Radar Pictures

Background

Radar Pictures was founded in 1999 on the basement of Interscope Communications.

1st Logo (November 1, 2002-August 1, 2008)

Logo: On an orange background, six black ovals fly and zoom into the screen. Three of them disappear, but another three remain. The background shrinks to even bigger oval banner, where the previous three put in, and the black word "radar" appear inside on the right spot. The word "pictures" also appears next, on the black background, colored orange.

Variant: The logo was redone for newest films with the red glow behind.

FX/SFX: The rings moving and zooming out.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on They, How to Deal and other earlier films. The enhanced version appeared on The Invention of Lying.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (October 17, 2003- )

Logo: On a black background, several red rings move towards the screen and then to the left center of the screen to form the circle emblem, which contains black rings and red rings. The word "radar" forms on the right tip of the circle, and the word "pictures" forms just to the right.

Variant:

On The Box and the trailer for Everybody's Fine, the logo is in black and white.

FX/SFX: The rings moving toward the screen, the logo forming with flash effects similar to the 1978 WGBH logo and 1986 Procter & Gamble Productions logo.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: This logo made its first appearance on the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It can be seen on The Box, Horsemen, All About Steve and Twelve.

Editor's Note: None.