Aardman Animations/Logo Variations
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Aardman Animations, with more to be added overtime.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005):
- The 1998 logo is shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Flushed Away (2006):
- The text appears by rolling up on an invisible roller, and the star pops in after it emerges. This variant would become the basis of the fourth logo.
Arthur Christmas (2011) and The Pirates!: Band of Misfits (2012):
- On the trailers, the Aardman logo is on a white background. Next to the logo is the Sony Pictures Animation logo. Only one variant had the order swapped. Another variant didn't include the Sony Pictures Animation logo.
Gulp (2011):
- The logo is drawn onto a sandy beach by the filmmakers.
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015):
- Shaun and his flock have the letters of "Aardman" painted on their wool and they assemble to form the logo and Timmy wears its Aardman star symbol on his head.
Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie (2019):
- On a black background, a spotlight is seen turning on, revealing one of the sheep in a tuxedo, standing with a keyboard and a stand with sheet music. An off-screen voice quietly attracts him to the screen, looking surprised on the sight. He then plays a few trumpet notes, which light up part of the text above one by one in different colors, followed by a few more tuba notes, all in tune to the first eight notes of the Shaun the Sheep theme song, "Life's A Treat". He then notices the sheet music and flips it to the next page, and then puts his hooves on the keyboard, causing the "Aardman" text in its entirety to be revealed glowing. He then turns off the keyboard, causing the star to appear and then walks away with the sheet music as the logo turns into its print variant and the spotlight switches off. The text then fades out, leaving the star as it zooms away, which turns white and becomes part of a starfield as the opening of the movie begins.
