The document compares the institutions behind the high budget film Inception and the low budget film Panic Button. For Inception, the institution was Warner Bros. Pictures, a major Hollywood studio known for blockbuster films. For Panic Button, the lesser known institution was Movie Mogul Films, which has produced few films with less financial success than Warner Bros. Pictures.
3. 1) What are the main
institutions used for each of
the films? for Inception is Warner Bros. Pictures. This company is
The institutions
well known for producing some of the most greatest movies ever to be
made. Examples would be The Dark Night, Harry Potter and Superman.
The majority of people have some acknowledgement about these films
and is widely known across the world, this shows how well Warner
Bros, Pictures company has made progress and is known in the film
business.
The institution for Panic Button is Movie Mogual Films. When
researching about this company, there are not many films the company
have produced, furthermore none of the films have made as much
money as Warner Bros. Pictures has.
4. 2) How much money was used
to produce each film?
Inception which was released in 2010 cost an overall of
$160,000,000 to make.
Panic room which was released in 2011 cost an overall of
£300,000 to make.
5. 3) How much money was
made from each of the
films?
In the Opening Weekend Inception made a total of $62,785,337
(USA)
(18 July 2010) (3792 Screens)
There are no results shown about how much Panic Button made.
6. 4) How Popular are the Institutions used
for both the high budget and low budget
film?
High budget – Warner Bros. Pictures:
Warner Bros. Pictures , founded in 1918 as the studios and April 4th
, 1923 has been making excellent progress ever since then. This company
has been well known over huge amounts of years. They make incredible
amounts of money, with the major hit films made by them.
Low Budget – Movie Mogul:
When researching about this company, it seemed that Movie Mogul Films
are not well known at all, as they have only produced 4 films, which only
Panic Button is most popular. When compared to Warner Bros. There's a
huge difference in the companies.
7. 5) List the differences between the High
budget film and the low budget film in terms
of institutions
The Difference between the two type of budgets films would be….
1) Warner Bros. films have made more than triple the amount of films
than movie mogul films.
2) Warner Bros. films is a American company whereas Movie Mogul
films is British.
3) Three out of the four Movie Mogul Films are drama/thriller whereas
Warner. Bros. Films have a wider range of films made.
8. 6) List the Similarities that exist between the high
budget and low budget film in terms of the
institutions
Between the high budget and low budget films, there are
not many similarities between the companies, apart from
they have both produced thrillers. Both companies are
very different in the films they make and the money
which is made. Furthermore the two companies are
even based in other countries.
9. 7) WHAT OTHER FILM HAS THE
PRODUCTION COMPANY MADE? WERE
THESE AS SUCCESSFUL? WHY/WHY NOT?
A successful film that Warner Bros. Films has made would be
Harry Potter, it is known and liked by many people which made it
incredibly successful. Huge amounts of money was gained as
Harry Potter made it worldwide. This also boosted the recognition
of the company therefore more money could be invested to make
new hit films.
Whereas Movie Mogul have only made four films including Panic
button which as researches seemed to show are not as known as
Harry Potter. The main reason for this would mostly be, the
company just is not well known therefore audiences run low
10. 8) WHAT GENRE OF FILMS DOES THE COMPANY
USUALLY PRODUCT? IS THIS IMPORTANT WHEN
CONSIDERING WHO COULD PRODUCE YOUR FILM?
WHY?
Movie Mogul films are mostly all to do with thriller
genres, however Warner Bros. films have a wider range of
genre films, which cares for a larger proportion of audiences.
If I was to watch a film, I would choose to watch Warner Bros.
Film production as there variety is more whereas Movie Mogul
only seems to have 2 sets of genre types.
11. 9) WHAT AUDIENCES DO EACH OF THE
INSTITUTIONS AIM TO APPEAL TO? IS THIS
REFLECTED THROUGH THEIR FILM
CHOICE, OR DOES THIS VARY?
The films produced by Movie Mogul Films tends to aimed at
an older target audience as the genre of these films are
mainly drama and thriller. Whereas Warner Bros. Films
have produced films that are suitable for a wider range of
audiences.
12. 10) WHICH INSTITUTION DO YOU FEEL
OUTPERFORMS THE OTHER AND COULD CLAIM TO
BE MORE SUCCESSFUL, CONSIDERING YOUR
RESEARCH? EXPLAIN YOUR REASONS
Warner Bros. Films is extremely more successful and
defiantly outperforms Movie Mogul films. From the amount
of hit films Warner Bros. have produced its easy to see how
well the company has been doing. On the other hand Movie
Mogul films has only ever produced four films, which just by
the number of films being produced we can instantly see
that, that company is less successful compared to Warner
Bros. Films.