User:Josiah Rowe/sandbox

Conglomerates
This should probably be a subcategory of Category:Companies rather than under the production company heading.
 * CBS Corporation
 * General Electric
 * Gulf+Western
 * NBC Universal
 * National Amusements
 * Viacom (1971-2005)
 * Viacom

Production companies
The following will be in the parent "Production companies" category rather than any of its subcats:


 * Bobby Weisman Caterers, Inc.
 * Chef Robért Catering
 * J. Wok's Catering
 * Joan Pearce Research Associates
 * Mad Science
 * Montgomery & Co. Creative
 * Movie Movers
 * Paramount Parks
 * Special Entertainment Events
 * Universal Licensing, Inc.

Television and film production companies

 * Bad Robot Productions
 * CBS Television Studios
 * Desilu
 * DreamWorks
 * Filmation
 * Gulf+Western
 * The History Channel
 * Level 1 Entertainment
 * MavroCine Pictures
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * Paramount Pictures
 * Pixar
 * Spyglass Entertainment
 * Universal Studios

Distributors
Should this category be named "Distributors" or "Television and film distributors"?
 * CBS Television Distribution
 * Cinema International Corporation
 * DreamWorks
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * Paramount Pictures
 * United International Pictures

Film equipment companies

 * Arri
 * Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment
 * Digital Vortechs
 * Mitchell Camera
 * Panavision

Special effects companies
(i.e. traditional optical and mechanical effects)


 * Howard Anderson Company
 * Image G
 * Kerner Optical
 * Robert Abel & Associates
 * The Westheimer Company

Make-up effects studios

 * Burman Studio
 * Film Illusions
 * Harlow FX
 * Makeup & Effects Laboratories
 * Proteus Make-up FX Team
 * Quantum Creation FX
 * Richard Snell Designs, Inc.
 * Tinsley Transfers

Matte painting companies

 * Black Pool Studios
 * Digital Domain
 * Eden FX
 * Illusion Arts, Inc.
 * Industrial Light & Magic
 * Matte World
 * Svengali Visual Effects

Model and miniature effects companies

 * Brazil-Fabrication & Design
 * Brick Price Movie Miniatures
 * Digital Domain
 * Gregory Jein, Inc.
 * Industrial Light & Magic
 * Magicam
 * Robert Abel & Associates
 * WonderWorks Inc.

Prop companies

 * Brick Price Movie Miniatures
 * Film Illusions
 * KOW FX
 * Makeup & Effects Laboratories
 * Prop Docs
 * Quantum Creation FX

Digital visual effects companies

 * Amblin Imaging
 * CBS Digital
 * CIS Hollywood
 * Digital Domain
 * Digital Magic
 * Digital Muse
 * Eden FX
 * Foundation Imaging
 * Hollywood Digital
 * Industrial Light & Magic
 * POP Film and POP Animation
 * Persistence of Vision Digital Entertainment
 * Pixar
 * R!ot
 * Rhythm & Hues
 * Santa Barbara Studios
 * Strange Engine
 * Svengali Visual Effects
 * The Third Floor
 * VisionArt Design & Animation
 * Vital Distraction

Post-production companies
The SFX and VFX subcats which take place in post-production can also be added here. (I think these would be "Model and miniature effects companies" and "Digital visual effects companies".)

The remaining companies listed here performed post-production tasks unrelated to visual and special effects, such as editing, color timing or sound processing. Some, like POP Film and POP Animation, did both, and thus appear in multiple categories.


 * Company 3
 * Hollywood Digital
 * Level 3 Post
 * Modern Sound
 * POP Film and POP Animation
 * Todd Studios Burbank
 * Unitel Video