Buiding The Lionsgate Brand

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Building the Lionsgate Brand Building the Lionsgate Brand Lionsgate has used various elements of marketing communication (MC) to build their brand equity. Lionsgate has achieved this by "combining the flexibility and entrepreneurial culture of an independent with the financial and strategic relationships of a major studio and the structure and consumer focus of a top digital ag.e" (Corporate.Lionsgate.com, para. 1). Lionsgate recently had a $400 million profit margin within 12 months and had a box office market share of 7% in 2009. This is due to Lionsgate's acquisitions of other entertainment companies, broader range of audience, the positioning into horror film franchises, Indie films and their fresh logo design. Logo Design One of the most influential elements in branding is the logo. A logo helps differentiate one brand from another and connects to the consumer on an emotional level in an attempt to create loyalty and brand equity. In 2005 Lionsgate launched their new logo design "in an attempt to get a more solid “brand” on the public," confirmed by FilmThreat's (2005) message board. The new design grew from their flat simple look of stacked words with a small lion encapsulated along the side. Lionsgate condensed this logo into a single word and placed it on all of their entertainment properties. The move to this new logo also gave rise to a motion graphic of gears in motion that can be thought of as their creative gears are constantly moving. In an article at Closinglogos.com an update in the 5th Logo (2005-) section explains further, "the camera zooms all the way back and out through a keyhole, revealing an enormous gate with the company's "lion" logo on both sides of it," (Closinglogos.com). The gate itself seems larger than life and the gold suggests that their brand is worth it's weight in gold. In the closing segment of the animation the

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