Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (or Lionsgate) is a Canadian-American entertainment company. The company was formed inVancouver, British Columbia, on July 3, 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of November 2013, it is the most commercially successful mini major film and television distribution company in North America and the seventh most profitable movie studio. Lionsgate Films is not to be confused with Robert Altman's former company, Lion's Gate Films, although both names refer to the same Vancouver landmark, the Lions Gate bridge.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Lionsgate) was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra and Avi Federgreen with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson.

The distribution of selected recent non-in-house films for pay-per-view and on-demand are under the supervision of NBCUniversal Television Distribution under Universal Pictures (Universal formerly held home video and television rights to many of the early Lionsgate films), while all others (particularly the in-house films) are distributed for both cable and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division.

On September 13, 2010, Lionsgate and Televisa formed a joint venture, Pantelion Films, to produce for the next five years eight to 10 films a year targeted for the U.S. Latino market. Lions Gate sold off its Canadian distribution unit, Maple Pictures, in September 2011 to Alliance Films.

On December 23, 2013, Lions Gate announced they have crossed over $1 billion domestically and internationally for the 2nd year in a row with the success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Now You See Me, Instructions Not Included, and Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain.

Paramount Pictures.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of US media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible and the Universe series.

Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world after Gaumont Film Company (1895), Pathé (1896), Nordisk Film, (1906), and Universal Studios. It is the last major film studiostill headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.

Paramount Pictures is noteworthy for having three films that have surpassed the $1-billion-mark in worldwide box office sales:

·         Titanic (1997; $2,186,800,000)

·         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011; $1,123,794,079)

·         Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014; $1,065,153,989)

In 2006, Paramount became the parent of DreamWorks SKG. Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment II soon afterwards acquired controlling interest in the live-action films released through September 16, 2005, the latest film in this package was Just Like Heaven. The remaining live-action films through March 2006 remained under direct Paramount control. However, Paramount does own distribution (and other ancillary) rights to the Soros/Dune films.

Filming Attempt 3

Two days after our second day of filming we were back on location to complete this stage of the process.

Filming Attempt 2

 Some time after our failure that was day one of filming, we resolved that we would film our project not at some abandoned house that may or may not exist, but at Bill and Matt's house. The house suits the criteria of looking old and creepy, while also having the advantage of not taking hours to get to.

  So we set out with camera and costume to finally begin filming the scenes that would later become our opening two minutes.

By the time we were done for the day, we had filmed the establishing shot and the hallway scene; we were around halfway done.

Monster Makeup

Based on the tutorials and examples we researched, Zoe applied makeup to our monster, Luke.

Questinoaire results

Results to the questionnaire

Participant 1

1. fantasy horror
2. blood, gore, death
3. all of the above
4. average
5. friends or alone
6. anything creepy
7. sometimes
8. sometimes
9. clowns
10. nightmare on elm street (original)

Participant 2

1. paranormal
2. characters who are relateable, good story line
3. dumb blond
4. excited
5. siblings, friends
6. asylum
7. sometimes
8. maybe
9. old people
10. cabin in the woods

Participant 3

1. zombie, paranormal
2. gore, intensity, suspension
3. black guy dies first, ignorant jock
4. gripping
5. anyone
6. old house/abandoned
7. sometimes
8. yes
9. creepy little children, old woman
10. insidious

Participant 4

1. paranormal
2. jumpscares
3. ignorant person
4. nervous
5. friends
6. hospital
7. no
8. no
9. creepy little girl
10. none in particular

Participant 5

1. zombie
2. gore, blood, creepy characters, jumpscares
3. all of the above
4. scared
5. friends, siblings
6. forest
7. no
8. no
9. creepy little girls, old woman
10. the conjuring

Music Research

  We want to achieve a very specific mood with our music. We need it to feel scary, tense and creepy, but not overly loud or attention-drawing. It's also important that the music is copyright free, and luckily there's a large amount of copyright-free horror music available online. Below are some candidates for the non-diegetic we could use in our film.

  While these are all good, I think the best option is this:

Titles

 After researching titles, I practiced making some in Adobe Photoshop.

  The first two capture the boldness and font, while the third also introduces creepy elements. Though it looks visually pleasing, it does not get the mood perfectly right.

  After experimenting with more Photoshop filters, I came across one I thought fitted the criteria well.

  I decided this was the title we were to go with, but I wanted to push it further.

  By using varying the intensity of the filter, and animating the images in rapid succession, it makes it look like the title is 'fading in'.

Certificate research

What i might see in a 15 rated film

Any of the following:

•   strong violence
•  frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
•   portrayals of sexual activity
•   strong verbal references to sex
•   sexual nudity
•   brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
•   discriminatory language or behavior
•   drug taking

How much strong language is allowed n a 15?

In a 15 rated film there is expected to be some foul language used to make a scene seem more realistic and peoples reactions more normal. In a 15 rated film the amount of strong language you use has no limit. However usually in a 15 there is justification behind any strong language used

What about discriminatory or offensive terms?

There can be a use of homophobic or other discriminatory language, however the film must not endorse or condone any use of this language to a young audience as it will be very offensive if used by the audience members.

How much sex and nudity is allowed in a 15

in a 15 they are allowed sexual activity but usually without any strong detail. Some sex can be quite long in 15 films and there can be strong references towards sexual bbehaviour however there is no constraint on nudity in a non sexual way.

Can there be strong violence

There can be strong violence in a 15 but they are the producer and director cannot keep the camera on the injury for a prolonged period of time, e.g. being set on fire, being stabbed ETC.

Can you see drugs in a 15 rated film or video?

In a 15 rated film they can show drugs but the film must in no way encourage the usage of drugs or show the drugs being seriously misused.

What i might see in a 18 rated film

nothing is prohibited in an 18 film as adults can choose what they view because they are independent enough to know what to expect in an 18 film. violence can be very graphic, sex can be shown, drug taking can be shown and discriminatory language can be used but not been encouraged.,

18 works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:

•   very strong violence
•   frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’)
•   strong portrayals of sexual activity
•   scenes of sexual violence
•   strong horror
•   strong blood and gore
•   real sex (in some circumstances)
•   discriminatory language and behavior

Can there be strong violence?

there can be any sort of violence where they can even dwell on the infliction of pain and can show the most graphic images whenever they want

Can you see drugs in an 18?

drug taking can be shown but the movie cannot promote the usage or misuse of drugs in any sense.

What might i see in a 12 or 12A rated film?

Difference between 12 and 12A

12A requires an adult to accompany any child under 12 seeing this film, 12 means that any children 12 and over can view the movie. If a cinema allows children under 12 to view a 12A film they may lose their licence

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Will there be uses of strong language in a 12A or 12 work?

strong language such as the of strong swear words can be used but under extremely thin guidelines, this means it can only be used in a manner which is not provocative or offensive in any matter, for example they can use it in a supposed life or death situation or in a way which will make a joke more funny etc. Any strong language not used in this manner may result in the film receiving a 15 rating rather than a 12 which means the director would lose possible viewers and therefore profit on the film.

Do 12A films contain sexual behavior?

sex can be mentioned but not portrayed thoroughly, verbally jokes can be made and innuendo's implied as long as it at a young teenagers level of comedy and isn't really inappropriate

Violence in a 12 or 12A?

allowed moderate violence but isn't allowed to dwell on the infliction of pain, occasional gory moments are permitted but there is not allowed any emphasis on any injuries or blood. Weapons can be shown such as guns and bombs but weapons more capable for a young teenager to get a hold of e.g. knife are not allowed to be glamorized as they don't want to be seen promoting violence in young people.

What might i see in a PG film

PG means parental guidance so the films in general are suitable for general viewing in a cinema or at home but for younger children around 8 years old or younger they should view it with an adult

What bad language is present in a PG film?

there can be mild bad language such as "shit or son of a bitch" but anything past that will always be tough to pass as a PG film, if the language is used aggressively or there is a lot of bad language then the rating of the overall film could go up.

Violence in a PG?

there is not allowed to be violence which is too graphic, you are not allowed to dwell on any injury shown and the violence has to be mild. Themes such as bullying and or messing around with something dangerous must not be shown in a good light as the film board does not allow anything which could influence a young child's behavior. If it is found to have a negative impact on how children act then the film board might ask for a section to be removed or they might send back a higher rating then what the director wanted to pass the movie of as.

What might i see in a U?

U stands for universal and it means that pretty much any audience member can view and understand the topics raised. Children under 4 could react differently but it is impossible to know how they would react as different children react in different ways.

Bad language?

in a U film you are only allowed to use very mild bad language and very infrequently at that, for example the use of the terms "damn or hell" can only be used very rarely so that kids aren't influenced to bad mouth.

Violence?

violence will be very mild in a U with only brief fight scenes and generally a feeling of happy ever after, any moments of emotional stress or worry will be quickly resolved to keep up a light atmosphere, there may be brief scary moments but the scenes also have to balance it out with reassuring elements that everything will be fine in a minute.0