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Logo descriptions, captures, and editions by Logoboy95 and EnormousRat |
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Video capture courtesy of EnormousRat |
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===Background=== |
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'''ImageMovers''' was founded as "South Side Amusement Company" in 1984 by Robert Zemeckis. It was rebranded to its current name in 1997. Until 2000, ImageMovers did not use a logo. In 2007, ImageMovers and [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] announced a joint-venture to produce motion-capture animated features named ImageMovers Digital. They only released two films in that time (''A Christmas Carol'' and ''Mars Needs Moms''), neither of which were successful at the box office (especially the latter), until Disney announced the studio's closure in January 2011. In August of that same year, ImageMovers signed a 2-year deal with [[Universal Pictures]]. |
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==ImageMovers== |
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Background: ImageMovers was founded in 1997 by Robert Zemeckis. Until 1999, ImageMovers did not use a logo. However, it was fully established in 1999 with a Showtime film called Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness, and released its first two feature films, What Lies Beneath and Cast Away in 2000. In 2007, ImageMovers was bought by Disney, and was renamed to "ImageMovers Digital". ImageMovers Digital only released two films in that time: A Christmas Carol and the box-office bomb Mars Needs Moms. On March 12, 2010, Disney announced the studio would close in January 2011 after production of Mars Needs Moms was completed. However in August 2011, it was announced that the studio will re-open and made a 2-year deal with Universal Pictures. The first film released under the newly revived ImageMovers roster was Real Steel. |
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===Logo (July 21, 2000-)=== |
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ImageMovers (2000).png |
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⚫ | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, a light shines through the lower-middle-left of the screen. It later dies down, revealing a train that bears a resemblance to the Reading Streamlined Crusader that moves forward, with the text "IMAGEMOVERS" slowly swinging in and stretching underneath the train. When the train gets fully to the screen, the screen flashes, and the text appears fully underneath the train in a {{color|gold}}-{{color|silver}} color, as the train becomes a still image and has the back trains on it turning into filmstrips. The logo slowly zooms out when it is completed. |
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1st Logo |
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(September 13, 1999-July 21, 2006, 2011- ) |
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* On some films, the logo is still. |
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* On ''The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio'', the logo cuts off early. |
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* Sometimes, the logo is brighter. |
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* On 4:3 and widescreen prints of the end of ''The Polar Express'' and many films from 2006 onward, the logo zooms out to a much farther distance than usual. |
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'''Print Logo Variants:''' |
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Imagemovers (2006) |
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* At the end of ''The Polar Express'', the logo is smaller and tinted in {{color|gold}} (like the preceding closing credits). |
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* At the end of ''The Walk'', the print logo scrolls up with the rest of the credits. |
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* At the end of ''The Witches'' (2020) and ''Pinocchio'' (2022), it's still. |
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'''Technique:''' CGI. |
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Nicknames: "Filmstrip Train" |
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'''Audio Trivia:''' The score for this logo appears as the first track of Varese Sarabande's Deluxe Edition reissue of the ''What Lies Beneath'' soundtrack, entitled "ImageMovers Logo". |
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'''Audio Variants:''' |
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* The still version is silent. |
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On The Polar Express, Matchstick Men, The Walk, Welcome to Marwen, The Borgias and Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (where this logo was first seen), the logo is still. |
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* On ''The Walk'', the closing theme plays underneath. |
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==ImageMovers Digital== |
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FX/SFX: The train. |
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File:ImageMovers Digital (2009).png |
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File:ImageMovers Digital (2009, Closing).png|Closing variant with copyright stamp. |
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File:ImageMovers Digital (2011, Mars).png|''Mars Needs Moms'' variant |
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</gallery> |
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{{YouTube|id=rnVQxalMA3Y|id2=EluvAb3QqLk|id3=lKz1yymQ2i8}} |
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⚫ | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, a {{color|red}} sphere quickly zooms in to the center of the screen, with a building reflected in it. Then two steel pillars come in from beyond, as the sphere passes in-between them. More pillars come in from various angles, pass over and arranging themselves like a staircase as shadows form on them, as the first four steps form "IM", and the polygon block below forms the letter "D". The sphere hovers above "D". The name "{{color|gray|IMAGEMOVERSDIGITAL}}" (in the same font as the regular ImageMovers logo, albeit with rounded edges) fades in. |
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'''Alternate Descriptive Video Description:''' A red sphere zooms to the center of the screen. Six rectangular beams pass around it. A wider view reveals the beams arranged in a hovering staircase, that forms the letters "IMD". The sphere floats above the first step. Words appear, ImageMovers Digital. |
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'''Trivia:''' The building reflected in the sphere is that of IMD's headquarters at Hamilton Landing in Novato, California. |
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Editor's Note: None. |
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'''Variants:''' |
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2nd Logo |
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* At the end of movies, a small copyright stamp (© IMD) can be seen on the bottom-right. Also it is still. |
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(November 16, 2007) |
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'''Technique:''' CGI. |
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Logo: Just an in-credit notice. We see the words "AN IMAGEMOVERS PRODUCTION" in orange stone text. |
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FX/SFX: It's just an In-credit logo. |
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Music/Sounds: The opening of the movie. |
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[[Category:American film logos]]{{American film logos}} |
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Availability: Only seen on Beowulf. |
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[[Category:United States]] |
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[[Category:Film logos]] |
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Editor's Note: TBA |
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[[Category:American animation logos]] |
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[[Category:Animation logos]] |
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[[Category:Logos with music by Alan Silvestri]] |
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3rd Logo |
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Nicknames: "IMD", "Red Sphere" |
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FX/SFX: Moving sphere and pillar steps. |
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Editor's Note: None. |
Latest revision as of 11:23, 6 May 2024
Logoboy95 and EnormousRat
Captures by
Logoboy95, EnormousRat and SubparMario63
Video captures courtesy of
The AVTB Archives and 4R Geo
Background
ImageMovers was founded as "South Side Amusement Company" in 1984 by Robert Zemeckis. It was rebranded to its current name in 1997. Until 2000, ImageMovers did not use a logo. In 2007, ImageMovers and Disney announced a joint-venture to produce motion-capture animated features named ImageMovers Digital. They only released two films in that time (A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms), neither of which were successful at the box office (especially the latter), until Disney announced the studio's closure in January 2011. In August of that same year, ImageMovers signed a 2-year deal with Universal Pictures.
ImageMovers
Logo (July 21, 2000-)
Visuals: On a black background, a light shines through the lower-middle-left of the screen. It later dies down, revealing a train that bears a resemblance to the Reading Streamlined Crusader that moves forward, with the text "IMAGEMOVERS" slowly swinging in and stretching underneath the train. When the train gets fully to the screen, the screen flashes, and the text appears fully underneath the train in a gold-silver color, as the train becomes a still image and has the back trains on it turning into filmstrips. The logo slowly zooms out when it is completed.
Variants:
- There is also an early version where the train and text are more brown and silver looking, and the flash is faster, and not as bright.
- On some films, the logo is still.
- On The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, the logo cuts off early.
- Sometimes, the logo is brighter.
- On 4:3 and widescreen prints of the end of The Polar Express and many films from 2006 onward, the logo zooms out to a much farther distance than usual.
Print Logo Variants:
- At the end of The Polar Express, the logo is smaller and tinted in gold (like the preceding closing credits).
- At the end of The Walk, the print logo scrolls up with the rest of the credits.
- At the end of The Witches (2020) and Pinocchio (2022), it's still.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A dramatic fanfare with some train sounds, composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri.
Audio Trivia: The score for this logo appears as the first track of Varese Sarabande's Deluxe Edition reissue of the What Lies Beneath soundtrack, entitled "ImageMovers Logo".
Audio Variants:
- The still version is silent.
- On The Walk, the closing theme plays underneath.
Availability: The regular version can be seen on Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Monster House, and Flight. Sometimes, like on Last Holiday and Real Steel, this logo isn't shown.
ImageMovers Digital
Logo (November 6, 2009-March 11, 2011)
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Closing variant with copyright stamp.
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Mars Needs Moms variant
Visuals: On a black background, a red sphere quickly zooms in to the center of the screen, with a building reflected in it. Then two steel pillars come in from beyond, as the sphere passes in-between them. More pillars come in from various angles, pass over and arranging themselves like a staircase as shadows form on them, as the first four steps form "IM", and the polygon block below forms the letter "D". The sphere hovers above "D". The name "IMAGEMOVERSDIGITAL" (in the same font as the regular ImageMovers logo, albeit with rounded edges) fades in.
Alternate Descriptive Video Description: A red sphere zooms to the center of the screen. Six rectangular beams pass around it. A wider view reveals the beams arranged in a hovering staircase, that forms the letters "IMD". The sphere floats above the first step. Words appear, ImageMovers Digital.
Trivia: The building reflected in the sphere is that of IMD's headquarters at Hamilton Landing in Novato, California.
Variants:
- At the end of movies, a small copyright stamp (© IMD) can be seen on the bottom-right. Also it is still.
- On Mars Needs Moms, the sphere is replaced by Mars.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: The opening/closing theme of the movie or none.
Availability: Only seen on A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms.