Pandora/Gaylord Films

Logo description by WizardDuck

Background: Pandora was a Paris-based film company that was purchased in 1999 by the Gaylord Entertainment Company (now Ryman Hospitality Properties). A year later, the new company Gaylord Films was started, entering a co-financing venture with Warner Bros. Pictures. Their logos were used together during the lifespan.

1st Logo (March 25, 1998-January 25, 2002)

Pandora

Logo: We see some blue slashes (the second is orange) zooming out from the left as the BG slowly turns from full-black into half black-blue gradient. As this happens, the word "pandora" slowly slides from left where the slashes arrived.

FX/SFX: The zoom outs (which are very choppy), and the sliding. This logo, combined with its theme, looks more like an 80s logo than a late 90s/early 2000s one.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a dramatic synth tune.

Availability: Seen on most movies produced by the company such as A Price Above Rubies, Maybe Baby, A Walk to Remember, Cypher, and Donnie Darko (theatrical cut only, the Director's Cut uses the 3rd logo).

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2002)Gaylord Films (2002)

Logo: On a starfield, the name "GAYLORD FILMS" fades in, with "Y" shaped with the extended leg.

Variants:

The logo sometimes appear on a blue background. On the actual feature, the logo is bigger and the text is white and its placed on a grayscale wooden wall.

FX/SFX: Nothing, but the fade in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Very rare, appears on the trailers for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Also seen on early trailers for What a Girl Wants.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (June 7, 2002-April 22, 2005) Pandora Film (2003)Gaylord Films (2003)

Nicknames: "The Key", "Gaylord Key", "Pandora Key"

Logo: We see a key falling from an orange sky. It lands in a hand (by this point the sky is blue), which uses the key to unlock a door. It opens and light comes out, which overtakes the screen. It turns into a keyhole shape, with either one of these texts fading in below:

"PANDORA", then the byline "a gaylord films company" in spaced-out letters to fit the width of "PANDORA", fades in soon after. "GAYLORD" followed by "FILMS" in a smaller font fading in soon after.

Variant: Sometimes, the light scene is only seen. This can be found on the director's cut of Donnie Darko.

FX/SFX: Seems to be a mix of live-action and CGI. Oddly evocative of the Phoenix Pictures logo.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a beautiful synth choir tune.

Availability: The Pandora version appears on White Oleander, Grind, and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie. The Gaylord version is seen on What a Girl Wants and the trailer of Duma (the movie doesn't have it). The logo appears on a trailer for A Cinderella Story, but doesn't appear in the actual movie.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo Pandora(September 30, 2002)

Logo: On a black background, we see the chrome words "pandora".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on Welcome to Collinwood.

Editor's Note: None.