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 Effects/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. It and its titular parent company are currently owned by Boat Rocker Media.

(September 5, 2001-May 18, 2004)
Logo: On a gradient background, we see the letters "D", "K", and "P" zooming in letter-by-letter as the DKP symbol spins around. Then the spaced out word "EFFECTS" appears under the letters and shines.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the spinning and the flashing

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Found on the Happy Planet TV movie, Les Vacances de Piwi, the early episodes of Bouge avec Mimik, and the TV pilot of My Little Pony (G3). Also seen on the VeggieTales video "A Snoodle's Tale".

Editor's Note: None.

(March 10, 2004-March 11, 2006)
Nickname: "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 the treadmill to "DKP", the animation of the mice.

Music/Sounds: The score from an episode of VeggieTales. On some animated shows, 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", "Duke and the Great Pie War", "Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush", "Lord of the Beans", and "Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler". Also seen on Game Over, the later episodes of Bouge avec Mimik, the first two Bratz TV specials, Robotboy: The Adventure Begins, and the TV pilot of Handy Manny.

Editor's Note: None.

(September 6-15, 2006)
Logo: A 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 on a black- gradient background (a la the 3rd Marvel Productions logo), revealing the metallic text "IDT" in a wide futuristic font. When the end of the filmstrip reaches the top-left corner of the I, a filmstrip design appears and the filmstrip turns transparent and glows ghostly. When the filmstrip is out of view, a 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 a 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 two movies.

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

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

Availability: Seen only on the Lil' Bratz TV special and Everyone's Hero.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (March 14, 2007)
Logo: On a white background, we see a vertical rectangle with the Starz symbol from the time inside it in white, just like the Starz Productions logo, but in instead of. Below the rectangle are the words "STARZ ANIMATION", with "STARZ" being bigger.

FX/SFX: Fade in and fade out.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Its 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)
Note: The logo starts at 0:22.

Logo: Same as the 2008 Starz 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 "Times New Roman" fades in below with a underline.

Variants:
 * On Ormie, the logo is smaller, and there is no line under "Times New Roman".
 * On Rusty Rivets, the word "Arc" is inside a circle, the background is white, and "Times New Roman" 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 "Times New Roman" 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; January 6, 2017-October 12, 2018)
Logo: On a white background, we see three shapes which are colored, , and. 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.

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-)
See the 2nd logo for Jam Filled Entertainment.