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|blue|blue}} background, with text reading "A WARNER BROS/ORION PICTURES RELEASE". Underneath it is text reading "Thru", with the "\\'" to the right, and the Warner Communications byline below (all company names are in their trademark fonts as with the regular closing variant). | |blue|blue}} background, with text reading "A WARNER BROS/ORION PICTURES RELEASE". Underneath it is text reading "Thru", with the "\\'" to the right, and the Warner Communications byline below (all company names are in their trademark fonts as with the regular closing variant). | ||
''' | '''Technique:''' 2D animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent or the opening theme of the film. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent or the opening theme of the film. | ||
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* Beginning in 1983, the entire text is in one line without the byline. In ''Just Between Friends'', the text is {{color|gold|yellow}}. | * Beginning in 1983, the entire text is in one line without the byline. In ''Just Between Friends'', the text is {{color|gold|yellow}}. | ||
''' | '''Technique:''' Cel animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A jingle consisting of futuristic-sounding series of chimes combined with a majestic horn fanfare after the stars merge is heard. This fanfare was composed by Leland Bond. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A jingle consisting of futuristic-sounding series of chimes combined with a majestic horn fanfare after the stars merge is heard. This fanfare was composed by Leland Bond. | ||
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* A trailer version begins at the logo forming, and cuts before the light draws the line through it. This appears on a trailer for ''Napoleon'' on the 1998 MGM VHS releases of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and ''Joey''. | * A trailer version begins at the logo forming, and cuts before the light draws the line through it. This appears on a trailer for ''Napoleon'' on the 1998 MGM VHS releases of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and ''Joey''. | ||
''' | '''Technique:''' CGI animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending cycle of strings that repeats alongside a horn tune. As the logo begins to form, it picks up tempo, culminating in a majestic hit and a 3-note sounder. This theme was composed by John Pratt and Michael Alemania, and conducted by cellist Suzie Katayama. | '''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending cycle of strings that repeats alongside a horn tune. As the logo begins to form, it picks up tempo, culminating in a majestic hit and a 3-note sounder. This theme was composed by John Pratt and Michael Alemania, and conducted by cellist Suzie Katayama. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' The new, colorful design of this logo is intended to correspond with Orion's current focus on underserved minority audiences for films - a "wide spectrum of stories waiting to be told", [https://www.adweek.com/creativity/orion-pictures-modernizes-both-its-visual-identity-and-approach-to-storytelling/# per this ''Adweek'' article]. | '''Trivia:''' The new, colorful design of this logo is intended to correspond with Orion's current focus on underserved minority audiences for films - a "wide spectrum of stories waiting to be told", [https://www.adweek.com/creativity/orion-pictures-modernizes-both-its-visual-identity-and-approach-to-storytelling/# per this ''Adweek'' article]. | ||
''' | '''Technique:''' CGI animation by Gravillis Inc. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' An ethereal choir accompanied by some howling, a timpani hit and then a three-note tune as the line appears. Composed by electro-pop musician Kid Moxie. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the film. | '''Music/Sounds:''' An ethereal choir accompanied by some howling, a timpani hit and then a three-note tune as the line appears. Composed by electro-pop musician Kid Moxie. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the film. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' The logo was done by famed title sequence designer Dan Perri, known for his work on ''Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'', ''Airplane!'' and ''The Exorcist'', and also designed [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]] and [[Hemdale Film Corporation]] logos. | '''Trivia:''' The logo was done by famed title sequence designer Dan Perri, known for his work on ''Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'', ''Airplane!'' and ''The Exorcist'', and also designed [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]] and [[Hemdale Film Corporation]] logos. | ||
''' | '''Technique:''' Cel animation, with the man's animation being rotoscoped. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A heroic fanfare, similar to the [[Morgan Creek Entertainment Group|Morgan Creek]] and 2007 [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] logos, whose tone changes near the end. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A heroic fanfare, similar to the [[Morgan Creek Entertainment Group|Morgan Creek]] and 2007 [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] logos, whose tone changes near the end. | ||