Production Company - 20th Century Fox

Production Companies

For the thriller opening that is going to be created we need an ident to be shown that we make so the audience know which film corporation we have used. The film corporation that should be used for our thriller is ‘20th Century Fox’.

‘20th Century Fox’ was founded in 1935 on May the 31st by the merger of the ‘Fox Film Corporation’ in 1915 and the ‘20th Century pictures, Inc.’ which was founded in 1932. The founders are Joseph M. Schenck, Darryl F. Zanuck and William Fox. ‘20th Century Fox’s’ headquarters is in Fox Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles in the United States with Jim Giannopoulos being the chairman and CEO. From having a few owners, Independent in 1935 to 1985, news Corporation from 1985 to 2013 and now the 21st Century Fox to present.

‘20th Century Fox’ has many divisions for all of the films they produce. These divisions are:

·         20th  Century Fox Animation

·         Fox Searchlight Pictures

·         Fox Digital Studios

·         Fox 2000 Pictures

·         Fox Animation Studios

·         Fox Atomic

·         Fox Interactive

20^th Century Fox Production Company films:

·         X-men: Days of Future Past

·         Avatar

·         Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

·         Ice Age

·         Die Hard

·         Titanic

·         The Maze Runner

·         Let’s Be Cops

·         The Day after Tomorrow

·         Star Wars

·         Hitman

·         Marley and Me

·         Pathfinder

·         Transporter

·         The Fault in Our Stars

·         Devils Due

·         The A-Team

They have made over 390 films and over half of which are thrillers.

‘20^th Century Fox’s’ ident is so easily recognised and well-remembered. Most of the films that we see show an ident at the beginning before the film begin its opening titles, as well as just having a picture, ‘20^th Century Fox’ has a theme tune that is memorable and when the audience hears it they know what it is representing. 

The ident that ‘20^th Century Fox’ have, created by a company called ‘Blue Sky Studios’. The first film the new logo was released was through Avatar, and celebrated their 75^th Anniversary in 2010.

‘20^th Century Fox’s’ ident is strong as it has contrasting colours from the blacks to yellows. It stands out more because of the lights that is making it look like something significant and that it should be lit up like a main feature. It has a background of a sky, like most other idents it shows that it is bigger than everything else, implying to how big the company is as well as how well known it is. It also resembles a classical building showing how significant the films they make can be as well as being popular so many people watch their films and they make memorable films just like a classical building is memorable.

I would use ‘20^th Century Fox’ as an ident for the thriller that we are going to create as
it is well known to everyone and if they saw it they would know what it is. ‘20^th Century Fox’ produce all different types of genres of films, for example, Ice Age a children’s film to Die Hard a well-known older generations film, therefore knowing that they support all types of films that have a target audience of everyone. Our Thriller film would suit the company and people know that they create well made films just knowing by how many they have sold as when people see the ident they know that it is a big company that makes really good films.

I chose ‘20^th Century Fox’ as the thrillers that they have released have been very successful.