Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Universal Pictures

Universal pictures:

Universal Pictures is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal

Universal Studios was founded by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane[a] and Jules Brulatour. 

  • Early years.
  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
  • Keeping leadership of the studio in the family.
  • The Laemmles lose control.
  • Universal-International and Decca Records takes control.
  • MCA takes over.
  • Matsushita, Seagram, Vivendi and NBCUniversal.
  • Comcast era (2011–present)

  • 4th oldest film studio
  • Drastic world is their largest film

Film poster cliches:

  • Film posters are down to the distributer to create not the company which makes the film. 
  • Film posters are often similar as the audience can predict what sort of film genre they will be- therefore a convention 

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