Morgan Creek Entertainment: Difference between revisions

'''Technique:''' Simple cel animation.

'''Availability:'''   

*At the time, most of its films were released in the US by 20th Century Fox, though on international and current prints, owned by Revolution/Miramax (with the exception of ''Young Guns'', which is owned by Lionsgate as stated above), the Fox logo is cut out, either due to expired distribution deals, international distribution rights, or releasing agreements that did not extend past theatrical release. The Fox logo is also edited out on [[Vestron Video]]'s release of ''Young Guns'' as well as on the original home video releases of ''Skin Deep'' and ''Clive Barker's Nightbreed'', which were released by [[Media Home Entertainment]]. The Fox/Morgan Creek logo combo can however be seen on US video releases from [[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/Fox]] or [[Fox Video]] such as ''Pacific Heights'', ''The Exorcist III'', and ''Young Guns II'' as well as some streaming prints of ''Nightbreed'' (the theatrical cut).  

*It also appears after the end credits of ''Renegades'' and ''Coup De Ville'' (the former film uses the river and bell sounds).

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'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|navy|navy blue}} background, a {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{color|gold}} line cuts through the screen. The camera pans near it to reveal it is one of two shiny {{color|gold|golden}} borders surrounding a creek. The creek features 3D river effects and a transparent visible reflection of the borders. The creek then zooms out on a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}/black gradient background as we see it is inside a {{color|darkviolet|purplish}} box. Then the words "MORGAN" and "CREEK" (in the same font as before) zoom out towards their usual positions.

'''Variants:'''   

*The box with the creek can differ in color. It has been {{color|darkviolet|purple}}, {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}, and {{color|dodgerblue|light blue}}.

*A <u>still version</u> of this logo is used at the end of movies starting in 1999 and on the ''Ace Ventura'' animated series. Between 1992 and 1999, movies had the full logo at the end.

* There is <u>a scope variant</u> where the 1.85 version is cropped to 2.35. This was used on ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''.

*On <u>earlier episodes of the ''Ace Ventura'' cartoon</u> is the company's print logo on a white background, with the creek colored periwinkle and a copyright stamp below.

*On <u>''Heist''</u>, the logo is black & white.

'''Technique:''' CGI by Studio Productions (now known as "Flip Your Lid Animation").

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*The last film to use this logo was ''Heist'' (which was released three months after ''American Outlaws'', the first film to use the third logo).  

*Strangely, this appeared in black and white on ''Exorcist: The Beginning'' (a 2004 movie) on Australian TV (with the [[Roadshow Television]] logo).  

*Crackle prints of [[Franchise Pictures]] films ''Angel Eyes'' and the aforementioned ''Heist'' have this cut out alongside Warner Bros.; both movies just have the Franchise logo. It was, however, seen on ''Battlefield Earth''.  

===3rd Logo (August 17, 2001-March 1, 2009, April 21, 2023)===

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*The squished version appears on ''Man of the Year'', ''Sydney White'', and ''Ace Ventura, Jr. Pet Detective'' (the last film to use this logo).  

*This is seen in place of the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logo on DVD releases from 2017 of MC films such as ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' and ''True Romance''. It was also seen on the miniseries adaptation of ''Dead Ringers''.

'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie. None for the still version.

=== 5th Logo (September 23-December 16, 2016)===

'''Visuals:''' Essentially just the 2001 variation of the Morgan Creek logo against a black background.

'''Audio:''' The closing theme to the show.

===6th Logo (June 14, 2017-)===