20th Century Fox is one of the major American film studios founded in 1935 and known for blockbuster films such as Avatar, Star Wars, and the Chronicles of Narnia. Warner Bros is a global media company and producer/distributor of popular films across genres including Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, and The Hangover. Hammer Films is a British studio best known for Gothic horror films from the 1950s-1970s such as The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula.

1. INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
• 20TH CENTURY FOX IS A FILM CORPORATION WHICH IS ONE OF THE 6 MAJOR AMERICAN
FILM STUDIOS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1935 HAND HAS BECOME THE MOST
RECOGNIZED FILM INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD. THE STUDIO IS A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWS
CORPORATION, THE MEDIA CONGLOMERATE OWNED BY RUPERT MURDOCH. SOME OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL FILMS CREATED BY 20TH CENTURY FOX ARE: AVATAR/ STAR WARS/
SPEED & THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. THE MAJORITY OF POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL
FILMS THAT 20TH CENTURY FOX CREATED ARE COMEDY AN FAMILY GENRE FILMS, FOR
EXAMPLE: ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS/ DOCTOR DO-LITTLE/ NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM AND
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID. AS I AM PRODUCING A HORROR FILM I HAVE TO RESEARCH
WEATHER 20TH CENTURY FOX WOULD BE A SUITABLE INSTITUTION TO PRODUCE MY FILM
WITH.

2. INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
• WARNER BROS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MAIN FILM STUDIOS BASED IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. WARNER
BROS IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, LICENSING AND MARKETING OF
ALL FORMS OF CREATIVE CONTENT AND THEIR RELATED BUSINESSES, ACROSS ALL CURRENT AND EMERGING
MEDIA AND PLATFORMS. SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR FILMS CREATED BY WARNER BROS FOX ARE: HARRY
POTTER(PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS), VALENTINE’S DAY(DISTRIBUTERS), SEX AND THE CITY(DISTRIBUTERS),
THE HANGOVER(PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTERS), THE DARK KNIGHT(PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS) AND
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE(DISTRIBUTORS). WARNER BROS PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE A VARIETY OF FILMS IN
DIFFERENT GENRES, FROM COMEDY, ROMANCE, FANTASY, ADVENTURE, ACTION AND HORROR. WARNER BROS
ARE DEDICATED TO PRODUCING A VARIETY OF FILMS TO SUIT DIFFERENT TYPE OF AUDIENCE AND IN MY CASE
MOST OF MY FAVORITE FILM HAVE BEEN MADE MY WARNER BROS. TO HELP ME WITH MY RESEARCH ON WHAT
INSTITUTION WOULD SUIT BEST TO CREATE MY HORROR FILM I HAVE TO RESEARCH WHAT HORROR FILMS
WARNER BROS HAVE CREATED AND WEATHER THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT. AFTER RESEARCHING WHAT
HORROR MOVIE WARNER BROS HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING I COMPARED IT TO 20TH
CENTURY FOX AND NOTICED THAT WARNER BROTHERS HAD PRODUCED MORE WELL-KNOWN AND SUCCESSFUL
HORROR FILMS THAN 20TH CENTURY FOX HAS OVER THE YEARS.

3. INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
• HAMMER IS A FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED IN THE UK. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1934, THE COMPANY IS BEST
KNOWN FOR A SERIES OF GOTHIC HORROR FILMS PRODUCED BETWEEN THE MID-1950S UNTIL THE 1970S. I
WANTED TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON A BRITISH FILM COMPANY TO THEN BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT TO MY
PREVIOUS AMERICAN. WHEN LOOKING FOR A BRITISH COMPANY TO RESEARCH I CAME ACROSS HAMMER FILMS.
HAMMER FILMS WAS A GREAT INSTITUTION TO USE AS THEY ARE FOCUS ALL THEIR PRODUCTION OF HORROR
FILMS. SOME OF THEIR BEST PRODUCED AND WELL-KNOWN FILMS ARE: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN(1957),
DRACULA(1958), THE MUMMY(1959) AND THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA(1962). COMPARING THIS BRITISH
INSTITUTION WITH THE FOUR PREVIOUS AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS, HAMMER IS DECENTLY A SMALLER FILM
COMPANY THAN THE OTHERS. 20TH CENTURY FOX/ WARNER BROS/ UNIVERSAL & LIONSGATE ARE ALL HUGE
SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BEEN RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY FOR A LONG TIME, UNLIKE HAMMER.
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN COMPANIES AND HAMMER IS THAT HAMMER IS BETTER
WHEN PRODUCING IMPENDENT FILMS AND THE AMERICAN COMPANIES ALWAYS PRODUCE MAINSTREAM
FILMS. ALSO HAMMER FILMS ONLY FOCUSES ON PRODUCING HORROR FILMS UNLIKE THE BIG AMERICAN
INSTITUTION THEY CREATE A VARIETY OF GENRES TO PLEASE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUDIENCE.