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<div style='text-align: center;'><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''Paramount'''''</span></div> | <div style='text-align: center;'><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''Paramount'''''</span></div> | ||
<div style='text-align: center;'><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''Pictures'''''</span></div> | <div style='text-align: center;'><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''Pictures'''''</span></div> | ||
'''Trivia:''' | |||
*This logo is said to have been originally sketched by founder William W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Adolph Zukor. It is also said to be based on Ben Lomond Mountain in Utah, near where Hodkinson spent his childhood. | |||
*The 24 stars surrounding the mountain would later come to represent each star that had a contract with the studio at the time. However, this hidden meaning was dropped in 1967, when the number of stars in the studio's print logo was lowered to 22. | |||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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At the end of the film is "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>", in script, overlapping the company name. On many movies, "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" fades out, leaving only the logo and "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>". | At the end of the film is "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>", in script, overlapping the company name. On many movies, "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" fades out, leaving only the logo and "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>". | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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*On <u>''The Cocoanuts''</u>, there are the words "The END" fading into the closing logo. | *On <u>''The Cocoanuts''</u>, there are the words "The END" fading into the closing logo. | ||
'''Technique:''' This logo is a painting filmed by a cameraman, with the cloud | '''Technique:''' This logo is a painting filmed by a cameraman. The gliding clouds and mountain are both hand-painted matte paintings, with the cloud background being slid behind the mountain. | ||
'''Audio:''' The beginning or end of a movie's theme. | '''Audio:''' The beginning or end of a movie's theme. | ||
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* This was originally created for Paramount's 3D process "Paravision" and later modified for widescreen. | * This was originally created for Paramount's 3D process "Paravision" and later modified for widescreen. | ||
* The mountain | * The mountain in this logo is said to have been based on Artesonraju, a mountain in Peru. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* On <u>some films</u>, there is a shadow behind the "<span style="text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px black; color:black;">{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Paramount'''''}}</span>" script. | * On <u>some films</u>, there is a shadow behind the "<span style="text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px black; color:black;">{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Paramount'''''}}</span>" script. | ||
* On Paramount's first 3D film <u>''Sangaree''</u> (the first film to use this logo), the text and stars are bigger and the mountain is seen from afar. The words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" fade a few seconds later to the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''in'' 3 ''Dimension'''''</span>". At the end of the movie, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" text appears by itself in front of the mountain, then fades to the company name a few moments later. | * On Paramount's first 3D film <u>''Sangaree''</u> (which was also the first film to use this logo), the text and stars are bigger and the mountain is seen from afar. The words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" fade a few seconds later to the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''in'' 3 ''Dimension'''''</span>". At the end of the movie, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" text appears by itself in front of the mountain, then fades to the company name a few moments later. | ||
* On films shot in <u>[[VistaVision]]</u>, the stars and text fade out, followed by the text "in", which itself fades out and is followed by a big "V" zooming in (a la the [[Viacom]]'s "V of Doom"). The words "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">VISTA</span>" and "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">ISION</span>" appear on either side in a wiping effect. Then the words "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">MOTION PICTURE</span>" appear under "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">VISTA</span>", followed by "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">HIGH-FIDELITY</span>" under "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">ISION</span>". | * On films shot in <u>[[VistaVision]]</u>, the stars and text fade out, followed by the text "in", which itself fades out and is followed by a big "V" zooming in (a la the [[Viacom]]'s "V of Doom"). The words "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">VISTA</span>" and "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">ISION</span>" appear on either side in a wiping effect. Then the words "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">MOTION PICTURE</span>" appear under "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">VISTA</span>", followed by "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">HIGH-FIDELITY</span>" under "<span style="font-family: 'Impact';">ISION</span>". | ||
** <u>German and Italian prints of ''We're No Angels''</u> have a localized version with a re-painted mountain and translated text. In the Italian version, no other text appears with "VISTAVISION". | ** <u>German and Italian prints of ''We're No Angels''</u> have a localized version with a re-painted mountain and translated text. In the Italian version, no other text appears with "VISTAVISION". | ||
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'''Visuals:''' As the logo fades in, there is a model of the mountain from before with a CGI lake in front of it and a {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/{{color|gold|yellow}} gradient sky with a {{color|gold|yellow}} sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera zooms towards the mountain as 22 {{color|silver|silver}} CGI stars fly from the bottom left and encircle the mountain. The "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{color|silver|'''''Paramount'''''}}</span>" script, redone with a shiny {{color|silver|silver}} finish, then fades in on the peak of the mountain (which has some snow in the middle), along with a registered trademark symbol. One of the three bylines (as described below) fade in near the base of the mountain. | '''Visuals:''' As the logo fades in, there is a model of the mountain from before with a CGI lake in front of it and a {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/{{color|gold|yellow}} gradient sky with a {{color|gold|yellow}} sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera zooms towards the mountain as 22 {{color|silver|silver}} CGI stars fly from the bottom left and encircle the mountain. The "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{color|silver|'''''Paramount'''''}}</span>" script, redone with a shiny {{color|silver|silver}} finish, then fades in on the peak of the mountain (which has some snow in the middle), along with a registered trademark symbol ("®"). One of the three bylines (as described below) fade in near the base of the mountain. | ||
'''Trivia:''' Paramount used a painting commissioned for its 75th anniversary from artist Dario Campanile as a basis for this logo, which can be seen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DarioCampanile.Paramount.jpg#mw-jump-to-license here]. | '''Trivia:''' Paramount used a painting commissioned for its 75th anniversary from Italian artist Dario Campanile as a basis for this logo, which can be seen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DarioCampanile.Paramount.jpg#mw-jump-to-license here]. | ||
'''Bylines:''' | '''Bylines:''' | ||