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Background

AB2 Digital Pictures, originally Impact Pictures, is a Canadian independent film production company founded in 2001 by Jeremy Bolt and Paul W. S. Anderson. Aside from Anderson's film projects (including the Resident Evil film series), the company has also been involved in a number of TV and independent productions.

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1st Logo (September 10, 2004)	2nd Logo (September 7, 2006-September 25, 2009)	3rd Logo (September 10, 2010-January 27, 2017)

Impact Pictures

1st Logo (September 10, 2004)

Visuals: Same as the second Davis-Films logo, but the text on the rhombus is already there and there's a second, solid rhombus with the word "IMPᐱCT" and the word "CANADA" below conjoined to the rhombus.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme.

Availability: Seen only on Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

2nd Logo (September 7, 2006-September 25, 2009)

Visuals: There is a lightbulb in the dark. The screen fades into more closer shots of it, as it starts lighting up. Then a moth flies to the lightbulb, and gets zapped by the lightbulb while it surrounds with swirling sparks as close-ups of the action are shown. Later on, there is the same lightbulb with bloodmarks making the words "IMPACT PICTURES" on it. The camera gets a bit far from the lightbulb as it flashes brighter.

Variant: A print version exists on closing credits, which is merely the name in two lines.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Sounds of the action, mostly zapping and the lightbulb being touched, and a camera flash sound when the lightbulb flashes.

Availability: The full version was seen exclusively on D.O.A. (2006). The closing version appears on Resident Evil: Extinction and Pandorum; on the latter, the closing version shares the screen with the Overture Films and Constantin Film logos.

3rd Logo (September 10, 2010-January 27, 2017)

Visuals: In space, a silhouette of a planet appears. The camera zooms out to reveal the full planet, as well as the text "I M P A C T P I C T U R E S".

Variants:

On Pompeii, it has the word "POMPEII" added below the logo.
On Resident Evil: Afterlife, the entire text is replaced by "DᐱᐯIS FILMS" and "IMPᐱCT CᐱNᐱDᐱ", both in the same font as the former logo.
On Resident Evil: Retribution, the text is in the same font used by Impact Pictures and "PICTURES" replaces "CANADA".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie, or silence.

Availability: Seen on Musketeers, Pompeii and Resident Evil films from Afterlife to The Final Chapter.

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-===1st Logo (2006-2010)===
+===Background===
+'''AB2 Digital Pictures''', originally '''Impact Pictures''', is a Canadian independent film production company founded in 2001 by Jeremy '''B'''olt and Paul W. S. '''A'''nderson. Aside from Anderson's film projects (including the ''Resident Evil'' film series), the company has also been involved in a number of TV and independent productions.
+{{ImageTOC
+|Davis-Films Impact Canada (2004).jpg|1st Logo (September 10, 2004)
+|Impact Pictures (2006) (From - DOA Dead or Alive).png|2nd Logo (September 7, 2006-September 25, 2009)
+|Impact Pictures (2016) (From - Resident Evil The Final Chapter).png|3rd Logo (September 10, 2010-January 27, 2017)
+}}
+==Impact Pictures==
+===1st Logo (September 10, 2004)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Davis-Films Impact Canada (2004).jpg
-Impact Pictures (2006) (From - DOA Dead or Alive).png
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=Eh0N4eoskCU}}
+'''Visuals:''' Same as the second [[Davis-Films]] logo, but the text on the rhombus is already there and there's a second, solid rhombus with the word "'''IMPᐱCT'''" and the word "'''CANADA'''" below conjoined to the rhombus.
-'''Nicknames:''' "Lightbulb Zapper", "The Insect Killer", "The Butterfly or Moth Killer", "Lightbulb of Death", "The Dark Life of a Lightbulb"
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Logo:''' We see a lightbulb on the dark. We fade into more closer shots of it, as it starts lighting up. Then a butterfly-like bug (possibly a moth) flies to the lightbulb, and gets zapped by the lightbulb while it surrounds with swirling sparks as we see close-ups of the action. Later on, we see the same lightbulb with bloodmarks making the words "IMPACT PICTURES" on it. We gets a bit far from the lightbulb as it flashes brighter.
+'''Audio:''' The opening theme.
-'''Variant:''' Print version exists on closing credits, which is merely the name in two lines.
+'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Resident Evil: Apocalypse''.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The animation.
+=== 2nd Logo (September 7, 2006-September 25, 2009)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Sounds of the action, mostly zapping and the lightbulb being touched, and a camera flash sound when the lightbulb flashes.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Impact Pictures (2006) (From - DOA Dead or Alive).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=Eh0N4eoskCU}}
+'''Visuals:''' There is a lightbulb in the dark. The screen fades into more closer shots of it, as it starts lighting up. Then a moth flies to the lightbulb, and gets zapped by the lightbulb while it surrounds with swirling sparks as close-ups of the action are shown. Later on, there is the same lightbulb with bloodmarks making the words "IMPACT PICTURES" on it. The camera gets a bit far from the lightbulb as it flashes brighter.
-'''Availability:''' The full version was seen exclusively on ''D.O.A.'' (2006). Doesn't appear on ''Resident Evil'' series, as the Davis-Impact logo appears there instead. The exception is ''Resident Evil: Extinction'', but the closing version is only shown there. On ''Pandorum'', the closing version shares the screen with [[Overture Films]] and [[Constantin Film|Constantin Film]] logos.
+'''Variant:''' A print version exists on <u>closing credits</u>, which is merely the name in two lines.
-'''Legacy:''' Depends on what you think about the disturbing action in the logo. If you love bugs, then you may not like it. This is pretty much fitting for most of their movies, however, and this is a cool logo.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-===2nd Logo (October 21, 2011-)===
+'''Audio:''' Sounds of the action, mostly zapping and the lightbulb being touched, and a camera flash sound when the lightbulb flashes.
+'''Availability:''' The full version was seen exclusively on ''D.O.A.'' (2006). The closing version appears on ''Resident Evil: Extinction'' and ''Pandorum''; on the latter, the closing version shares the screen with the [[Overture Films]] and [[Constantin Film]] logos.
+===3rd Logo (September 10, 2010-January 27, 2017)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Davis-Films Impact Canada (2010).jpg
 Impact Pictures (2016) (From - Resident Evil The Final Chapter).png
 </gallery>
 {{YouTube|id=cwlK4juXsA4}}
+'''Visuals:''' In space, a silhouette of a planet appears. The camera zooms out to reveal the full planet, as well as the text "{{color|blue|'''I M P A C T  P I C T U R E S'''}}".
-'''Nicknames:''' "Eclipse"
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''Variant:''' On ''Pompeii'', it has the word "POMPEII" added below the logo.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The light moving.
+'''Variants:'''
+*On <u>''Pompeii''</u>, it has the word "POMPEII" added below the logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the movie, or silence.
+* On <u>''Resident Evil: Afterlife''</u>, the entire text is replaced by "{{color|blue|'''DᐱᐯIS FILMS'''}}" and "{{color|blue|'''IMPᐱCT CᐱNᐱDᐱ'''}}", both in the same font as the former logo.
+*On <u>''Resident Evil: Retribution''</u>, the text is in the same font used by Impact Pictures and "PICTURES" replaces "CANADA".
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Musketeers'' and ''Pompeii'', and possibly will appear on newer movies. Don't expect to see it on ''Resident Evil'' movies (both ''Afterlife'' and ''Retribution''), as the Davis-Impact logo appears there.
+'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie, or silence.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Musketeers'', ''Pompeii'' and ''Resident Evil'' films from ''Afterlife'' to ''The Final Chapter''.
-[[Category:American film logos]]
+[[Category:Canadian film logos]]
-[[Category:American logos]]
+[[Category:Canada]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]