Island World Productions

Credits

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Background

Island World Productions was formed on March 20, 1990 by Tony Garnett as the television division of Island World Communications, a film conglomerate owned by Chris Blackwell and John Heyman. In 1993, Island World closed its London office and moved strictly to the American market, but the television division was allowed to continue on its own. It was then renamed to World Productions in 1994, while the film division was renamed to World Films, Inc. a year prior, serving as a sublabel of Island Pictures.

Logo (25 January 1991-2 June 1994)

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Visuals: On an detailed star map displaying several constellations, a blue light flashes in and moves a bit to the left, revealing a rotating grey globe of Earth with metallic chrome continents, zooming in until it takes up the entire screen. After a brief second, the globe zooms out to reveal the merged letters "iw" in black with a white outline, and a blue-black gradient background is revealed. A pattern of the star map also zooms out onto the "iw" at a delayed fashion. Then, the text "AN" with a red line going through it, "ISLAND WORLD", and "PRODUCTION" with a blue bar through it, fades in below.

Variants:

• On shows, the channel's name/logo and a copyright notice are seen.
• A more common short version has the logo fully formed, with only the globe rotating.
• On Between the Lines, the logo is inside a box and only "ISLAND WORLD" is the only text present.

Technique: 2D computer animation, with possible model work for the globe.

Audio: A proud orchestral fanfare. The short version uses the ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

• The long version appears on early UK VHS prints of Akira and Meet The Feebles.
• It can be seen on series 1 and 2 of Between the Lines, Never Rest, which has this logo intact on a VHS release, and series 1 of Cardiac Arrest.

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