Fireworks Entertainment: Difference between revisions

'''Fireworks Entertainment''' was a Canadian television company originally founded by Brian K. Ross as '''SkyVision Entertainment'''. In 1996, it was bought by former [[Alliance Entertainment Corporation (Canada)|Alliance]] employee Jay '''Fire'''stone and was rebranded to its then-current name. In May 1998, it was acquired by [[Canwest Media (Canada)|CanWest]], which led to the formation of the film production asset "[[Fireworks Pictures]]". In 2005, CanWest sold the company to the British [[Content Media Corporation (UK)|ContentFilm]]. Fireworks followed the parent company re-branding, and folded into Content Television on March 14, 2011.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a abstract top of a abstract sun. "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''SKYVISION'''}} ENTERTAINMENT" with a line in between the words and a shining star dotting the I are seen below the sun top. "Produced By" and copyright information are seen in between the logo.

'''FX/SFX:''' The logo shines.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} background, a white sparkle curves upwards to the middle right of the screen, producing a trail behind it. The screen then lightly flashes white, causing the text "'''FIREWORKS ENTERTAINMENT INC'''" to appear below in two lines, all spaced out and flashing for each letter. Above it, several bursts of white light appear briefly while sparkles and white trails emerge from the sparkle's stopping point. They eventually grow into several multicolored stars at different positions and rotations, with each connected to the trails behind them, and the sparkles and bursts stop.

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*In 2005, Fireworks was sold to ContentFilm and was renamed to "'''Fireworks International'''", changing to the corresponding byline.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A combination of a rising whistle, a spark burst, and an explosion, the film's opening theme, or the show's ending theme.

'''Availability:''' Currently seen on seasons 2 and 3 of ''Even Stevens'' on Disney+. Also appeared on ''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'' and ''Caitlin's Way'' on The N (now TeenNick), ''Beyond: James Van Praagh'', the first 2 seasons of ''Republic of Doyle'' in U.S. syndication, the 1998-2001 seasons of ''La Femme Nikita'', and ''Mutant X'' among others. Also seen on some international prints on ''Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' and later international prints of [[Endemol (Netherlands)|Endemol]]-owned titles, such as those from Atlantis Releasing. Don't expect this logo to appear after prints of ''SCTV'' episodes (FireWorks inherited the rights when CanWest bought [[WIC Entertainment (Canada)|WIC Television]]'s assets in 1999), they just have a blue screen with a FireWorks copyright notice appearing after the original end card crediting Allarcom and Old Firehall.