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Background: Aviron Pictures is a distribution company founded in 2015 that served to take over the release of ''My All-American'' from the now defunct Clarius Entertainment. Home media rights to their films are currently held by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.


===Background===
1st Logo
'''Aviron Pictures''' was a film production and distribution company founded in 2016 and officially launched on May 11, 2017 by William Sadleir and David Dinerstein, with the former departing from [[Clarius Entertainment]] following its bankruptcy and the latter who also founded [[Paramount Classics]].


On May 22, 2020, Sadleir was charged with wire frauds and identity theft by financer BlackRock, who later diverted more than $75 million funds from the company and his mansion. He also transferred $1 million of COVID-19 emergency funds, which was supposed to keep Aviron staff on payroll, and eventually led to the company's bankruptcy. Sadlier pled guilty on January 19, 2022 and was sentenced to 72 months in prison on September 9 that same year.
(November 13, 2015)


===1st Logo (February 23, 2016)===
Logo: On a smoky blue background, the company name zooms in letter by letter, with no further action.
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'''Visuals:''' A {{color|steelblue|steel blue}} lens flare flashes in, and as it dies down, the text "{{color|steelblue|'''AVIRON'''}}" fades in and zooms out one-by-one. The background then fades to a smoky background which quickly turns {{color|steelblue|blue}} with an off-screen light only shown from a bit above. Then, the text shines as it slowly zooms in.
FX/SFX: Just the letters zooming in one-by-one.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
Music/Sounds: Same as the Clarius Entertainment logo.


'''Audio:''' Same as the Clarius Entertainment logo.
Availability: This placeholder was only seen on ''My All-American.''


'''Availability:''' Only seen on the home media release of ''My All American'', as theatrical prints used the aforementioned logo.
Editor's Note: None.


2nd Logo
===2nd Logo (2016-April 12, 2019)===
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Aviron Pictures (Alt).jpeg|Alternate variant
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'''Visuals:''' The first element shown is a starry sky, which then fades into a lake. Four men are shown rowing a boat in sync with each other from above, as the camera pans to follow them as the scene gets brighter, which is against an afternoon sky with a sun. As a flash occurs, the action freezes and zooms out into a box with the chiseled text "'''AVIRON'''" below it, as "PICTURES" then fades in, as the logo slightly zooms out while the text shines a bit. The background is on a dark ocean setting with a slight {{color|saddlebrown|brown}} tint to it.
(2016-)


'''Variant:''' An alternate version exists, where the starry sky and environment are different, the zoom-out emits a brief bright {{color|orange}} light behind it, and the text's lighting is different and does not shine. The finishing result also appears on a black background.
Logo: We see a starry sky fade into a lake, and as it gets brighter, we see four men rowing a boat in sync with each other. The camera pans to follow them, and eventually the scene zooms out to become the corporate logo as the company name is revealed, chiseled on the metal background, as the small word "PICTURES" fades in.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
FX/SFX: Very nice CGI going on here!


Music/Sounds: A soft piano and horn tune that grows more majestic and adds choir as time goes on, ending with an orchestral hit and some twinkling.
'''Audio:''' A soft piano and horn tune that grows more majestic and adds choir as time goes on, ending with an orchestral hit and some twinkling. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the film.


Availability: First appeared on Aviron Pictures' website (it has since been removed, although it can still be found on their YouTube channel). The logo later made its theatrical debut on ''Kidnap'', and will most likely be seen on any future movies Aviron ends up distributing.
'''Availability:''' It first appeared on Aviron Pictures' website (which has since been removed, although it can still be found on their YouTube channel), and was later seen on all films from the company from ''Kidnap'' (2017) to ''After'' (2019).


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Editor's Note: None.
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Film logos]]

Latest revision as of 04:04, 22 December 2023


Background

Aviron Pictures was a film production and distribution company founded in 2016 and officially launched on May 11, 2017 by William Sadleir and David Dinerstein, with the former departing from Clarius Entertainment following its bankruptcy and the latter who also founded Paramount Classics.

On May 22, 2020, Sadleir was charged with wire frauds and identity theft by financer BlackRock, who later diverted more than $75 million funds from the company and his mansion. He also transferred $1 million of COVID-19 emergency funds, which was supposed to keep Aviron staff on payroll, and eventually led to the company's bankruptcy. Sadlier pled guilty on January 19, 2022 and was sentenced to 72 months in prison on September 9 that same year.

1st Logo (February 23, 2016)

Visuals: A steel blue lens flare flashes in, and as it dies down, the text "AVIRON" fades in and zooms out one-by-one. The background then fades to a smoky background which quickly turns blue with an off-screen light only shown from a bit above. Then, the text shines as it slowly zooms in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the Clarius Entertainment logo.

Availability: Only seen on the home media release of My All American, as theatrical prints used the aforementioned logo.

2nd Logo (2016-April 12, 2019)


Visuals: The first element shown is a starry sky, which then fades into a lake. Four men are shown rowing a boat in sync with each other from above, as the camera pans to follow them as the scene gets brighter, which is against an afternoon sky with a sun. As a flash occurs, the action freezes and zooms out into a box with the chiseled text "AVIRON" below it, as "PICTURES" then fades in, as the logo slightly zooms out while the text shines a bit. The background is on a dark ocean setting with a slight brown tint to it.

Variant: An alternate version exists, where the starry sky and environment are different, the zoom-out emits a brief bright orange light behind it, and the text's lighting is different and does not shine. The finishing result also appears on a black background.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A soft piano and horn tune that grows more majestic and adds choir as time goes on, ending with an orchestral hit and some twinkling. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the film.

Availability: It first appeared on Aviron Pictures' website (which has since been removed, although it can still be found on their YouTube channel), and was later seen on all films from the company from Kidnap (2017) to After (2019).
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