Red Wagon Entertainment

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Background

Red Wagon Entertainment is the production company of producer Douglas Wick. Red Wagon has produced the Stuart Little films, both Hollow Man movies, and The Craft: Legacy (a sequel to The Craft), among others. Despite being formed as early as 1999, the company didn't use a logo until 2003; before then, Red Wagon used in-credit notices (initially for Wick himself). In 2000, Wick expanded the company to bring in Lucy Fisher, his producing partner and wife.



1st Logo (March 1-May 24, 2003)


Visuals: On a white background, a still shot of a red wagon in motion slowly zooms in. The words, "Red Wagon", in spaced-out letters, slides in from the left and "Entertainment", again in spaced-out letters, slides in from the right above and below the wagon respectively. The words zoom out from view and after a few seconds, the wagon zooms in for a close up causing the words to zoom away before fading out.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The end theme of the series.

Availability: This was only seen on Stuart Little: The Animated Series on HBO Family, DVD, and CTV Throwback.

2nd Logo (June 24, 2005-October 28, 2020)


Visuals: A flash occurs, and the camera pans out of a reflection on a red wagon, standing in grass fields with clouds moving above The camera zooms out of a light blink on a board of a red hand-cart with the same design as before, only much more detailed and metallic, standing on the grass fields with clouds moving above. The wagon encloses itself in a box on a black background as the following text fades in underneath:

R E D W A G O N
E N T E R T A I N M E N T

Variants:

  • On Hollow Man 2, the logo is tinted in blue.
  • On Divergent, the logo is tinted in sepia and appears on a sepia matrix background just like the preceding Summit Entertainment logo.
  • On The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the logo is formed by light blue pixels as it zooms out.
  • On The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the logo is in gold and is formed from pixels. After a while, it glitches out.

Technique: CGI animation by Picturemill.

Audio: An orchestral theme composed by Jamie Christopherson. Sometimes, it's silent or has the opening theme of the movie.

Audio Variant: On The Craft: Legacy, the music is PAL pitched.

Availability: Seen on films from the company such as Bewitched, the end of Jarhead and Memoirs of a Geisha (the opening uses an in-credit disclaimer), RV, Lawless, the Divergent trilogy, and made its last appearance on The Craft: Legacy. This logo does not appear on The Great Gatsby.

3rd Logo (December 7, 2021-)

Visuals: Over a white background is the wagon from before, now shaded and illustrated. Below it is the stacked company name.

Variant: A black background variant exists.

Technique: A still digital image.

Audio: The closing theme.

Availability: First seen on Joe Pickett on Spectrum (and later Paramount+), which also marks the company's first TV series in 18 years. It may be seen on upcoming films from the company.
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