Our production company name is AMOA productions. The “AMOA” in the name is the first initials of the four group members last names. We thought this would be a good idea for the name as we all contributed greatly to the research, planning and creating of our opening thriller sequence “Alter-Ego.” The production company name shows this as it is a part of all of our names and we were all part of the products of this film.
Most production companies have an ident which is a moving image, played before the film starts. This is to inform the audience of who the production company for that film is. These idents tend to be quite recognisable for the audience and they become quite famous. For example, Dreamworks with the boy on the moon or Metro Goldwyn Mayer with the roaring lion. This is our company ident for AMOA productions. It is hand drawn by one of the members of the group and will be used at the beginning of our thriller opening title sequence. This ident does not move like the other big production companies idents do as we though it would look better and more effective if it doesn't. The ident features the name AMOA which is our company name made up of the initials of our last name. It also reflects the thriller genre as the tree connotes a creepy and mysterious idea and the image is unique and nothing like any other production company's ident as it is hand drawn and features our also unique production company name. For this logo we drew inspiration from the Lionsgate ident as the sky in the background of it also connotes a similar creepy and mysterious idea as our own logo does. 
A production company provides the funding, and helps to make and distribute films or television programmes. They provide the money and therefore set the budget, which will influence the director and actors for the production. Production company helps all types of work such as performing arts, television, radio and video. The most common film company who regularly distribute thrillers are Lionsgate. The have a reputation for this which means that they could have an inherited audience. This is where a production company who already have fans of the thriller film which they make, will most likely want to watch a film which a producer creates if it is distributed by Lionsgate. Some thriller films which Lionsgate have distributed is The Hunger Games films and Saw. Some distribution companies attract certain audiences because of the genre of the typical films they release. This is called inherited audience which is where the audience who are a fans of "indie" films may watch many releases from Film 4 as this company have films which are predominantly of an "indie" genre. Due to an audiences interest in this film genre they would be fans of films released from this production company. 
Out of all of the multiple production companies out there, we have chosen Film 4 to produce our film. Film 4 is a British production company which is owned by Chanel 4 Television Corporation. It is mainly produces films which are based in the UK. They produce quite "indie" films and tend to have up and coming actors in the films which they have put into production. Originally the institution was named Chanel Four Films or FilmFour International. The whole company was re-branded to become Film4 as we know it today . This tied in with the start of the television chanel which is also called Film4. Then in 2002 the company had a huge budget cut which meant losing a large amount of their staff and having to become part of channel 4's drama department. In 2006 the new name of "FilmFour Productions" was brought in to coincide with the re-release of the tv channel Film4. The company is based in the United Kingdom, but more specifically in London. It is owned by Chanel Four Television Corporation, the chairman of this is Lord Burns and the CEO is David Abraham. The type of films which Film4 are involved in our indie films which tend to be thrillers or drama's.
Some of the high earning films that Film4 have produced are "12 Years A Slave," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Nowhere Boy." The most well known film being Slumdog Millionaire which was released in 2008. This film had a budget of $15 million and from the box office made $377.9 million. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and ended up winning eight. It also won seven BAFTA Awards, five Critics Choice Awards and four Golden Globes. These helped to put Film4 on the map as one of the biggest and most popular production companies.
We have chosen Film4 as the suitable institute to produce our thriller as we are going for quite an individual and edgy feel, which is something that the films that Film4 produce do have in one way or another. Although the company does not have as high budget or as much money available as the other bigger and more popular production companies, from the previous films that have been produced by Film4 it is clear that the financial aspects is not as issue as the films that have been released under film4 have been of high quality and gone on to make high amounts of revenue.
Some films are funded by the companies borrowing money from banks e.g. a loan. Some people may get funding by approaching banks or investors and asking if they would like to either fund completely or contribute to the funding of the film. If there is big actors involved then they are more likely to invest. Films that don't have a budget as big as the large production companies are financed by either the direction and/or the producer. To fund out film, as it is being distributed by Film4 which is quite a popular product company, they will loan money from the bank, or get people to invest and fund the film.
There are various jobs involved in creating a film which are all featured in the opening titles. Normally in most films, the production company comes first, then after that presents…, a film by…etc. The actors and main cast then come up following by the music, make-up and customer designer. Then the very last titles are who the film is produced, written, edited, and directed by. In our opening title thriller we have followed this structure by having the production company first, make-up etc in the middle and the who the director is, who edited it and the end.
A film which is similar to ‘Alter-Ego’ is ‘Submarine.’ This film was distributed by Film4 and although a comedy-drama the main character Oliver Tate played by Craig Roberts is similar to the main character in our film as they are both troubled teenagers. The film would be marketed in a similar way as they our both “indie” films although ‘Alter-Ego’ is a thriller film, and would have a similar audience and people who are fans of ‘Submarine’ may be fans of ‘Alter-Ego.’ 
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