Warner Bros. Pictures: Difference between revisions

'''Logo:''' It starts off similarly to the last two logos, but this time, instead of a simple rippling image, the camera pans across a photorealistic CGI rendering of the Warner Bros. Studios backlot (which has the numbers on the sound stages, a red carpet outside the Steven J. Ross Theater, and the smoking roofs on top of various buildings), with the camera then moving to the left past the iconic water tower (displaying the "dimensional" version of the 2019 WB shield and "WARNER BROS. STUDIOS" in three rows on it, in the new corporate font, Warner Bros. Sans, based on the shield's lettering, with "WARNER BROS." in its condensed bold version and "STUDIOS" in its heavy version) as it takes center stage, a la the [[Searchlight Pictures]] logo. After a few seconds, it continues the same way the previous two logos did, with the same 2019 WB shield from the previous logo (now brighter and more realistic) rotating as it zooms out like the 12th logo (with the letters and shield outline starting off in {{color|gold}} when it zooms out, a homage to its previous {{color|gold}} color, before subtly changing to the new {{color|silver|platinum silver}}), revealing a new, more realistic, more detailed cloud background. The byline then fades in below as the shield shines.

'''Trivia:'''

* In ''Space Jam: A New Legacy'', the still version of the logo without the WarnerMedia byline was shown in a boardroom monitor at the end of the Warner 3000 pitch, albeit showing in a different shield animation at the end of the pitch, transitioning into the same logo as shown above. The same studio lot shown in the logo was also shown during the scene leading into the Warner Bros. Serververse. The cloud background in the logo (with the WB shield covered up by windows) was used as the desktop background in a Dell monitor on the Warner Bros. executive's computer. Furthermore, the entire studio lot made another appearance in ''A Hollywood Christmas''.

* Sometimes on the closing variant, the logo is entirely still. This can be seen at the end of YouTube prints of ''Thir13en Ghosts'', plastering the 12th logo.

* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood follows the same transitions for both the normal and New Line Cinema versions from the 12th logo. In the New Line Cinema version, it was slightly slowed down to give time to transition to an archival scene from ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' as soon as the byline disappears and the lens flare appears.

'''Closing Variant:''' The tail end of the opening logo with no extra text. Here, the logo stays on-screen for at least 4 extra seconds before fading out. This is the first time that the "Distributed by" text above is not used, and the first time since 2000 that the URL below is absent.

'''Technique:''' Photorealistic CGI animation done and provided by the folks at [[Devastudios]], who also did the 2011-present [[Paramount Pictures]] logo, and the 2005-2013 and 2013-present [[Lionsgate Films]] logos. According to Devastudios themselves, due to Coronavirus restrictions, the backlot was created using drone footage, original blueprints and available photography, all in order to reconstruct it in CGI. The sky and clouds were done using Terragen from Planetside Software. You can read more about how this logo was made [https://www.devastudios.com/work/logo/warner-bros-logo-making-of/ here].

'''Music/Sounds:''' A re-orchestrated version of the 12th logo's theme, now played in a different key (this time in E♭ major). It has a more powerful, more orchestra-sounding build-up and the opening notes are now played on a guitar and flute as opposed to a piano. This was composed by Ludwig Göransson. It is unknown what samples are used (probably Spitfire Audio or Cinesamples).

* An upload of the logo on Billy Mallery's Vimeo page has an alternate fanfare which is based on the "As Time Goes By" theme, composed by Mallery himself. It wasn't used on any films as this was a "runner up" score. It is unknown if other runner up versions from other composers exist.  

* On the intro video for Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood, the 1998 arrangement of the fanfare is used, transitioning from "As Time Goes By" from ''Casablanca'' (archival audio), as soon as Sam (played by Dooley Wilson) sings the phrase "The fundamental things apply...".

'''Availability:''' Current; was used in tandem with the previous logo until June 29, 2021.

* As the company formed a multi-year deal with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] to distribute their films on some international territories, including on home video, this logo has started to appear with the MGM logo on the international trailer for ''Bones & All'', and on international prints of the film itself.

* On theatrical prints of Warner Bros. films since 2021 in Hong Kong, it is preceded by the 2012 [[Universal Pictures]] logo and was notably found in theatrical prints of films like ''Dune'' and ''The Matrix: Ressurections'' in the aforementioned territory.

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