Crawleys Animation: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted

Inline

Latest revision as of 13:47, 18 May 2024

Background

In 1987, animation studio Atkinson Film-Arts was renamed to Crawleys Animation, which was named for the Crawley Films subsidiary that AFA acquired in 1987. Due to debt problems, the company went into bankruptcy and closed down in 1989.

Logo (January 3, 1987-March 26, 1988)

Visuals: On a dark blue grid against a navy blue gradient background, the white word "crawleys", in lower-case Helvetica/Rail Alphabet, moves from top center to slightly-off middle center from off-screen. From far off-center in the horizon, the red Crawleys symbol, which looks like a mix between a semi-quaver and an eye, zooms in and rests to the right of the text. Both the text and the symbol have drop-down shadows. A yellow star shines in the "pupil" of the eye before disappearing.

Variants:

On Dennis the Menace, the animation only shows the star shining, just when it fades in.
An in-credit version was seen on the 1987 special The Nightingale.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: The music from the first Atkinson Film-Arts logo. On Dennis the Menace, only the 2nd half is played.

Availability: It was first seen on the obscure direct-to-video movie Meerkats, and original airings of S2 episodes of the 1986 Dennis the Menace cartoon, but is not retained on recent releases of said show. The logo can be found on the UK VHS "Menaced Marriage and 7 Other Madcap Episodes".

◄	Atkinson Film-Arts

Crawleys Animation

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{PageCredits|description=graaaaaagh and Rexeljet|capture=thehugetvfan, graaaaaagh and Rexeljet|video=TaleSpinTV1990 and Logo Archive}}
-== Background ==
+===Background===
+In 1987, animation studio [[Atkinson Film-Arts]] was renamed to '''Crawleys Animation''', which was named for the '''Crawley''' Films subsidiary that AFA acquired in 1987. Due to debt problems, the company went into bankruptcy and closed down in 1989.
-'''Crawleys Animation''' was originally formed in 1974 as '''Atkinson Film-Arts'''. The company had its success with ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'', as well as various children's classics, the four specials, as well as the first season episodes of ''The Raccoons'' and Christmas specials of the period. It acquired Crawley Films in 1982, along with its Graphic Films subsidiary for $1. It was later renamed to '''Crawleys Animation''' in 1987, before shutting down due to debt problems.
+===Logo (January 3, 1987-March 26, 1988)===
-==Atkinson Film-Arts==
-=== 1st Logo (April 22, 1983-October 23, 1987) ===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-File:Atkfa.png
-</gallery>{{YouTube|id=MFWz2yqkV3w}}
-'''Logo:''' On a light-streaked {{color|#000080|navy blue}} background (looking somewhat identical to the purple-colored background for the Britt Allcroft logo), we see 2 {{color|blue}} shapes made up of fancy doily-like curving lines, zooming out together, and don't appear to be in focus. Then the text "a{{small|TKI}}nson {{small|FIL}}m-ar{{small|T}}s" appears between the 2 shapes, which come into focus.
-'''Variant:''' An early still in-credit logo previously appeared on early-1980s TV specials onward, including the first 2 ''Care Bears'' specials, ''For Better or for Worse: The Bestest Present'' and ''Babar and Father Christmas''.
-'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' 5 synth tinks, then 4 synth flute notes and a synth choir sounder. On the first 5-part ''Teddy Ruxpin'' miniseries, there is no music.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the ''The World of Teddy Ruxpin'' VHS from 1986, the logo is silent, until you hear a bit of the very beginning of the [[LBS Communications]] logo. The LBS logo was mistakenly plastered by the [[Hi-Tops Video]] logo.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. The animated version was only seen on ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''; while the still one appeared on a few TV specials during the 1980s. It is intact on uploads of ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' to the official [[The Jim Henson Company]] YouTube channel. ''The Racoons'' series and specials used only in-credit notices for "animation production".
-=== 2nd Logo (1985-1987) ===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-File:Atkfa2.jpeg
-</gallery>{{YouTube|id=xhNxtF_dBPE}}
-'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} screen background, we see a boy and a girl in front of a TV set which is flashing. The camera zooms in on the TV screen in a Viacom V of Doom fashion as the kids slide to the left and right side of the screen. When the camera zooms up on the TV, we see a green background with a vortex of spiraling books (In order, {{color|yellow}}, {{color|blue}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|skyblue|sky blue}}, {{color|tan}}, {{color|navyblue|navy blue}}, {{color|tangerine}}, {{color|green}}, {{color|purple}}, and {{color|orange}}. There are also another {{color|red}} book and another {{color|yellow}} book, but are out of place of the spiral pattern, but it might've been intentional.) fading into the background, with a flash appearing with rainbow strips, making the whole screen flash once again with a book flying towards the screen and the Atkinson Film-Arts logo appears on the book in an angled view along with "CARTOON CLASSICS." The logo ends with the book opening and turning the pages beginning the show.
-'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A 12-note synth tune plays as the camera zooms in on the TV. The sound of a spiraling vortex plays with a fading in synth making the flash. A dreamy synth tune appears and echoes out as the book opens and its pages turn.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. This is seen on their "Cartoon Classics" line of animated specials, and thus can be seen on ''The Nightingale'', ''The Velveteen Rabbit'', and ''The Tin Soldier'' on VHS.
-==Crawleys Animation==
-=== (January 3, 1987-March 26, 1988) ===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 File:Crawleys.png
 </gallery>{{YouTube|id=1QIf0zYIlwA|id2=D3jb73T9Jt0}}
-'''Logo:''' On a {{color|#00008b|dark blue}} grid against a {{color|#000080|navy blue}} gradient background, the white word "'''crawleys'''", all in lower-case Helvetica/Rail Alphabet, moves from top center to slighty-off middle center from off-screen. From far off-center in the horizon, the {{color|red}} Crawleys symbol, which looks across between a semi-quaver and an eye, zooms in and rests to the right of the text. Both the text and the symbol have drop-down shadows. a {{color|yellow}} star shines in the "pupil" of the eye before disappearing.
+'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|#00008b|dark blue}} grid against a {{color|#000080|navy blue}} gradient background, the white word "'''crawleys'''", in lower-case Helvetica/Rail Alphabet, moves from top center to slightly-off middle center from off-screen. From far off-center in the horizon, the {{color|red}} Crawleys symbol, which looks like a mix between a semi-quaver and an eye, zooms in and rests to the right of the text. Both the text and the symbol have drop-down shadows. A {{color|gold|yellow}} star shines in the "pupil" of the eye before disappearing.
 '''Variants:'''
-*On ''Dennis The Menace'', the animation only shows the star shining, just when it fades in.
+*On ''<u>Dennis the Menace</u>'', the animation only shows the star shining, just when it fades in.
-*An in-credit version was seen on the 1987 special ''The Nightingale''.
+*An in-credit version was seen on the <u>1987 special ''The Nightingale''</u>.
 '''Technique:''' Computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The same Atkinson Film-Arts jingle. On ''Dennis The Menace'', only the 2nd half is played.
+'''Audio:''' The music from the first Atkinson Film-Arts logo. On ''Dennis the Menace'', only the 2nd half is played.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It was first seen on the obscure direct-to-video movie ''Meerkats'', and original airings of S2 episodes of the 1986 ''Dennis The Menace'' cartoon, but sadly is not retained on recent releases of said show. The logo can be found on the UK VHS "Menaced Marriage and 7 Other Madcap Episodes".
+'''Availability:'''  It was first seen on the obscure direct-to-video movie ''Meerkats'', and original airings of S2 episodes of the 1986 ''Dennis the Menace'' cartoon, but is not retained on recent releases of said show. The logo can be found on the UK VHS "Menaced Marriage and 7 Other Madcap Episodes".
+{{Chronology|[[Atkinson Film-Arts]]|}}
 [[Category:Canada]]
 [[Category:Canadian animation logos]]