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 9, 1998-January 15, 2002, June 10, 2003)
Logo: On a slate blue widescreen background, we see the letters "D", "K", and "P" which turned and rotated to the screen to reveal the DKP logo through the chrome hoop as the light flashes, turning into a black background. Then the DKP logo was formed into Dan Krech Pictures.

Variants:
 * The opening variant shows the text "PRESENTS" appearing below the logo.
 * On most of the animated TV shows and movies, the logo is in-credit.

FX/SFX: The turning, the rotating and the flashing. Excellent CGI animation using Alias Wavefront Maya.

Music/Sounds: A cinematic synth accompanied by some whooshes.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on the Smart Planet TV movie, the Butt-Ugly Martians TV special, the Happy Planet TV movie and The Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure.

Editor's Note: None.

(July 9, 2002-December 2, 2003, May 18, 2004)
Logo: On a gradient background with three  lights, we see the bluish white letters "D", "K", and "P" zooming in letter-by-letter as the bright blue DKP symbol (a hoop with two streaks) spins around. Then the bluish white spaced out word "EFFECTS" appears under the letters and shines.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, there is no text at all.
 * An opening variant exists where the text "A DKP EFFECTS PRODUCTION" is seen in the bright blue aurora background. This variant appears at the beginning of Dan Krech's movies from the time.
 * Sometimes, the website address (www.dkp.com) is seen below the logo.
 * A longer version also exists. We start off with a bluish white screen fading in, which quickly fades to the logo, with a translucent light of the name flashing.
 * A medium-length variant also exists where we start off with the name's light flashing as we fade to the logo.
 * Sometimes, the background is just plain black, with the main logo being light blue and the DKP symbol being dark blue. This variant can be found on most of the animated TV specials.
 * On most of the animated TV shows and movies, the logo is in-credit.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the spinning and the flashing. Fantastic CGI animation using Alias Wavefront Maya.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening/closing theme.

Availability: Rare. Seen on the VeggieTales video "A Snoodle's Tale".
 * Also seen on Les Vacances de Piwi, Dessine avec Piwi, the direct-to-video special of My Little Pony (G3), the first season of Les Aventures de Piwi and the early episodes of Bouge avec Mimik.

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.

Variants: On most of the animated TV shows as well as the Nerf N-Strike interactive DVD, the logo is in-credit.

FX/SFX: A flash of the transition from the treadmill to the DKP logo, the CGI animation of the mice using Alias Wavefront Maya.

Music/Sounds: The score from an episode of VeggieTales.

Music/Sounds Variants: On most of the animated TV 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 early 2006, 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 the first season of Zixx, Game Over, the Nerf N-Strike interactive DVD, the second season of Les Aventures de Piwi, the later episodes of Bouge avec Mimik, Piwi Baby, the first two Bratz TV specials, Robotboy: The Adventure Begins, the TV pilot of Handy Manny and the direct-to-video special of Littlest Pet Shop.

Editor's Note: None.

(July 29-December 4, 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 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 (January 29-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 blue instead of teal. 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 show.

Availability: Its only known appearance is at the end of various animated TV shows and 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 show.

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

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (July 18-October 28, 2008)
Note: The logo starts at 0:22.

Logo: Same as the 2008 Starz logo, but under "starz" is the word "ANIMATION".

Variants: On most of the animated TV shows as well as the Little Tikes Land DVD, the logo is in-credit.

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 and the Little Tikes Land DVD.

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 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.

Music/Sounds: Mostly depends. The animated version has a phasing sound followed by a 1-note creepy-sounding sounder with clapping following, or most commonly the ending theme. For the Thomas & Friends variant, none.

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 (2015)


Logo: On a white background, we see the Arc script from the first logo in the same white color now inside a green circle.

Variant: Max Steel: Team Turbo uses this on a black background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme.

Availability: Seen on Rusty Rivets until later seasons, which used the Jam Filled logo. Also seen on Max Steel: Team Turbo.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2016-October 12, 2018)
Logo: On a white background, we see three shapes which are colored, 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.

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 ending 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.