NWave Pictures

Background
nWave Pictures is a Belgian animation studio based in Brussels, with an American office in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1994 by Ben Stassen and D&D Entertainment Group, with its first short film Encounter in Third Dimension released in 1999. In September 2018, Matthieu Zeller's production group MZM acquired a majority stake in the studio. The company didn't use a logo until 2008.

1st Logo (January 30, 2008-August 11, 2010)


Logo: There is a rectangle on a black background. On the rectangle is a darkened-lighted environment with a man wearing 3D glasses. A "n" morphs in and flies around the man, who is looking at the "n" with a  cubed trail. At one point, the man looks at the audience briefly, as well as the glasses flashing. The man and the "n" are taken in a black square, as the background fades into a lighted environment. The letters "wa" appear with "ve" unfolding in to create the word "nwave". The word "p i c t u r e s" wipes in with the rectangle changeing code effect. The trail freezes, except for the man and the background, as the byline "In Association With Illuminata Pictures" in its generic font fades in.

Variants:
 * On some films, a split-second of the background is shown before the man appearing a split-second later.
 * A print logo exists.
 * A still version of the already-formed logo exists.

FX/SFX: CGI with the live action human.

Music/Sounds: A mysterious piano theme combined with some laser/sweeping sounds, ending in an ascending whirr, two low-pitched piano notes, and a percussion outro.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * The print logo and the still version has the closing theme playing over it.
 * At the beginning of A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures, the music is off-sync with the logo.

Availability: It was only seen on two movies Fly Me to the Moon and A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (August 15, 2012-December 25, 2013)


Logo: A cube fades in as it drops into a rectangle, which stretches in, as the color changes to -tinted and the cube glows white. The cube explodes releasing many items floating, as the rectangle expands to a lighted environment. The items fly back to the center as the letters of "nWave" (With a "W" in a different style) zoom out and take positions. The word "pictures" wipes in with a light wipe and shines with the same light wipe.

Variants:
 * If viewed in 3D, the logo is polarized.
 * At the beginning of A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (the first movie where this logo debuted), it fades to the opening shot.
 * On The House of Magic the logo has black bars from above and below.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A synth noise, then a synth bass with a hitting sound with some child sounds and ends with a 4 note dramatic fanfare with whooshing sounds.

Availability: Only appeared on A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise and The House of Magic. Also seen on their YouTube channel.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (February 5, 2016-August 16, 2017)


Logo: Its basically the same animation as the second logo but it's now enhanced, the background has dark blue fog and the cube now has a reflection of the audience wearing 3D glasses, the wording "nWave pictures" now has a yellowish tone.

Variant: On TV spots for The Wild Life, the logo is shared with the Summit Entertainment and StudioCanal logos.

FX/SFX: Same as before, but with some minor improvements.

Music/Sounds: Same as before. On The Son of Bigfoot, the opening theme of the movie plays instead.

Availability: It was only seen on The Wild Life (including the trailers and TV spots) and The Son of Bigfoot.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (April 3, 2019)
Logo: On a black background we see a small blue cube bouncing then it stops in the bottom row. Then a puppy (baby Rex from the movie) comes in and grabs the small blue cube with his mouth then a big blue cube drops in. Rex then sees the big cube as he lets go of the small cube and bites the cube then the camera rotates away from the cube as the text "nWave" in the same font as the previous logos swipes in with the word "pictures" now in blue and flips in one by one.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Squeaky sounds when the cube bounces, sounds of the dog playing, and more sounds including whooshes, followed by a musical score with sparkling sounds which is in fact the same 4 note fanfare from the last two logos.

Availability: Only seen on The Queen's Corgi.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (August 5, 2020)
Logo: On a black background with an orange light shining underneath, we see various shapes rising next through a giant curved shape. The shapes then fly to curve and form the "W" of the nWave logo, as a blue sphere appears and turns to a blue cube. The text "n" and "ave" then appear, as a blue streak forms the blue text "pictures".

FX/SFX: The shapes flying and the formation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A reversed synth note, as the sphere appear, sounds of liquid is heard, then a 3-note piano tune.

Availability: Only seen on Bigfoot Family.

Editor's Note: It's possibly a prototype for the next logo.

6th Logo (February 16, 2022-)
Logo: The logo starts with the shapes from the previous logo forming the "W", but the blue sphere and cube are now orange and so does "pictures". The formation of the text is still the same.

FX/SFX: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Availability: Current. First seen on Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness.