Outerbanks Entertainment

Background
Outerbanks Entertainment is the company of the Scream franchise creator Kevin Williamson, founded on June 29, 1995. It is named after a task given to his dad, who began researching for company logos since he always liked the Castle Rock Entertainment logo and needed something similar.

1st Logo (October 7, 1998-May 14, 2003)
Logo: On a black water background, we see the text "Outerbanks ENTERTAINMENT" being lit up.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A haunting cave sound or none.

Availability: Seen on seasons 2-6 of Dawson's Creek and Wasteland.

Legacy: The sound effect and the dark environment can be very unnerving to some, especially if viewed in a dark room.

2nd Logo (January 16-March 25, 2002)
Logo: Same concept as before, except slightly different. The water background is different and now animates, and the text is in white as it slowly ripples.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but is now heard in a higher tone.

Availability: Seen on Glory Days on The WB. This is likely a prototype for the next logo.

3rd Logo (September 16, 2005-December 12, 2013)
Logo: On a blue sea background, we see the company name in white and much bigger than before, as it ripples.

Variant: A longer version exists where we first see the text emerged in water as it is brought forward, then the rest of the logo continues.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Just a rippling water sound or the opening theme of the film.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on The Vampire Diaries (with the last episode to use this being "Fifty Shades of Grayson"), Hidden Palms, The Secret Circle and the first season of The Following. It is also seen on the 2005 film Venom.

4th Logo (January 19, 2014-February 6, 2020)
Logo: Similar to the second logo, but this time, it is on an underground-like sea background in a different direction, with no rippling at all.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the third logo.

Availability: No longer current. It debuted on the final two seasons of The Following and appears on the remainder of The Vampire Diaries starting with "500 Years of Solitude". Also seen on Stalker, Time After Time and Tell Me A Story.

5th Logo (January 13, 2023-)
Logo: We see a dinghy on a water outside a night with a bridge in the background. The camera starts to rotate to the right, transforming it into a knife as smoke surrounds it on a black background, which is revealed to be the slit in the "U" in "OUTERBANKS", with the middle letters' edges cut. Then, the text "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below as the logo zooms out slowly.

Technique: CGI animation, designed by Filmograph.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the film.

Availability: Brand new. First debuted on Sick.