To start off, the extremely iconic film Get Out had a budget of merely $5,000,000, tying with The Visit who's budget was also estimated at $5,000,000. Truth or Dare had an even lower budget of $3,500,000, all 3 of which were produced under Blumhouse and were successful horror/thriller films. Together, they grossed approximately $439.62 million dollars worldwide combined. Blumhouse would be the ideal production company for our film because they specialize in low-budget filmmaking, which is exactly what our film is. Along with that, Blumhouse is very well known for making thriller/horror movies that become very popular and grow rapidly in America. This is beneficial to our film as it will help to ensure our low budget film will be able to gain a greater amount of viewings and thus a larger box office profit if it were produced under Blumhouse versus other low-budget production companies. We also plan on using Blumhouse because it is a smaller, independent production company. This is useful for our film because it gives us far more creative freedom to portray and create what we want on film, without having to worry about a large studio company such as Universal telling us what we can and cannot do. In this way, we can give our film a more unique and personal feel to it, and make it stand out. Along with that, since using an independent production company means we have a smaller budget, we will not require as much viewership to pay back costs of production. It won't be as big of an economic risk at the box office, but this also means we have a greater chance of making a profit since our budget is so low to being with.
Our choice of the production company (Blumhouse) will effect how audiences engage with our film in a positive way because Blumhouse is known to produce thriller/horror films. Though Blumhouse is a relatively small company, it is still well known for it's products, and will help shine a spotlight on our film because Blumhouse has attracted viewers after creating many thriller hits such as "Get Out" and "Split". Also, being produced under Blumhouse will help us to attract a younger audience, which matches with our target audience (which can be found in my "Who Shall Watch My Movie?" post.) of people aged 18-24. Younger people tend to watch thriller/horror films at a greater rate as they are more attracted to the suspense and violence present in them. Considering the simple fact that Blumhouse produces thriller/budget films, this works out perfectly.
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