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===Background===
===Background===
As part of Seagram's buy-out of MCA in 1995, the latter company's president, Sidney Sheinberg, along with his two sons, Jon and Bill, started a Seagram-financed production company called '''The Bubble Factory''' as part of Seagram's buy-out of MCA in 1995. It did not use a logo until 1996 when ''Flipper'' was released. Two years later, the company was divorced from its MCA parent-company Universal Pictures (now a division of NBCUniversal), in the wake of a string of box-office failures. The company now releases films very sporadically.
As part of Seagram's buyout of MCA in 1995, the latter company's president Sidney Sheinberg, along with his sons Jon and Bill, started a Seagram-financed production company called '''The Bubble Factory''' with its first release being ''Flipper'' in 1996. Two years later, the company was severed from its parent company [[Universal Pictures]] (now a division of NBCUniversal) in the wake of a string of box-office failures. The company has since released films very sporadically.


===(May 17, 1996- )===
===Logo (May 17, 1996-February 23, 2018)===
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File:The Bubble Factory (1996).png
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File:The Bubble Factory (print, 1997).png
'''Nickname:''' "Exactly What It Says on the Tin"
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{{YouTube|id=46JrR4jx4HI|id2=MQQEEIhl_B8|id3=i_r5rq_PgjA}}


'''Logo:''' On a background of moving clouds, we see a picture of a large quirky-looking building with a pipe sticking out of the roof, sitting on a grass plain. Behind the factory is is a large yellow circle, which has the words:
'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|blue}} sky background is a picture of a large quirky-looking building with a pipe sticking out of the roof, sitting on a grass plain. Behind the building is a large {{color|gold|yellow}} circle, which has the words:


<center>
<center>
{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|'''THE'''}}}}<br>{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|{{Big|'''B'''}}'''UBBL'''{{Big|'''E'''}}}}}}<br>{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|{{Big|'''F'''}}'''ACTOR'''{{Big|'''Y'''}}}}}}
'''THE'''

'''BUBBLE'''

'''FACTORY'''
</center>
</center>


in dark red with a white outline, and with the "'''B'''", "'''E'''", "'''F'''", and "'''Y'''" larger than the rest of the letters. Bubbles flow out of the factory pipe and crowd the screen.
in {{color|darkred|dark red}} with a white outline, and with the "{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|'''B'''}}}}", "{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|'''E'''}}}}", "{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|'''F'''}}}}", and "{{color|darkred|{{Font|Serif|'''Y'''}}}}" larger than the rest of the letters. Bubbles flow out of the factory pipe and crowd the screen.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
*On 4:3 full-screen prints of films, the logo is choppier, and sometimes in open matte.
* On <u>4:3 full-screen prints of films</u>, the logo is choppier, and sometimes in open matte.
*At the end of ''Slappy and the Stinkers'', the print logo is seen on a black background.
* At <u>the end of ''Slappy and the Stinkers''</u>, the print logo is seen on a black background.

'''Trivia:''' The Nostalgia Critic lampooned this logo in a skit from his review of ''A Simple Wish''. In the skit, he plays the executive at a literal bubble factory (mentioning how Build-a-Bear Workshop had great success in financing ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'') who chooses to finance a "Mara Wilson fairytale" instead of a "movie about the sinking of the titanic".

'''FX/SFX:''' The cloud background and the bubbles.


'''Technique:''' 2D digital animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' An lighthearted horn-and-chime theme that sounds quite similar to the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo music. If you listen very closely, you can hear the sound of the bubbling when the bubbles are flowing out of the pipe.


'''Audio:''' A lighthearted horn-and-chime theme composed by Marc Shaiman and John Bisharat, accompanied by faint bubbling sounds.
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
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*In rare cases, the opening theme of the movie is heard.
*On some films, the theme is re-orchestrated.
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*''That Old Feeling'' used a jazzy rendition of the jingle.


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'''Audio Variants:'''
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'''Availability:''' Seen on films from the company, such as ''The Pest'', ''A Simple Wish'', ''McHale's Army'', ''For Richer or Poorer'', and ''Flipper'' (the first movie with this logo), among others. Most recently, this logo was seen on ''Made in Brooklyn'', ''Creature'' and ''What Lola Wants''.
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* In rare cases, the <u>opening theme of the movie</u> is heard.
* On <u>''A Simple Wish''</u>, a softer, more lush arrangement of the theme is heard.
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* On <u>''That Old Feeling''</u>, a jazzy rendition of the jingle plays.


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'''Availability:''' Seen on films from the company such as ''Flipper'' (the first movie with this logo), ''The Pest'', ''A Simple Wish'', ''McHale's Navy'', ''For Richer or Poorer'', ''Made in Brooklyn'', ''Creature'', and ''What Lola Wants''.
'''Editor's Note:''' None.


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Latest revision as of 06:05, 11 April 2024

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Descriptions by
LogoFan121092

Captures by
logofreak98

Editions by
CuriousGeorge60 and logofreak98

Video captures courtesy of
ltlmoviemaker

Background

As part of Seagram's buyout of MCA in 1995, the latter company's president Sidney Sheinberg, along with his sons Jon and Bill, started a Seagram-financed production company called The Bubble Factory with its first release being Flipper in 1996. Two years later, the company was severed from its parent company Universal Pictures (now a division of NBCUniversal) in the wake of a string of box-office failures. The company has since released films very sporadically.

Logo (May 17, 1996-February 23, 2018)


Visuals: On a blue sky background is a picture of a large quirky-looking building with a pipe sticking out of the roof, sitting on a grass plain. Behind the building is a large yellow circle, which has the words:

THE
BUBBLE
FACTORY

in dark red with a white outline, and with the "B", "E", "F", and "Y" larger than the rest of the letters. Bubbles flow out of the factory pipe and crowd the screen.

Variants:

  • On 4:3 full-screen prints of films, the logo is choppier, and sometimes in open matte.
  • At the end of Slappy and the Stinkers, the print logo is seen on a black background.

Technique: 2D digital animation.

Audio: A lighthearted horn-and-chime theme composed by Marc Shaiman and John Bisharat, accompanied by faint bubbling sounds.

Audio Variants:

  • In rare cases, the opening theme of the movie is heard.
  • On A Simple Wish, a softer, more lush arrangement of the theme is heard.
  • On That Old Feeling, a jazzy rendition of the jingle plays.

Availability: Seen on films from the company such as Flipper (the first movie with this logo), The Pest, A Simple Wish, McHale's Navy, For Richer or Poorer, Made in Brooklyn, Creature, and What Lola Wants.

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