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'''Visuals:''' | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, an arc slowly appears and brightens. A series of lights begin appearing below the arc, revealing that this is another globe, looking over Europe. The camera moves down as the lights appear all over Europe, and then Africa (the Earth's continents now have a green, yellow and red color scheme). As the camera begins to zoom out, the word "UNIVERSAL", in a modified version of the font from the previous logo, named Universal Serif (this time the text is still gold, but has the inner white part of the text rising out of a gold outline), rotates to the front of the globe as the lights emanating from the continents dim out. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This is basically the same as the 1997 [[Universal Pictures]] logo. | |||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* | * When this logo first debuted, instead of a byline or URL, a small copyright notice reading "©1997 Universal City Studios, Inc." (set in Gill Sans) fades in at the bottom-right corner of the screen. | ||
* Starting in 1998, the orange URL "www.universalstudios.com" fades in below the globe along with the copyright notice. The copyright was eliminated altogether starting in 1999, however UK VHS and some UK DVD releases from 1999 until 2006 continued to use the variant with both the URL and the copyright notice. | |||
* An anamorphically enhanced widescreen version was created and used on all widescreen DVD releases and some fullscreen DVD releases of all pre-1997 Universal films. | * An anamorphically enhanced widescreen version was created and used on all widescreen DVD releases and some fullscreen DVD releases of all pre-1997 Universal films. | ||
** This logo does not appear on <u>the 2002 DVD release of ''E.T. The Extra Terrestrial'' or the 2000 DVD release of ''Jurassic Park''</u>, likely due to those using their own variants of the 1997 Universal logo before the main menu. However, <u>the 2003 "Double Secret Probation Edition" DVD release of ''National Lampoon's Animal House''</u> still uses this while using its own variant before the main menu. | ** This logo does not appear on <u>the 2002 DVD release of ''E.T. The Extra Terrestrial'' or the 2000 DVD release of ''Jurassic Park''</u>, likely due to those using their own variants of the 1997 Universal logo before the main menu. However, <u>the 2003 "Double Secret Probation Edition" DVD release of ''National Lampoon's Animal House''</u> still uses this while using its own variant before the main menu. | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI by Picturemill. | '''Technique:''' CGI by Picturemill. | ||
'''Audio:''' | '''Audio:''' It starts with a powerful, majestic French horn fanfare, followed by two percussion hits. Then, the same French horn fanfare, followed by two more hits. Then, a very majestic orchestral fanfare (which adds in more brass instruments, strings, xylophones, and drums) as the logo is completed, with the French horn theme coming back near the end. This was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* Sometimes, the opening theme of the movie would be used instead. | |||
* A high tone variant exists, which can be found on international releases, and at <u>the beginning of ''Making An American Werewolf in London''</u>, which is preserved on <u>the 2001 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''An American Werewolf in London''</u>. | * A high tone variant exists, which can be found on international releases, and at <u>the beginning of ''Making An American Werewolf in London''</u>, which is preserved on <u>the 2001 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''An American Werewolf in London''</u>. | ||
* A silent version also exists, which is seen <u>at the end of ''The Stories Behind The Making of The Blues Brothers'',</u> which can be found on <u>the 1998 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''The Blues Brothers''</u>. | * A silent version also exists, which is seen <u>at the end of ''The Stories Behind The Making of The Blues Brothers'',</u> which can be found on <u>the 1998 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''The Blues Brothers''</u>. | ||