Mike Zoss Productions

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

Mike Zoss Productions is the production company of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. It is named after Mike Zoss Drugs, a pharmacy in St. Louis Park, Minnesota that the Coen Brothers often visited.

Logo (February 2, 2000-)


Visuals: There is a black outline of a horse's backside. The horse moves its head back and looks towards the camera. The name "MIKE ZOSS PRODUCTIONS" in black fades in, the font and background color depending on the movie.

Variants:

  • 2000-2001: Plain gray background. The name fades in below the horse.
  • 2003-2004: Peach-colored background.
  • 2007-: The horse stands on a grassy field at sunset. The name fades in above the horse and the scenery disappears, leaving a parchment background.
    • On Burn After Reading, the logo is tinted in gray.

Technique: Cel-shaded CGI.

Audio: None or the closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Debuted at the end of O Brother, Where Art Thou? and has appeared on every film since.
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