eon Productions

7. Adult Swim is a programming block of the American cable network Cartoon Network that operates at
night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Eastern and Pacific Time. It is programmed by Williams Street
Productions, a subsidiary of Turner, which also developed two prior television programming blocks seen
on Cartoon Network: Toonami (which later became a block on Adult Swim in 2012) and Miguzi, which
gets its name from a phrase used by public swimming pools in the United States to label designated
times when children are restricted from using the facilities in favor of adults.
Adult Swim

8. MADHOUSE Inc. is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 1972 by ex–Mushi Pro animators, including
Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, andYoshiaki Kawajiri.
Mad House Productions (MADHOUSE)

9. Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensee, and distributor of Japanese animation in the United
States and United Kingdom, owned by Lions Gate Entertainment. It also co-produces several anime
series, including Ghost in the Shell, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Highlander: The Search for
Vengeance and Eon Kid,[2] usually through financial contributions toward production costs. It was
established in 1991 by Andy Frain, who was the Managing Director of Island World Communications; a
subsidiary at the time of Chris Blackwell and John Heyman's Island World Group. In June 1994 Marvin
Gleicher established Manga Entertainment Inc, the North American division with Chris Blackwell. In
1995, Marvin Gleicher replaced Frain and took over all worldwide operations until its sale in 2005. It
has also played a part in dubbing anime, when it is not sub-licensing a production that has already
been licensed by another company (e.g., Akira, licensed and redubbed by Geneon in 2001, Bounty
Dog, and Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis). It is also the designated home video distributor for the
Pokémon franchise in the UK, including some of the movies (among them Pokémon: The First
Movie).[3]
Manga Entertainment

10. VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese-American manga, anime, and entertainment company headquartered in
San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro
Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese
publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro).
VIZ Media
There is also VIZ Media Europe is the European version of the original VIZ Media
Japanese and American company.

11. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (known professionally as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony
Pictures and abbreviated as SPE) is an American entertainment company that produces, acquires and
distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs and recorded videos)
through multiple platforms. It operates as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is the parent
company for both the music and motion picture businesses of Sony Corporation.[2][3] Based in Culver
City, California, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its
group sales in the fiscal year 2015 (April 2015-March 2016) has been reported to be of $8.3 billion.[1]
Sony Pictures is one of Hollywood's major film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association
of America.[4][5]
Sony Pictures' film franchises include The Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, Men in Black,
Underworld, Resident Evil, Robert Langdon,The Smurfs, and many more.
Sony Pictures Entertainment

12. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (known as Columbia Pictures and Columbia, and formerly CBC Film
Sales Corporation) is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member
of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group,[1] a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary
of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.[2]
What would eventually become Columbia Pictures, CBC Film Sales Corporation, was founded on June 19,
1918 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt.[3][4] It adopted the Columbia Pictures name
in 1924, and went public two years later. Its name is derived from "Columbia", a national personification
of the United States, which is used as the studio's logo.[citation needed] In its early years, it was a minor
player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director
Frank Capra. With Capra and others, Columbia became one of the primary homes of the screwball
comedy. In the 1930s, Columbia's major contract stars were Jean Arthur and Cary Grant. In the 1940s, Rita
Hayworth became the studio's premier star and propelled their fortunes into the late 1950s. Rosalind
Russell,Glenn Ford, and William Holden also became major stars at the studio.
It is one of the leading film studios in the world, and is a member of the "Big Six" major American film
studios. It was one of the so-called "Little Three" among the eight major film studios of Hollywood's
Golden Age.[5]Today, it has become the world's fifth largest major film studio.
Columbia Pictures

13. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (abbreviated as MGM or M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and
distribution of feature films and television programs.
Once the largest, most glamorous, and most revered film studio, MGM was founded in 1924 when the
entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B.
Mayer Pictures.[3][page needed][4] Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California. It is one of the world's oldest
film studios. In 1971, it was announced that MGM would merge with 20th Century Fox, a plan which never came
into fruition.[5] Over the next thirty-nine years, the studio was bought and sold at various points in its history
until, on November 3, 2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[6][7][8] MGM emerged from bankruptcy on
December 20, 2010, at which time the executives of Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum,
became co-Chairmen and co-CEOs of the holding company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
As of 2017, MGM co-produces, co-finances, and co-distributes a majority of its films with Sony Pictures
Entertainment,[10][11] which is not exclusive as MGM has partnered on select films with Paramount
Pictures[12][13] and Warner Bros.
MGM Resorts International, a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol "MGM",[14] is not currently affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

14. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (colloquially known as Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Pictures and for
a time trading as Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.[6]) is an American entertainment company, film studio
and film distributor that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank, California. It is
one of the "Big Six" major American film studios. The company's name originated from the four
founding Warner brothers (born Wonskolaser or Wonsal before Anglicization):[7][8] Harry, Albert, Sam,
and Jack Warner. They emigrated as young children with their parents to Canada from Krasnosielc
which was located in the part of Congress Poland that had been subjugated to the Russian Empire
following the eighteenth-century Partitions of Poland near present-day Ostrołęka.
Warner Bros. Entertainment

15. Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known as Paramount Pictures and simply Paramount) is an
American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media
conglomerate Viacom since 1994. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world,[2] the
second oldest in the United States, and the sole member of the "Big Six" film studios still located in the
Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor contracted 22 actors and
actresses and honored each with a star on the logo. These fortunate few would become the first "movie
stars."[3] In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its
films in digital form only.[4]
Paramount Pictures

16. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (known as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation with a
hyphen from 1935 until 1985, professionally as 20th Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox or simply
known as Fox) is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox. It is one of the Big Six
major American film studios and is located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly
Hills.The studio was formerly owned by News Corporation.
20th Century Fox is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America.[1] In 2015, 20th Century
Fox celebrated its 80th anniversary as a studio.
20th Century Fox

17. Universal Pictures (also referred to as Universal Studios or simply Universal) is an American film
studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly
owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.[1] The company was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark
Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley,
Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, and is the oldest surviving film studio in the United
States, the world's fourth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé and Nordisk Film, and the oldest in terms
of the overall film market[citation needed]. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and
its corporate offices are located in New York City. Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA) and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" studios.
Universal Pictures

18. Walt Disney Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney
Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The subsidiary is based at the Walt Disney Studios in
Burbank, California, and is the main producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios
unit.[2] It took on its current name in 1983. Today, in conjunction with the other units of Walt Disney
Studios, Walt Disney Pictures is classified as one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios.[3][4] Animated
films such as those produed by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also
released under this brand.
Pirates of the Caribbean is the studio's most successful franchise, with two of its sequels, released in
2006 and 2011, earning over $1 billion in worldwide box office gross.[5]
Nearly all of Walt Disney Pictures' releases are distributed theatrically byWalt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures, through home media platforms via Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and through
television syndication by Disney–ABC DomesticTelevision.
Walt Disney Pictures

19. A24 is an American independent entertainment company founded on August 20, 2012[3] by Daniel Katz,
David Fenkel, and John Hodges and based in New York City. It specializes in film production, finance,
television production and distribution.
Katz, Fenkel and Hodges prior to A24 worked in film and production, before leaving to pursue the
company, which was originally A24 Films. Moderately starting out in 2013 with A Glimpse Inside the Mind
of Charles Swan III, the company's growth started with the release of Spring Breakers later that year. Their
existence became well-known with Room, The Witch and Ex Machina, and has grown substantially since
then. They entered into deals with DirecTV Cinema and Amazon Prime later in 2013, with some films
distributed through them, and the name was shortened to A24 in 2016.
As of February 2017, their films have been nominated for Academy Awards fourteen times. In 2016, A24's
films won Academy Awards for Best Actress (Brie Larson in Room), Best Visual Effects (Ex Machina), and
Best Documentary Feature (Amy). In 2017, their production Moonlight won a Golden Globe Award for Best
Motion Picture – Drama and was nominated for eight Oscars, winning Best Picture (the first such award
for the company), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). A24's television
division releasedThe Carmichael Show.
A24