Monday, 13 October 2014

Film Companies - Big and Small


Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.., an entertainment company, creates, produces, markets, distributes, and licenses various forms of entertainment and their related businesses across various media and platforms in the United States and internationally. The company specializes in various entertainment activities, including feature films, television, home entertainment/DVD, animation, product and brand licensing, interactive entertainment, comic books, digital distribution, video games, international cinemas, and broadcasting. It also develops and produces musicals and other stage productions for the studio; and operates an online store. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California with a network of offices and agents in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Warner Communications Inc. Warner Bros. have various branches of the company; Warner Bros Consumer Products, Warner Bros Theatre Ventures, Warner Bros Pictures International and Warner Bros International Cinemas. They also own DC Entertainment and MAD Magazine.

Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first production was a television drama film called Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. Before 1998, the company was known as FilmFour International or Channel Four Films, later it was re-branded as FilmFour. The small company cut its budget and staff significantly in 2002, due to mounting losses. They have co-produced films such as '12 Years A Slave', '127 Hours' and '20,000 Days On Earth'. The company co-produce most of their firms with other larger companies, and rarely produce on their own.