Company Research

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio and video. The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a partner or investor. The production company will handle: budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organisation of staff, the production itself, post production, distribution and marketing.

In the UK some of the top production companies include:

• Peapie Films- credits (Stardust, Harry Brown, Kick-Ass)
• Origin Picture- credits (The Awakening, The Crimson Petal)
• Heyday Films- credits (Harry Potter films, I am Legend, The Boy In Striped Pyjamas)
• Hammer- credits (Let Me In, Wake Wood, The Resident, The Woman In Black)
• EON- credits (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale)

A production company is responsible for the development and filming of a specific production or media broadcast.

Hammer Films is a production company based in the UK who have produced science fiction and thrillers etc..It is well known and includes films such as The Woman In Black (2012). Pscyhological thrillers were made including: Nightmare (1964), Hysteria (1965), Fear in the Night (1972) etc.