The Kerner Entertainment Company

Background

This is the production company of film producer Jordan Kerner.

(January 18, 2002-)

Logo: In a large black-and-white stadium, fireworks are being launched. The camera zooms out to a grandma and her grandson standing on a balcony, watching the action. It continues to zoom out through a tunnel entrance as the text

THE
KERNER ENTERTAINMENT
COMPANY

appears in a Copperplate Gothic font below.

Variants:

Starting with Charlotte's Web, the text "KERNER" is replaced with "K." However, Smurfs: The Lost Village uses the original variant.
On the 2003 version of A Wrinkle in Time, the logo is cut to the last few seconds.
An open matte version exists on 4:3 full-screen prints of films as well as 35mm film scan prints of post-2006 films starting with Charlotte's Web.
Starting with Clifford the Big Red Dog, the logo was enhanced. The sky is more detailed with stars and the tunnel entrance is extended.

Custom Variants:

Smurfs 2: The fireworks are blue, and Papa Smurf is sitting next to the grandma, and Smurfette and Clumsy Smurf are sitting next to the grandson.
Clifford the Big Red Dog: After the logo finishes, the logo turns into a drawing on paper which turns into the opening sequence.

Technique: The fireworks and the people turning their heads, Mix of CGI and Live Action.

Music/Sounds: Usually the film's opening/closing theme plays over, but on Snow Dogs, George of the Jungle 2 and Clifford the Big Red Dog, a majestic fanfare is heard.

Availability: Common. This first appeared on Snow Dogs, and was later seen on George of the Jungle 2, Charlotte's Web, the Smurfs films, and most recently, Clifford the Big Red Dog.