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Brief History The Fox Film Corporation was formed in 1915 by

the leading man, William Fox who formed Fox Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913. (Greater New York Film Rental and Fox)

This merging of a distribution company and a production company was an early example of vertical integration.

Twentieth Century Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck (the former president of United Artists)

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Drama Films

Black Swan (2010) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Avatar (2009) Australia (2008) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Master and commander: The far side of

the world (2003) Walk the Line (2005)

Most successful - Avatar Directed by James Cameron (bankable director) Domestic total gross worldwide was over

£500million. They spent over £200million on the production –

much of the cost went into developing new technology and special effects.

Special cameras used includes: Virtual Camera System - a new way of directing

motion-capture filmmaking. PACE Fusion 3-D Fusion Camera (dual-strip 3-D) CGI

Unconventional and Conventional

Unconventional: The fact that it is a made up island called

“Pandora”. The technology could be described as too

unrealistic because the technology was too advanced as it was a 12 year wait for the technology to develop.

Conventional: Intense Emotion

The future for Fox…

They merged with Fox-West Coast Theatres.

So the new company was officially called “The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.”

They are now working on: Comedy genres such as “Monte Carlo”

and “What’s your Number”