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File:Paramount Pictures(56).jpg | File:Paramount Pictures(56).jpg|Prototype 75th anniversary variant | ||
File:Paramount Pictures(57).jpg | File:Paramount Pictures(57).jpg|Official 75th anniversary variant | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "CGI Mountain", "'90s Mountain", "Majestic Mountain V", "Perumount III" | '''Nicknames:''' "CGI Mountain", "'90s Mountain", "Majestic Mountain V", "Perumount III" | ||
Logo: We see a model of a mountain, with a CGI lake in front of it and a {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/{{Font color|gold|yellow}} gradient sky with a {{Font color|gold|yellow}} sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera begins to zoom closer to the mountain, as 22 {{Font color|silver|silver}} stars (also CGI) come from the bottom left and encircle the mountain, forming the familiar logo. The word "{{Font color|silver|Paramount}}", in its familiar script logo font and redone in a shiny {{Font color|silver|silver}} color, fades in on the peak of the mountain, along with the registered trademark "®" symbol. Seconds later, one of the three bylines (as seen below; depending on the year(s) seen below) fades in below the logo (not the international version). | Logo: We see a model of a mountain, with a CGI lake in front of it and a {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/{{Font color|gold|yellow}} gradient sky with a {{Font color|gold|yellow}} sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera begins to zoom closer to the mountain, as 22 {{Font color|silver|silver}} stars (also CGI) come from the bottom left and encircle the mountain, forming the familiar logo. The word "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{Font color|silver|'''''Paramount'''''}}"</span>, in its familiar script logo font and redone in a shiny {{Font color|silver|silver}} color, fades in on the peak of the mountain, along with the registered trademark "®" symbol. Seconds later, one of the three bylines (as seen below; depending on the year(s) seen below) fades in below the logo (not the international version). | ||
'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
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'''Bylines:''' | '''Bylines:''' | ||
*December 12, 1986-August 30, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (it fades in together with the Paramount script logo and looks the same as it did in the previous logo). | *December 12, 1986-August 30, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (it fades in together with the Paramount script logo and looks the same as it did in the previous logo). | ||
*September 22, 1989-January 13, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" with a line above the byline fades in, in white. On the byline's first year, the byline faded in with the Paramount script logo like the Gulf+Western version and was in gold. On video releases from the era with this variant, the color scheme of the logo is more washed-out than normal. | *September 22, 1989-January 13, 1995: "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A Paramount Communications Company</span>" with a line above the byline fades in, in white. On the byline's first year, the byline faded in with the Paramount script logo like the Gulf+Western version and was in gold. On video releases from the era with this variant, the color scheme of the logo is more washed-out than normal. | ||
*February 17, 1995-February 15, 2002, January 28, 2003: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/I/\CO/\/\ "Wigga-Wigga" font), with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white. | *February 17, 1995-February 15, 2002, January 28, 2003: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/I/\CO/\/\ "Wigga-Wigga" font), with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white. | ||
*One variant, used on the trailer for ''Mission: Impossible II'' and international releases, has no byline whatsoever (see below). | *One variant, used on the trailer for ''Mission: Impossible II'' and international releases, has no byline whatsoever (see below). | ||
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*On CIC Video's ''The Paramount Movie Show'' segments, VHS trailers for ''Chinatown'' and ''A Place in the Sun'', theatrical trailers for ''I.Q.'', ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', ''Star Trek: Generations'', and ''Braveheart'', the TV spot for ''Milk Money'', the teaser trailer for The ''Indian in the Cupboard'', and the second trailer for ''Forrest Gump'', the logo is bylineless. | *On CIC Video's ''The Paramount Movie Show'' segments, VHS trailers for ''Chinatown'' and ''A Place in the Sun'', theatrical trailers for ''I.Q.'', ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', ''Star Trek: Generations'', and ''Braveheart'', the TV spot for ''Milk Money'', the teaser trailer for The ''Indian in the Cupboard'', and the second trailer for ''Forrest Gump'', the logo is bylineless. | ||
*Sometimes, if you watch very closely, the animated clouds (and consequently, the logo) become still once the Viacom byline appears. This variant usually appears on VHS releases of TV shows and specials, and sometimes may plaster older logos on VHS and DVD. Examples of this are the 1999 and 2004 DVD releases of ''Star Trek: Generations''. | *Sometimes, if you watch very closely, the animated clouds (and consequently, the logo) become still once the Viacom byline appears. This variant usually appears on VHS releases of TV shows and specials, and sometimes may plaster older logos on VHS and DVD. Examples of this are the 1999 and 2004 DVD releases of ''Star Trek: Generations''. | ||
*A black-and-white version of the 75th Anniversary logo appears on the 1987 VHS of ''The Docks of New York''. | |||
'''Closing Variants:''' | |||
*At the end of movies, the logo is still. This also appears on syndicated airings of ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'' before the Cannon logo. | *At the end of movies, the logo is still. This also appears on syndicated airings of ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'' before the Cannon logo. | ||
* | *Sometimes, it's only the finished product of the logo, like it's [[Paramount Television (pre-2006)|pre-2006 television counterpart]]. On ''Mission: Impossible II'', the logo fades in without the Viacom byline, which fades in afterwards. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The stars circling the mountain, the zoom in, and the text fading in, all in a beautiful mixture of CGI and practical effects that have held up remarkably for over 30 years. | '''FX/SFX:''' The stars circling the mountain, the zoom in, and the text fading in, all in a beautiful mixture of CGI and practical effects that have held up remarkably for over 30 years. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent or the opening theme of the movie, although a few films such as ''Fatal Attraction'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'', ''The Accused'', ''Pet Sematary'', ''Black Rain'', ''Wayne's World'', the demo VHS of ''Tropical Snow'', and post-1998 prints of ''Grease'' have synthesized chimes segueing into the 1975 fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent or the opening theme of the movie, although a few films such as ''Fatal Attraction'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'', ''The Accused'', ''Pet Sematary'', ''Black Rain'', ''Wayne's World'', the demo VHS of ''Tropical Snow'', and post-1998 prints of ''Grease'' have synthesized chimes segueing into the 1975 fanfare. Always silent for the closing variant. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||