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'''Visuals:''' The camera zooms through space, and a pair of Van Allen radiation belts start to form. A rotating globe appears in the distance, and as the camera gets closer to it, the | '''Visuals:''' The camera zooms through space, and a pair of Van Allen radiation belts start to form. A rotating globe appears in the distance, and as the camera gets closer to it, the gold word "'''UNIVERSAL'''" (in Futura Bold) fades in and zooms out to a comfortable distance as the camera stops in front of the globe and the Van Allen belts surround it. | ||
'''Variants:''' Several different versions of this logo exist. This is going to get complicated, so let's explain this simply: | '''Variants:''' Several different versions of this logo exist. This is going to get complicated, so let's explain this simply: | ||
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'''Visuals:''' A large flash appears from the far right side of the Universal globe, which is on a new, detailed starfield background. The camera moves around the globe as the flash dims away, and the shiny golden word "{{color|gold|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" (in Copperplate Gothic Bold) appears from behind the globe before circling it. The camera zooms out and the globe moves to the center, as the word "{{color|gold|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" straightens itself out and takes its place across the globe. The byline "{{color|gold|'''AN MCA COMPANY'''}}", in | '''Visuals:''' A large flash appears from the far right side of the Universal globe, which is on a new, detailed starfield background. The camera moves around the globe as the flash dims away, and the shiny golden word "{{color|gold|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" (in Copperplate Gothic Bold) appears from behind the globe before circling it. The camera zooms out and the globe moves to the center, as the word "{{color|gold|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" straightens itself out and takes its place across the globe. The byline "{{color|gold|'''AN MCA COMPANY'''}}", in gold and in spaced-out letters to fit the width of "{{color|gold|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}", appears below the logo. | ||
'''Trivia:''' The 75th anniversary may refer to the anniversary of Universal City Studios' opening in 1915, rather than Universal Pictures itself. | '''Trivia:''' The 75th anniversary may refer to the anniversary of Universal City Studios' opening in 1915, rather than Universal Pictures itself. | ||
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, an arc slowly appears and brightens. A series of lights begin appearing below the arc, revealing that this is another globe, looking over Europe. The camera moves down as the lights appear all over Europe, and then Africa (the Earth's continents now have a {{color|green}}, {{color|gold|yellow}}, and red color scheme). As the camera begins to zoom out, the word "UNIVERSAL", in a modified version of the font from the previous logo, named Universal Serif (this time the text is still | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, an arc slowly appears and brightens. A series of lights begin appearing below the arc, revealing that this is another globe, looking over Europe. The camera moves down as the lights appear all over Europe, and then Africa (the Earth's continents now have a {{color|green}}, {{color|gold|yellow}}, and red color scheme). As the camera begins to zoom out, the word "UNIVERSAL", in a modified version of the font from the previous logo, named Universal Serif (this time the text is still gold, but has the inner white part of the text rising out of a gold outline), rotates to the front of the globe as the lights emanating from the continents dim out. | ||
'''Trivia:''' The logo, designed by Identica Partnership, was introduced to coincide with the rebranding of MCA, Inc. as Universal Studios, Inc. on December 9, 1996; in fact, it technically debuted in print form as an ad in ''Billboard'' magazine on the same day. | '''Trivia:''' The logo, designed by Identica Partnership, was introduced to coincide with the rebranding of MCA, Inc. as Universal Studios, Inc. on December 9, 1996; in fact, it technically debuted in print form as an ad in ''Billboard'' magazine on the same day. | ||
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'''Other Variants:''' | '''Other Variants:''' | ||
* February 19, 2012-January 18, 2013: For the logo's debut and its first official year (2012), the 100th Anniversary variant of the logo has the "U" in "UNIVERSAL" revealing the text "100TH ANNIVERSARY" in | * February 19, 2012-January 18, 2013: For the logo's debut and its first official year (2012), the 100th Anniversary variant of the logo has the "U" in "UNIVERSAL" revealing the text "100TH ANNIVERSARY" in gold below it, which is seen moving with the "UNIVERSAL" text. | ||
* A prototype version exists as seen on the behind-the-scenes videos of the logo being composed below. Noticeable differences include the logo being entirely in daytime, a different space background, a slightly different wordmark and an unfinished atmosphere, with the text even clipping through it. | * A prototype version exists as seen on the behind-the-scenes videos of the logo being composed below. Noticeable differences include the logo being entirely in daytime, a different space background, a slightly different wordmark and an unfinished atmosphere, with the text even clipping through it. | ||
* At the beginning of ''Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories'' at Universal Studios Florida, the byline fades in early. | * At the beginning of ''Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories'' at Universal Studios Florida, the byline fades in early. | ||
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File:UniversalStudios1996FullUnused.jpg|Full logo | File:UniversalStudios1996FullUnused.jpg|Full logo | ||
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'''Visuals:''' Against a similar sky backdrop to the 1990 logo, the words "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS" are shown in front of the globe in a curved | '''Visuals:''' Against a similar sky backdrop to the 1990 logo, the words "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS" are shown in front of the globe in a curved gold 1930s-style font. A small arrow flies above the words (likely a nod to the plane from the 1922 and 1927 logos), and two stars are shown on either side of the word "STUDIOS", which has two rings above and below it. | ||
'''Trivia:''' Originally, a rebrand in the mid-1990s was planned by MCA. After the Seagram purchase, however, this work was scrapped in favor of the eventual 1997 logo. | '''Trivia:''' Originally, a rebrand in the mid-1990s was planned by MCA. After the Seagram purchase, however, this work was scrapped in favor of the eventual 1997 logo. | ||