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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
'''Mill Creek Entertainment''' is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such as BabyFirstTV, [[The Carsey-Werner Company, LLC|The Carsey-Werner Company]], DHX Media (now [[WildBrain|WildBrain]]), [[New World/Genesis Distribution|Genesis International]], Mulberry Square Productions, [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]], [[Sonar Entertainment]], and [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]], among others. | '''Mill Creek Entertainment''' is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such as BabyFirstTV, [[The Carsey-Werner Company, LLC|The Carsey-Werner Company]], DHX Media (now [[WildBrain|WildBrain]]), [[New World/Genesis Distribution|Genesis International]], Mulberry Square Productions, [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]], [[Sonar Entertainment]], and [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]], among others. | ||
=== 1st Logo (2002-2011) === | === 1st Logo (2002-2011) === | ||
[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2002).jpg|center|2002 logo|frameless]] | [[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2002).jpg|center|2002 logo|frameless]] | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Waterwheel", "Filmstrip Wheel | '''Nicknames:''' "The Waterwheel", "Filmstrip Wheel", Clipart Waterwheel" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby, we see an orange brown waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it, rising up. | '''Logo:''' On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby, we see an orange brown waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it, rising up. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011. | '''Availability:''' Common. Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011. | ||
=== 2nd Logo (2011-2017) === | === 2nd Logo (2011-2017) === | ||
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'''Logo:''' A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and fly in and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effect. | '''Logo:''' A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and fly in and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effect. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The particles moving around and forming the logo | '''FX/SFX:''' The particles moving around and forming the logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of ''That '70s Show'' and ''3rd Rock from the Sun.'' | '''Availability:''' Common. Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of ''That '70s Show'' and ''3rd Rock from the Sun.'' On some DVDs, the packaging may have this logo, but the previous logo appears instead. | ||
=== 3rd Logo (2017- ) === | === 3rd Logo (2017- ) === | ||
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'''Logo:''' It starts with a flash, then, we zoom into some block-like objects and turn clockwise, it cuts to another shot where the objects reveal that it's the Mill Creek Entertainment logo, however this time, the wheel is gone, and the "ENTERTAINMENT" text is slightly shorter, another flash covers the screen, then we see the Mill Creek logo on a blue rough-like floor, which fades out, turning to a black background. after that, the logo turns gray than blue and blurs, waves like a flag, as it fades out all at once. | '''Logo:''' It starts with a flash, then, we zoom into some block-like objects and turn clockwise, it cuts to another shot where the objects reveal that it's the Mill Creek Entertainment logo, however this time, the wheel is gone, and the "ENTERTAINMENT" text is slightly shorter, another flash covers the screen, then we see the Mill Creek logo on a blue rough-like floor, which fades out, turning to a black background. after that, the logo turns gray than blue and blurs, waves like a flag, as it fades out all at once. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The flashes and the logo waving in the end | '''FX/SFX:''' The flashes and the logo waving in the end. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A 5-note synth-violin tune with the first 3 notes sustained and the 4th and 5th note's sustainment slightly extended. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A 5-note synth-violin tune with the first 3 notes sustained and the 4th and 5th note's sustainment slightly extended. | ||
'''Availability:''' Current. Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017 starting with ''Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' (2003). | '''Availability:''' Current. Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017 starting with ''Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' (2003). | ||
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