Thursday 27 February 2014

New Topic - The big six film companies -

The Big 6 studios which control 90% of all films are :
.Warner Brothers
.Paramount
.20th century fox
.Walt Disney Pictures
.Columbia Pictures
.Universal Pictures

Universal pictures is owned by Comcast who are the largest telecoms company in the US. They also own Universal parks and resort as well as providing internet service and phone lines.  They also own a number of channels show in america.

Columbia Pictures was founded in 1918, and began to grow in Hollywood, they were briefly owned by Coca Cola but now are owned by Sony Pictures entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment which is a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. Sony own a number of companies like Naughty dog (video game developers ) Music centre incorporated, EMI Music Publishing and many many more.

Walt Disney Pictures was founded in 1923 and are currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. Nearly all of Walt Disney Pictures releases are distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture. Walt Disney Company own many many other companies including Lucas Films, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and many more.

20th Century fox was founded in 1915 and is currently owned by News corp who also own 21st century fox. News Corp own companies such as Sky, Fox Daily Telegraphy and many more.

Warner Brothers Entertainment was found in 1903 and is currently owned by Time warner. Warner brothers are a member of the motion picture association of america. Time Warner own HBO the a amercian TV channel, also own Time inc, IPC media and many more
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Paramount Pictures was founded in 1911, and is currently owned by Viacom. Paramount pictures are one of the highest grossing movie studios of all time and in 2014 become the first hollywood studio to release all their films in digital only. Viacom own many companies such as MTV films, nickelodeon movies, Atom entertainment and many more.

Having only 6 big movie studios in hollywood has got positives and negatives. Some of the positives are that we can watch high budget films that are good quality, whereas if we just had loads of little companies they would not have the money for a high budget. The big companies have also more time to produce their film and train people. Some negative are the people that own the companies chooses what they want us to see which sometimes means their views on things also because there are only 6 big companies we often see the same type of film over and over again 

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