Stonegold Production

(2003?-2007)


Logo: We open venturing through a cavern, and as we go under an exit, we see a stream of pebbles fly up before we cut to the pebbles forming the golden word "STONE" in what appears to be a rugged, barren desert landscape. We then cut to see a stone boulder roll over the landscape before suddenly crashing and breaking apart to reveal the word "GOLD", in the same stylization, which then flies out towards the camera. The pebbles then form the word "GOLD", making the name "STONEGOLD" before they also form the cyan word "production" in a cursive-like font before we fade to black.

FX/SFX: The camera's movements through the cave, the pebbles flying and forming the company name, the boulder rolling and crashing, the text flying. Entirely done in CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: An ambient track that is later accompanied by a light piano and upbeat synth whistling, which later transitions to an upbeat tune with prominent steel drums. The music later changes to a suspenseful track, which remains for the rest of the logo's runtime. The logo also contains whooshing sounds and what appears to be a compressed electricity crackle sound for the pebbles forming the logo. Music/Sounds Variants: Expensive Game and its sequel uses a different ambient track for the beginning and also uses different whoosh sound effects.

Availability: Seen on many of the company's productions, some examples including School Dropouts and its sequel and Expensive Game and its sequel. Divine Grace and its sequel appear to be the last two films to use this logo. It may also appear on Love in Bondage and The Vulture, two of the company's earliest productions, though this has not been verified.

Legacy: An animation error is visible when the camera moves through the exit of the cavern. Two rocks, one being black and white and the other yellow, turn grey when the stream of pebbles appear.