Draft:Regal Cinemas: Difference between revisions

===1st (known) Opening (Rollercoaster) (1993-June 2000, March 2001-2008, July-September 16, 2010)===

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'''Visuals:''' The sequence starts with a futuristic rollercoaster car at a tunnel. A curved dashboard starts to display the Regal theater policy below:  

The screen moves up, revealing a track of filmstrip, machinery, and a screen displaying "No Smoking", with the dashboard still visible. The car starts moving across the track and climbs up a lift hill, also passing by another screen displaying "Quiet Please/No Talking During Movie", and wrappers flying into a large trashcan, before exiting the tunnel. The dashboard moves off screen and the car speeds up as it goes down a drop (passing by a [[Wikipedia:Chocolate-covered raisin|Raisinets]] box) and through a large filmreel. More concessions pass by, including two [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] boxes, [[Wikipedia:Pepsi|Pepsi]] cups, a large [[Wikipedia:Goober (brand)|Goobers]] box, and popcorn popping alongside two rising Regal Cinemas popcorn bags. The car drops again and enters another futuristic tunnel on the right. The doors open, and we cut to outside the tunnel as the rollercoaster car zooms by. The Regal Cinemas logo ({{color|gray}} with {{color|orange}} crown and filmreel) moves in from the left of the screen to the center, tilted at a downward angle, and a sparkle forms on the edge of the crown.

**This variant was also adapted for the Mexican cinema chain [[Cinépolis]] (owned by Organización Ramirez) and was used during the late 90s and early 2000s. This version has no concessions as we're about to drop the first lift hill through the filmreel, the candy boxes after the filmreel drop are [[Wikipedia:Kit Kat|KitKats]], and Twizzlers is replaced by [[Wikipedia:Crunch (chocolate bar)|Nestle's Crunch]]. The policy text is also in Spanish and mentions Cinépolis. A version of this was also made for Organización Ramirez's Multicinemas theatres. SmithGroup would make an actual [https://youtu.be/yd0ZWREijPk?si=KuFBbtXDIW_QXe9- original trailer] for Cinépolis later on.

*'''2002:''' [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]] branding was placed onto the former [[Wikipedia:Pepsi|Pepsi]] cups.

*'''2004-2008:''' The [[Wikipedia:Milk Duds|Milk Duds]] and first [[Wikipedia:Chocolate-covered raisin|Raisinets]] box are replaced with [[Wikipedia:Sour Patch Kids|Sour Patch Kids]] and [[Wikipedia:Cookie Dough Bites (candy)|Cookie Dough Bites]], and the popcorn bags are replaced with new popcorn buckets.

*'''July-September 16, 2010:''' This version serves as a placeholder for the 8th opening. The candies' order of appearance is changed to [[Wikipedia:Chocolate-covered raisin|Raisinets]] and [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] during the filmreel drop, and [[Wikipedia:Sour Patch Kids|Sour Patch Kids]] and [[Wikipedia:Cookie Dough Bites (candy)|Cookie Dough Bites]] afterwards, and the [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]] cups display updated designs along with the Regal popcorn bags.

'''Technique:''' CGI by SmithGroup Communications, created on SGI workstations with the Softimage software, and later converted to Alias Wavefront Maya in 2002. It was designed by visual effects designer John McLaughlin, who previously worked for LucasArts, and later worked for [[DreamWorks Animation]].

*'''2002-2008; 2010:''' The voiceover says "Welcome to Regal Entertainment." at the start of the opening, some of the sound effects were altered and a 2-note electric guitar jingle was added at the end.

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the white text "{{font|impact|Feature Presentation}}" in the Impact font fades in, remains on-screen for a few seconds, and then fades out.

'''Technique:''' Fading effects.

'''Availability:''' This was only used for less than a year, after the "Pepsi Girl" policy trailer.

===3rd Opening (2003-2007) ===

===4th Opening (2005-June 30, 2015)===

'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|lightgreen|light green}} background is "please silence your cell phones" in the top right and a silhouetted person using their cell phone on the left. In a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} environment with screens and [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]] cups (as seen during late 2000s ''Regal FirstLook'' installments), the camera moves towards a screen displaying [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]] bottles and a cut-off REG logo. Packs of [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]], [[Wikipedia:Cookie Dough Bites (candy)|Cookie Dough Bites]], [[Wikipedia:Sour Patch Kids|Sour Patch Kids]], [[Wikipedia:Chocolate-covered raisin|Raisinets]] and [[Wikipedia:Twizzlers|Twizzlers]] move to the bottom of the screen behind a {{color|darkorchid|purple}} gradient background. "NO SMOKING" appears in the top right corner of a {{color|limegreen|green}} background with rays of light. A silhouetted person drops a cigarette into a trash bin, and the background turns {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} with a flash; a Regal gift card moves to the right. "NO SMOKING" fades out and "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT" fades in. The Regal Entertainment Group logo appears and slowly moves away from the screen towards a {{color|red}} curtain background. Particles unveil smaller Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres, and United Artists Theatres logos below the REG logo. The curtain is lifted up, revealing an assortment of {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}/{{color|darkorchid|purple}}/{{color|red}}/{{color|orange}} bars and a large shine in the center.

'''Visuals:''' A recreation of the 2nd opening with more advanced CGI. An ad for the Regal Crown Club appears on the car's dashboard when the rollercoaster starts up. A curved dashboard starts to display the Regal theater policy below:  

The screens in the redesigned opening tunnel display "No Recording Devices or Cameras Allowed", "No Smoking" and "Hearing Impaired Devices/Available Upon Request". The rollercoaster's track is now {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}, still shaped like a filmstrip but with embedded circuitry (presumably because of the switchover to digital film). Before going through the filmreel, there are screens advertising private screenings and birthday rooms with {{color|red|r}}{{color|orange|a}}{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|limegreen|n}}{{color|dodgerblue|b}}{{color|mediumorchid|o}}{{color|hotpink|w}} balloons to the right. After that, the concessions from the 2004-2005 opening plus [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] are seen, with [[Wikipedia:Sour Patch Kids|Sour Patch Kids]] taking [[Wikipedia:Twizzlers|Twizzlers]]' previous place. The area where bare girders were before now have a billboard for [[Wikipedia:Sprint Corporation|Sprint]], and redesigned Regal popcorn bags appear afterwards. The redesigned futuristic exit is decorated with various beat boxes and moving speakers. The rollercoaster car itself now resembles more of a monorail/maglev style vehicle, and the Regal logo is far more shinier, with "FEATURE PRESENTATION" now in smaller text and separated from the logo by a large line.

===7th Opening (Rollercoaster) (July 1, 2015-)===

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===8th Opening (August 21, 2020-May 26, 2022)===

'''Visuals:''' In a dark environment is multiple ice cubes fall from the top of the screen. We then switch to a {{color|blue}} environment with an empty Pepsi cup, with its view changing twice to reveal the Regal logo. The screen then cuts back to the footage of ice cubes falling, which are revealed to be falling into the cup from before. Pepsi is then poured into the cup. We briefly see the top view of the cup, where the drink is fizzing, as the camera moves to see the Pepsi logo on the cup again. We then see multiple popcorn kernels falling before the footage mirrors. We later cut to two views of Pepsi rippling, and we briefly see the carbon bubbles inside it. There are the popcorn kernels from before appearing in a popcorn bucket. One kernel is then thrown onto the other pieces of popcorn. We then see a view of most of the popcorn bucket, which is rotating, before we cut to a scene where we rotate to see the top of the Pepsi cup again, flashing and transitioning into the Pepsi logo rotating to its correct position against a {{color|blue}} background with texts reading "'''PEPSI'''" and "'''REGAL'''" moving to different sides of the screen. Another flash pops up on the Pepsi logo, which rotates and settles near the top left of the screen, with the Regal logo popping out of it and settling near the top right of the screen. Texts in white of both companies' names fade in and the bottom of their corresponding logos, before they along with the corresponding logos zoom out and disappear. The text "'''Enjoy the movie.'''" then wipes in at the center of the screen.

===9th Opening (Quotes) (May 27, 2022-September 2023)===

'''Visuals:''' Unknown.

===10th Opening (What's The Line) (September 2023-)===

'''Visuals:''' Unknown.

==Miscellaneous Logos==

===1st Logo (Spring 2000) ===

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===2nd Logo (Summer 2012-March 16, 2020)===

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'''Visuals:''' A curtain with the REG crown logo on it unveils a black-and white pastiche of the classic "Let's All Go To the Lobby" animation, with the REG logo above. The screen zooms out to reveal this animation playing out on a CGI tablet on a theater screen. The candy notices the situation they're in and punches the tablet screen, causing a pack of [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] to pop out of the tablet. The [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] fly out of the theater screen and through a film projector, with a Regal logo inside. The [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] come out of a flatscreen TV displaying peanut [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]], with another TV advertising [[Wikipedia:Twix|Twix]] to the left. Below the TVs, the [[Wikipedia:M&M's|M&M's]] floats down to a Regal concession bar, where it rests alongside a drink, a popcorn bag, and other candies.

===3rd Logo (October 30, 2018-)===

'''Visuals:''' There is an {{color|orange}} camera aperture, with lots of {{color|orange}} crystals coming out of it. Those crystals start forming a crown. Once the crown is formed, it moves to the center of the screen, and rotates to a bird's-eye view. A light in the crown forms an "R", creating the current Regal logo. the word "REGAL" wipes in underneath the logo, underneath which, the text "''the '''best''' place to watch a movie''" wipes in. the logo becomes 2D. and fades out.