Film Institutions - Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is another of the very well known film institutions, mainly due to the fact that they have a big theme park in America. They were founded in 1912 and were one of the first film institutions. It seems that only the film institutions that were around at the genisis of film making have made it to being the most successful, which makes sense as they've had time to grow. Universal Pictures target a very wide range of audiences and make a very wide range of films. They are just another company that want to make films for the money instead of the art form, which is sad, seeming as film is the only art form where this applies. Possibly in the future films will be a bit more free! They make very high-budget movies, and have been highly successful across the years. They also own Illumination Films and Working Title films, which are key companies in their film making machine. Working Title acts as Universal's attempt to get money out of the British, by giving them about $40-$50m to make a high quality product. This has worked well over the years, producing classics such as 'Love Actually' and 'Notting Hill'. The films tend to include a mostly British cast, but with a few American actors in, in order to appeal more widely to an American audience. Steven Spielberg also uses Universal a lot.

Universal films include: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'E.T', 'Bourne Identity', 'Despicable Me', 'Back to the Future', 'A Beautiful Mind', 'American Graffiti', 'Love Actually', 'Bruce Almighty', 'Jaws', 'American Gangster', 'Mamma Mia!', 'Jurassic Park', 'King Kong', 'Meet the Fockers', 'The Mummy' and much much more!