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Background

Momentum Pictures was originally formed in the early 1990s as a British distribution company owned by Alliance Communications (and later, Alliance Atlantis and Alliance Films). The company quickly became known as one of the leading film distributors in the UK. In 2013, the company was folded into Entertainment One after their acquisition of Alliance, but in September 2015, it was relaunched as part of a venture between eOne and Orion Pictures.

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1st Logo (1998?-2007)	2nd Logo (2007-2012)	3rd Logo (2012-2013)	4th Logo (April 17, 2015-)

1st Logo (1998?-2007)

Logo: On a blue background, we see many blurred blue/white shapes flying in from many directions, with occasional searchlights shining around them. Many of them have the blurred blue text "momentum" on them. Then, two rectangles, one a blue-outlined white one with "momentum" inside it, and a blue one with the 3D text "PICTURES" at the bottom of it, come in and join together.

Variant: A filmed version of the logo exists.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Various whooshes, with a bang as the logo is formed.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Bratz: The Movie on Netflix UK (only when using the Xbox One app), the next logo's music is used and is low pitched.

Availability:

Can be found on older British prints of movies on DVD and VHS.
It also appears on the 2003 UK VHS releases of So Smart: Colours and So Smart: Letters, respectively, as well.

2nd Logo (2007-2012)

Logo: On a light navy blue background with some particles in the distance, multiple bluish white arcs quickly cross the screen, eventually rotating and zooming out into the white word "momentum", with "PICTURES" below it in blue. They are both in the same font as the last logo.

Variant: On UK prints of The Mechanic (except on home video), the logo is shortened to the last few seconds and appears superimposed on a black background next to the Lionsgate logo (also shortened to the last seconds).

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A dreamy synth background with whirring as the arcs spin around and clinking sound effects as the text appears.

Availability: Appears on UK-released movies from the time.

3rd Logo (2012-2013)

Logo: On a black background, we see the Momentum logo, still in the same design as before but now in chrome, rotate in letter-by-letter. As the logo slowly eases to the right, the byline "an alliance films company" fades in underneath the finished product.

Technique: Simple, but effective computer animation.

Music/Sounds: The last part of the last logo's theme.

Availability: Seen on post-2012 UK-released movies before the company shut down a year later.

4th Logo (April 17, 2015-)

Logo: On a black background with a spotlight of gold we see on the bottom is a silver block line, then it turns around to reveal the rectangle and it draws the word "momentum" now in a different font with the two lines on the two letter "m"'s connected to the rectangle with the word "PICTURES" in spaced out letters also drawing underneath the word above. Then it gets flashed by a blue light as the rectangle with the text zooms out a bit, afterwards the byline for Entertainment One appears below the logo.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Some whooshing like sounds with a clank sound ending with a wind like sound.

Availability: Current. Seen on it's films starting from 2015 onwards with The Wannabe.

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 ===Background===
 '''Momentum Pictures''' was originally formed in the early 1990s as a British distribution company owned by [[Alliance Entertainment Corporation|Alliance Communications]] (and later, [[Alliance Atlantis]] and [[Alliance Films]]). The company quickly became known as one of the leading film distributors in the UK. In 2013, the company was folded into [[Entertainment One]] after their acquisition of Alliance, but in September 2015, it was relaunched as part of a venture between eOne and [[Orion Pictures]].
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-'''Logo:''' On a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}} background, we see many blurred {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}}/white shapes flying in from many directions, with occasional searchlights shining around them. Many of them have the blurred {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}} text "momentum" on them. Then, two rectangles, one a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}}-outlined white one with "momentum" inside it, and a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}} one with the 3D text "PICTURES" at the bottom of it, come in and join together.
+'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} background, we see many blurred {{color|blue}}/white shapes flying in from many directions, with occasional searchlights shining around them. Many of them have the blurred {{color|blue}} text "momentum" on them. Then, two rectangles, one a {{color|blue}}-outlined white one with "momentum" inside it, and a {{color|blue}} one with the 3D text "PICTURES" at the bottom of it, come in and join together.
 '''Variant:''' A filmed version of the logo exists.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' Various whooshes, with a bang as the logo is formed.
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 ===2nd Logo (2007-2012)===
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 '''Variant:''' On UK prints of ''The Mechanic'' (except on home video), the logo is shortened to the last few seconds and appears superimposed on a black background next to the [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] logo (also shortened to the last seconds).
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' A dreamy synth background with whirring as the arcs spin around and clinking sound effects as the text appears.
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 ===3rd Logo (2012-2013)===
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 '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the Momentum logo, still in the same design as before but now in chrome, rotate in letter-by-letter. As the logo slowly eases to the right, the byline "an alliance films company" fades in underneath the finished product.
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 ===4th Logo (April 17, 2015-)===
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 '''Logo:''' On a black background with a spotlight of gold we see on the bottom is a silver block line, then it turns around to reveal the rectangle and it draws the word "'''momentum'''" now in a different font with the two lines on the two letter "m"'s connected to the rectangle with the word "PICTURES" in spaced out letters also drawing underneath the word above. Then it gets flashed by a blue light as the rectangle with the text zooms out a bit, afterwards the byline for [[Entertainment One|Entertainment One]] appears below the logo.
-'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' Some whooshing like sounds with a clank sound ending with a wind like sound.