Jam Filled Toronto

Background
Jam Filled Toronto is a Canadian CGI animation and special effects studio based in Toronto, Ontario, with a long and very troubled history. It was founded in 1985 as Dan Krech Productions and later known as DKP Studios. It was acquired by IDT Entertainment in 2004 and renamed to IDT Entertainment Animation Canada. In May 2006, Liberty Media purchased IDT, renaming the animation studio to Starz Animation Toronto. In April 2009, Starz Animation was spun off and renamed to Arc Productions. In 2016, Arc went bankrupt and locked out its employees due to a financial emergency, and was eventually bought by Jam Filled Entertainment, who renamed the studio to its current name, Jam Filled Toronto.

1st Logo (March 10, 2004-December 21, 2005)
Nicknames: "The Two Mice"

Logo: On a black background we see two X-ray mice running on what appears to be an infinity sign-shaped treadmill. The sign rotates and flashes, becoming the DKP logo. The word "STUDIOS" appears under the logo. One of the mice sneaks from the left and pushes the "S" a little bit as it knocks the other letters into the center.

FX/SFX: A flash of the transition from treadmill to DKP, animation of the mice.

Music/Sounds: The score from an episode of VeggieTales. On Game Over, we hear the sounds of an exercise wheel squeaking as the mice are running, followed by a synthesized whoosh, some mouse squeaks and a clacking sound for when the letters in “STUDIOS” are knocked together.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on several VeggieTales episodes from late 2004 to late 2005, such as Sumo of the Opera, Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush, Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler, Duke and the Great Pie War, and Lord of the Beans. Also seen on the short-lived UPN computer animated sitcom, Game Over.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (May 18, 2004)
Logo: On a blue gradient background, we see the letters "D", "K", and "P" zooming in letter by letter. Then the spaced out word "EFFECTS" appears under the letters and shines.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the flashing

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the VeggieTales video A Snoodle's Tale.

Editor's Note: None.

(September 15, 2006)
Logo: The scrolling filmstrip with frames of a scene from Everyone's Hero, where Yankee Irving (portrayed by Jake T. Austin) is conversing with the talking baseball, Screwie (portrayed by Rob Reiner), moves up from the bottom of the screen at the black-gray gradient background (a la the 3rd Marvel Productions logo), revealing the metallic "IDT" in a wide futuristic font, but when the end of the filmstrip reaches the top-left corner of the I, the silver filmstrip design appears and the filmstrip turns transparent and glows ghostly; but when the filmstrip is out of view, the bright flash appears, causing the streaked square to appear behind the filmstrip design, the background to gain shimmering streaks and the whole logo to shine, then the metallic rectangular banner with "E N T E R T A I N M E N T" fades in below.

FX/SFX: Great CGI animation; this logo should've been used for more than just one movie.

Music/Sounds: A majestic trumpet/string fanfare, composed by the movie's composer, John Debney.

Music/Sounds Variant: The movie's recording sessions has alternate versions of the music.

Availability: Seen only on Everyone's Hero.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (March 14, 2007)


Logo: On a white background, we see a blue vertical rectangle with the Starz symbol from the time inside it in white, just like the Starz Productions logo, but in blue instead of teal. Below the rectangle are the words "STARZ ANIMATION" in a bold font, with "STARZ" being bigger.

FX/SFX: Fade in and fade out.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie.

Availability: It's only known appearance is at the end of the VeggieTales DVD Moe and the Big Exit.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (October 6, 2007-January 11, 2008)


Logo: On a white background, the normal Starz symbol is at the top. Below it are the words "starz ANIMATION", with "starz" being in a big, bold font and "ANIMATION" in a smaller, normal font.

Variant: An in-credit version exists.

FX/SFX: For the normal variant, fade in and fade out. For the in-credit version, scrolling up along with the rest of the credits.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Only known to be seen at the end of the VeggieTales DVD The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's. The in-credit version can be seen at the end of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (July 18, 2008)
Logo: Same as the Starz Media logo, but under "starz" is the word "ANIMATION".

FX/SFX: The zooming of the starz logo and haze and the fading in of ANIMATION.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film, composed by the Blue Man Group.

Availability: Only appears on Space Chimps.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (2009-2016)
Logo: On a black background, the hand-drawn word "Arc" draws itself. Then "PRODUCTIONS" fades in below with the green underline.

Variants:
 * On Ormie, the logo is smaller, and there is no line under "PRODUCTIONS".
 * On Rusty Rivets, the word "Arc" is inside a green circle, the background is white, and "PRODUCTIONS" is absent. Max Steel: Team Turbo uses this on a black background.
 * On Thomas & Friends, the logo is still.
 * On Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway, the Arc logo fades in along with the "PRODUCTIONS" text.

FX/SFX: The name drawing itself. The logo fading in on Ormie. None on Thomas & Friends and Rusty Rivets.

Music/Sounds: The opening/ending theme.

Availability: Seen on anything that the company made, like Robosapien: Rebooted and Season 17 to Season 20 of Thomas & Friends. The Season 20 DVD Extraordinary Engines doesn't contain this logo, even though Arc animated all the episodes on it.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2016)
Logo: On a white background, we see three shapes which are colored red, blue, and green. On these shapes is the word "Arc" in white ("A" is on the red shape, "r" is on the blue shape, and "c" is on the green shape). "PRODUCTIONS" is below in grey.

Variant: On Tarzan and Jane, the background is black, and "PRODUCTIONS" is in white.

FX/SFX: The logo fading in. None on the variant.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the movie.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Tarzan and Jane, none.

Availability: Rare, due to it being short lived before the company's bankruptcy. Seen on Barbie: Star Light Adventure and Max Steel: Team Turbo Fusion-Tek. The black background version appears on Tarzan and Jane.

Editor's Note: None.

(2016-)


Logo: On a black background, we see the Jam Filled Entertainment logo (without the star), but the word "Entertainment" is removed. The star from the Jam Filled Entertainment logo hits the jar, which tilts back, then goes back into it's normal position. We then see the finished logo, which is just the Jam Filled Entertainment logo without "Entertainment".

Variants:
 * On Thomas & Friends, the logo is still.
 * An in-credit version appears on Rusty Rivets.
 * On Kody Kapow, the background is white and the logo is smaller and again still.
 * There is another still smaller version on The Polos, where the logo is on the normal black background with the Radical Sheep Junior logo below.
 * On Bubble Guppies, it uses a longer variant where the star hits the jar twice before it tilts back.
 * On the last season of Final Space, the logo is below the Star Cadet logo, doesn’t have the jar, the text is horizontal, and "A BOAT ROCKER COMPANY" is below the logo.

FX/SFX: The star hitting the jar and the jar moving. None for the still versions.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variant: The Bubble Guppies variant uses pinball-like ricochet noises as the star hits the jar.

Availability: Seen on later episodes of Rusty Rivets, and Bubble Guppies starting with Season 5. The still version appears on Thomas & Friends starting from Season 20 and on Kingdom Force. The white background version appears on Kody Kapow.

Editor's Note: None.