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'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* Rob Reiner once said in an interview that the lighthouse was an allegory of the company's image: allowing creative talents to make their projects with more freedom than the major Hollywood studios would allow ("safe harbor", as he calls it). Indeed, Castle Rock's nurturing of such talent, including (most notably) Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, made it one of the most successful production companies of the 1990s. | * Rob Reiner once said in an interview that the lighthouse was an allegory of the company's image: allowing creative talents to make their projects with more freedom than the major Hollywood studios would allow ("safe harbor", as he calls it). Indeed, Castle Rock's nurturing of such talent, including (most notably) Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, made it one of the most successful production companies of the 1990s. | ||
* The company name comes from the name of the | * The company name comes from the name of the real-life town in Maine that is the setting for several Stephen King stories (which he named after the rocky outcrop named "'''Castle Rock'''" in ''Lord of the Flies''. Reiner himself named the company after the town after the success of his film ''Stand By Me'', (which is based on King's novella, ''The Body''). | ||
*According to Alan Horn, several ideas for the concept of the logo were tossed around, including five peas falling out of a pod or five elephants marching in a row. The basis for both those aforementioned concepts represents the five founders of the company. Eventually, they settled for the lighthouse as their logo as they liked the idea of their light shining out of the darkness. | *According to Alan Horn, several ideas for the concept of the logo were tossed around, including five peas falling out of a pod or five elephants marching in a row. The basis for both those aforementioned concepts represents the five founders of the company. Eventually, they settled for the lighthouse as their logo as they liked the idea of their light shining out of the darkness. | ||
* It is worth mentioning while this is the first logo used for theatrical releases, Castle Rock debuted its lighthouse logo a year earlier for their [[Castle Rock Television|television unit]] in a still logo with morning skies and blue water. | * It is worth mentioning while this is the first logo used for theatrical releases, Castle Rock debuted its lighthouse logo a year earlier for their [[Castle Rock Television|television unit]] in a still logo with morning skies and blue water. | ||
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* On <u>''Albert Brooks: Defending My Life''</u>, the logo fades out earlier to hide the byline. | * On <u>''Albert Brooks: Defending My Life''</u>, the logo fades out earlier to hide the byline. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI and live-action because of the model of the lighthouse. | ||
'''Audio:''' A rearranged version of the previous logo's fanfare (again by Marc Shaiman) that sounds more dramatic and powerful than before. Like before, music from any given soundtrack is also used. The first three films with this logo, ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Before Sunrise'' and ''Dolores Claiborne'' respectively, used the opening theme of the movie; the regular theme was first used on ''Forget Paris''. | '''Audio:''' A rearranged version of the previous logo's fanfare (again by Marc Shaiman) that sounds more dramatic and powerful than before. Like before, music from any given soundtrack is also used. The first three films with this logo, ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Before Sunrise'' and ''Dolores Claiborne'' respectively, used the opening theme of the movie; the regular theme was first used on ''Forget Paris''. | ||
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* On <u>some current prints of 1989-94 films</u>, this plasters the 1989 logo but keeps its original music, with <u>one example being Crackle and AMC's prints of ''Misery'' (that also being seen when The Weather Channel aired the movie back in 2009)</u>. The 1989 theme was also used on <u>''Beyond Rangoon''</u>. | * On <u>some current prints of 1989-94 films</u>, this plasters the 1989 logo but keeps its original music, with <u>one example being Crackle and AMC's prints of ''Misery'' (that also being seen when The Weather Channel aired the movie back in 2009)</u>. The 1989 theme was also used on <u>''Beyond Rangoon''</u>. | ||
* On the <u>2014 film ''And So It Goes''</u>, the fanfare is re-arranged to sound more powerful, minus the dings heard at the end. | * On the <u>2014 film ''And So It Goes''</u>, the fanfare is re-arranged to sound more powerful, minus the dings heard at the end. | ||
* Depending on the film, <u>the fanfare may be tweaked | * Depending on the film, <u>the fanfare may be tweaked largely</u>, such as having a modified reverb effect. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on almost every Castle Rock film since ''The Shawshank Redemption''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on almost every Castle Rock film since ''The Shawshank Redemption''. | ||