A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio and video.
Production companies may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a parent company, partner or private investor. They handle: budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and sources, the organisation of stuff, the production itself, post-production, distribution and marketing. Production companies are often
either owned or under contract with a media conglomerate, film studio or entertainment company, who act as the production company's parent company, together, this has become known as the 'studio system'. They can also be mainstream independent or completely independent. Production companies can also work together in co-productions.
Some of the major and notable film production companies include:
- DreamWorks Pictures & Animation.
- 20th Century Fox.
- Universal Studios.
- Paramount Pictures.
- Columbia Pictures.
- Warner Bros. Pictures.
- Walt Disney Pictures.
- Lions Gate Entertainment.
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