Film Production Companies

Dreamworks Animation.
Dreamworks is an american animation studio which is based in California. The company create animated films, TV programmes and onpline virtual worlds. Thpe compang have released 2 feature films such as Shrek, Madagascar, Kungfu panda and Monsters vs Aliens.  The feature films produced have made $12 billion worldwide. Steven Spielberg is a founder of Dreamworks studios. The logo of the company is a boy fishing from the moon. This connotes the films produced are mainly aimed at younger audience or family material. This is because the boy in the logo could be the same age as the viewers. This is believed to be Hollywood's golden age. As the company became larger and more popular, they producers felt the logo needed an update. At first, the logo was drawn but then it got decided it should be updated on computers to make it more graphical. Clouds and a range of more colours were added in. This gave the logo an illusion of depth. The colours were made more bright in order for it to stand out.

20th Century Fox.
This production film company was founded in 1935 by merger of fix film corporation which was founded in 1915. This company is one of the 6 major film studios. This company has distributed successful films such as Avatar, Ice Age and the Fantastic Four. Popular TV programmes have also been distributed such as Family guy and How I met your mother! Between 1935-1966, the logo was created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame by frame. Over the years the logo was then modified several times. Between 1994-2010, the logo had been updated with failed attempts. However this time, computers were used to help make it graphical and detailed. The logo colour is gold. This can suggest the company is expensive and powerful as gold is a strong colour and worth a lot of money. There are also show lights which represent the company as popular and drawing people in as it emphasises the company name by the lights shining around it.

Warner Bros (WB)
Warner bros is an American producer of film, TV and music entertainment. The name of the company is after the 4 founders. Films produced by this company are Harry Potter and Superman returns. The WB logo first appeared in 1948. During the early years the background consisted of painted clouds, later the logo was superimposed. Three different cloud backgrounds have been used. These include two painted versions, and a ‘live action’ version featuring real clouds. The “Presents” lettering below the shield is identical to the lettering of the previous logos used. The logo consists of a shield. The shield is broad and they are represented as strong which could represent the company as strong and broad. 

Universal studios.

Universal studios are another popular company with the film industry. The company was founded in April 1912. This is an American film studio owned by Comcast. This is one of Hollywood's big six film studios. The company did not use an on screen logo until the year 1914. The logo consists of an image of the world. This supports the fact the films made are for people around the world. The logo starts of black then bright yellow lights shine of from the earth. The camera moved across and zooms out with the world spinning whilst the title Universal studios swipe across into the screen. The outline if the logo is gold. This can connote the companies power as they are large and made a lot of money over the years. The earth can also connote the company have plenty of viewers as the world is a big place. The background is dark with silver stars. This makes the actually logo and title stand out. Non diegetic music is added in. The music is dramatic which sound like trumpets are used. These instruments are usually used to announce something whereas for the film it gets the viewer ready for excitement. 

The breakfast club title sequence.

The breakfast club.

I found this title sequence on YouTube. The teen angst film I chose is 1 minute and 42 seconds long. The music played the whole way through is laid back and upbeat at a medium pace. This flows well with the age audience as it shows of how active young people can be.

00:00 – The background is grey with cracks looking like a pavement or wall.

00:01 – Shoes from the top left move into the middle of the screen followed by another pair of trainers at the bottom. The toes of the shoes are pointing to the middle to show the bright orange title saying ‘AN A&M FILMS CHANNEL PRODUCTION’. This is also when the (non-diegetic) music starts.

00:04- The title fades out. The background and images stay the same.

00:06- The next title, A JOHN HUGHES FILM, fades in. the same colour and font has been used. The words are in capitals with a blocky formed font.

00:07- The trainers move away from the shot. The title is still on the screen but fades onto the background at 00:09.

00:10- The background changes into a chalkboard with a green background with white, curly font which is more formal saying the breakfast club. The font and colours have changed to show it is the title of the film. The title fades into this background from the previous shot.

00:16- Slide changes into a light yellow/brown wooden table as a background.

00:17-A grocery bag appears by swiping in on the right side of the screen. The bag includes an apple, banana and a sandwich. A can appears on the top left corner at the same time.

0:19- ‘Starring (in alphabetical order) Emilio Estevez.’  This is the next title shown. The font changes into a smaller size with mixed capital letters. The colour is changed to red. The middle left of the screen is where the title is placed. A picture of a character is placed on the top right captioned ‘The athlete’.

00:22- 2 folders appear on the screen. They are named ‘Andrew Clark’ and ‘Brian Johnson’. When the folders come on, they push everything else off the screen.

00:23- Paul Gleason appears on the folder. The font is red with bigger font size.

00:24- Pencils swipe in. A picture of a principle pointing also appears.

00:25- Title Paul fades quickly.

00:26-A notebook and paper appear from the left swiping everything off the screen.

00:28- Anthony Michael Hall appears on left middle with same font and colour. Black sunglasses appear underneath the title.

00:30- Picture captioned ‘The brain’ comes onto note paper.

00:32- Blue gloves come from the left bottom and ‘cleans’ by pushing everything off the page.

00:33- John Kapelos is the next title. It is in the same place, same font and colour.

00:35- The gloves wipe the name off the background with picture on the right saying ‘Janitor’. The gloves represent the character well.

00:37- Eat my shorts appear. This is a different font. It looks like it has been carved into the table. The colour is darker with mixed font sizes. A picture overlaps the old picture saying ‘the criminal’.

00:39- Cigarettes appear on the page next to title ‘Judd Nelson’. This title is placed in the same location as the other titles.

00:40- Each object/ words move off the page in different directions one by one.

00:45- Lipstick appears on the bottom left. This shows a female character. The picture is captioned with ‘The princess’.

00:45- Title saying Molly Ringwald. Same place with font.

00:47- Everything on the left side swipes off. A new notepad overlaps the picture and objects on the right of the screen.

00:50- Ally Sheedy is another title which appears. Another picture is on the screen captioned ‘The basket case’. A pen and pencil are located on bottom left of screen.

00:54- Picture moves out as well as the title of name. Eat my shorts appears again, same font at before and it appears on the top of the screen.

00:56- The title ‘Casting by’ is in small font whereas ‘Jack Burch’ is bigger. There is a picture of 5 people in the same place where the pictures have always been.

00:58- The title, Casting… fades out.

00:59- Costume designer Marilyn Vance. This title fades in.

01:00- A new picture overlaps the old picture. It is another group photo.

01:02- Costume designer title fades out. A folder appears at the bottom right of screen.

01:04- Production supervisor Richard Hashimoto appears. Same place as before. A picture of 1 person jumps in.

01:06- Title fades out.

01:08- Executive producers Gil Friesen and Andrew Meyer appear. Same place and font. Picture jumps in from bottom right of 2 people.

01:10- Title fades out. Grocery/lunch bag appears again like at the beginning.

01:12- Music composed and supervised by Keith Forsey. A picture of a person holding something musical is also on the screen.

01:13- Title fades.

01:14- The notepad appears covering place of title.

01:16- Title- Edited by Dede Allen A.C.E. picture is also added.

01:17- Same glasses re appear under the title.

01:19- Title fades out.

01:20- Production designer appears second on the screen whilst John W Corso appears first by fading into the screen.

01:25- Title- Director of photography Thomas Delruth. Scene is the same whilst dice roll in onto the background.

01:27- Title fades out; lipstick appears again from the middle bottom.

01:28- Title- Produced by Ned Tanen and John Hughes. New picture comes in. (font and pictures are in the same place the whole way through.)

01:32- Coffee is put on the top left corner. Title fades.

01:33- The picture added is of the title from the beginning ‘the breakfast club’ swipes in from bottom right.

01:35- Cigarettes jumps onto the page as before.

01:37- Letter appears on the page.

01:42- The background fades into the beginning of the film.