LaserPacific Media Corporation

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1st Logo

(1997-1999)




 * On a light blue background with two white and blue lights shining, the drop shadow text "DVD ENCODING AND AUTHORING BY" above the logo. It appears on the New Line Cinema DVDs of The Lawnmower Man, Spawn, as well as the Artisan Entertainment releases of Young Guns, Sophie's Choice, and Jacob's Ladder. Sub-variants exist, mentioned below:


 * On Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, it appears over a hazy yellow background.
 * On the original release of Moonstruck, it appears superimposed over a scene of Cher and Nicolas Cage that was also used for the disc's copyright screen.
 * On The Wedding Singer, the film's logo (with "DVD" next to it) appears above "DVD Production by:", with the LaserPacific logo below.
 * On Pi, it appears over a static background numerical background. In befitting the monochromatic tone of the movie, everything is in gray.
 * On Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, it appears over a stormy background, with flashes of lightning.
 * On Don Juan DeMarco, it appears on a grey piece of paper with "Credit" (in a fancy script font) on top of a red line, and "Authoring Compression and Graphic Design by" below the line.
 * On Merlin (1998), it appears on a purple background.

2nd Logo

(1998-2003)



Logo: On a black background, the LaserPacific logo, which is a DVD shape in a eye shape with many different lines, and the words "LASERPACIFICMEDIA CORPORATION" appear via a wipe effect. Then the LaserPacific logo gleams as a large gray DVD logo (which was narrower than usual) fades in behind it. After that, the white words "ENCODING" and "AUTHORING" appear on the top and bottom via a wipe effect as well.

FX/SFX: The LaserPacific logo and text wiping in, the fading of the DVD logo, and the white words appearing.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh, as well as a dark bang as the logo gleams, or else it's silent.

Availability: Fairly common.


 * Seen at the end of New Line Cinema releases such as Boiler Room, Trial and Error, The Little Vampire (2000), Thirteen Days, Blade II, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Pump Up the Volume, and 15 Minutes.
 * It was also seen at the end of MGM Home Entertainment releases such as Spaceballs, Escape from New York, The Hallelujah Trail, Death Warrant, Hannah and Her Sisters, Igby Goes Down, Original Sin, Deuces Wild, This is Spinal Tap, and 24 Hour Party People.
 * It was also seen on Artisan Home Entertainment releases such as the 2001 DVDs of The Doors: Special Edition and Requiem for a Dream.
 * On Morgan Creek/Warner Home Video releases, it appears on The In Crowd, Stay Tuned and the 2002 reissue of True Romance.
 * It also appears on the USA Home Entertainment DVD of One Night at McCool's.

3rd Logo

(2003-2007)



Logo: On a black background, a split red arrow is pointing at a DVD emitting lights before it rotates to the side and "DVD" appearing on the DVD. More arrows come in to the DVD and disappear as a oval outline draws around the DVD and "ENCODING" appears on it. It becomes a solid sky blue circle via a countdown effect with lines and arrows on it and then it has "AUTHORING" appearing on it as it becomes yellow, then red, and more lines draw around it. The logo zooms out completely as it quickly turns into the logo from before. The text "LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION" fades in below.

FX/SFX: The LaserPacific logo forming.

Music/Sounds: Beeps and synths. Sometimes, the logo can be silent.

Availability: Common.


 * Seen at the end of New Line Cinema DVDs such as The Mask, After the Sunset, Son of the Mask, Friday After Next, Elf, Blade: Trinity, and How to Eat Fried Worms.
 * This was also used on MGM DVD releases such as West Side Story, Thunderbird 6, Agent Cody Banks, Walking Tall, Good Boy!, The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, and the Rocky Anthology box set.