Columbia Pictures: Difference between revisions

'''Visuals:''' On a dark gray background with arch clouds below, there is a woman dressed in a Roman soldier's outfit (similar to the ancient Greco-Roman goddess Athena/Minerva), crowned with a wreath and covered in a toga, holding a shield in her left hand and holding an olive branch in her right hand. There is the text "{{font|Times New Roman|COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION Presents}}", with "{{font|Times New Roman|COLUMBIA PICTURES}}" arched above, "{{font|Times New Roman|CORPORATION}}" underneath it in a straight line, and "{{font|Times New Roman|Presents}}" below.

** Some films from <u>1928 to 1932</u> have the print logo at the center with the words "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''The'''''}} on the left and "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''End'''''}}" on the right.

'''Visuals:''' It begins with the familiar Columbia Torch Lady (a less-detailed yellow-toned 1942/1955 Torch Lady), standing on the pedestal holding her light torch against the backdrop of clouds. Then, the picture moves upward and towards the torch as the rays pull in, which shines even more as the picture blurs around it. It then emits a flash that fills the screen. When the flash dissolves, the light torch itself appears, as if in a sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: a blue half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "{{Font|serif|Columbia Pictures}}" in a beveled Souvenir Bold font under it. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out.

* The Sunburst logo originally came out in 1975, but first appeared only on posters.

* 1981-1990: The standard Torch Lady (a somewhat less detailed version of her 1970s iteration, wearing a more orange robe) is seen standing on a pedestal with her torch against a backdrop of clouds similar to that of the previous logo (albeit slightly less detailed and with a more blueish tone). The light emitting from torch grows brighter, and briefly shines in a sunburst shape (the same one from the previous logo) behind the Torch Lady before dimming back into place. The metallic orange words "'''{{font|Serif|Columbia Pictures}}'''" (in the same font as the last logo) fade in on opposite sides of the Torch Lady as her torch continues to shine.

* 1989-1993: Same as the original variant, but the sunburst animation is omitted (however, one can still see a glimpse of the red light from the sunburst if one looks closely). Instead, after a second, the "'''{{font|Serif|Columbia Pictures}}'''" text fades in (a la the 1936-1976 logo).

* From 1989-April 30, 1993, Columbia's print logo was featured scrolling at the end of the movies' closing credits. This features the Torch Lady with the "sunburst" from the 1981 variation of the opening logo. The phrase, appearing in the same font as the opening logo, reads "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" underneath. An earlier version of this didn't include the print logo, but rather the text instead. A few movies such as ''Ghostbusters II'', ''Welcome Home'' and ''Year of the Comet'' have the words in a different font (the latter two films didn't even feature the print logo, as did ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and ''Misery''). This would stop regular use on August 28, 1992 with the release of ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', but this appeared on ''The Pickle''.

* September 23, 1992-May 14, 1993: The same closing logo, but with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" in the Bank Gothic font with the SPE byline below. On ''A River Runs Through It'' and ''El Mariachi'', as well as [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] films, the words "RELEASED BY" appear on top. A variant of this appeared at the end of ''Josh and S.A.M.'', released on November 24, 1993. In this one, it has "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" above the "RELEASED BY" variant, while the movie itself would use the 1993 logo at the beginning. The possible reason for this is that the film was delayed; a teaser for said film, which was found on the 1993 VHS releases of ''Single White Female'' and ''Mr. Saturday Night'', had it originally intended for a spring 1993 release, but when it finally came to theaters, Columbia might have replaced the 1989 logo with their new logo, but didn't touch the credit logo. Another example of Sony's poor editing habits.

* On ''Sibling Rivalry'', the closing logo is based on the 1981-1989 print logo: it has the Torch Lady with a sunburst inside a dome with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" below. Below that is "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE". ''Eat a Bowl of Tea'' and ''The Big Picture'' have the "Torch Lady in a Dome" print logo with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" below it.

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