Blog Task 1 - Media Institution.

Universal pictures would be the kind of media institution that we could use in our thriller as they have done previous films that are similar including;
- Psycho
-Skeleton Key
-Unborn

Universal Pictures (sometimes called Universal City Studios or Universal Studios for short), a subsidiary of NBC universal, is one of the six major movie studios is the US. This benefits us as the film will be shown in many different countries all over the world. Founded in 1912 by Carl Lamelle, it is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production running for over 95 years. On May 11, 2004, the controlling stake in the company was sold by Vivendi Universal to General Electric, parent of NBC. The resulting media super-conglomerate was renamed NBC Universal, while Universal Studios Inc. remained the name of the production subsidiary. In addition to owning a sizable film library spanning the earliest decades of cinema to more contemporary works, it also owns a sizable collection of TV shows through its subsidiary NBC  Universal Television distribution. It also acquired rights to several prominent filmmakers' works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Universal Pictures is the second-longest-lived Hollywood studio; a Viacom-owned Paramount picture is the oldest by a month.