Touchstone Pictures: Difference between revisions

'''Visuals:''' On a black/{{color|salmon}} gradient background, we see a {{color|blue}} ball with two {{color|gold|yellow}} thunderbolts (See trivia) cut into it diagonally. Underneath it is the text:

*Contrary to popular belief, the {{color|gold|yellow}} streaks aren't actually streaks. During Ancient Rome and Greece people needed a way to test the quality of precious metals, like gold. So as a result, jewelers would rub precious metals against a block of rough stone, called a Touchstone. This would leave a fine trace of the metal's alloy on the stone's surface. By visually examining the quality of that sample, a trained eye could judge its purity. Putting this in mind, the {{color|blue}} ball represents the physical touchstone while the "streak" or "lightning bolt" represents the gold tracing left on the stone's surface. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvOxLuwtj4 This video] is evidence/the source.

'''Visuals:''' We start on a {{color|blue}} background, which then shrinks into a ball on a black background that zooms out into the upper center portion of the screen. After it takes a small dip, it heads toward the background where it flashes and turns into the thunderball from the 1st logo. The thunderbolts shine as the background lightens up with {{color|salmon}} concentric circles, which get dimmer the farther out they go. The text from before then fades in below.

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a {{color|blue}} oblong moves from the right side of the screen to the left. As it shrinks to the left of the screen, the stacked text "{{color|blue|{{Font|Serif|TOUCHSTONE PICTURES}}}}" slides next to it. After the oblong morphs into a {{color|blue}} ball, the text shines from right to left before hitting the ball, which flashes and glows {{color|orange}}, gaining the thunderbolt from the last two logos on it.

'''Audio:''' A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the circle and thunder meet, composed by John Debney (who also composed the 1985-2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo and the 2007-2014 [[ABC Studios]] logo). In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or it's silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''3 Ninjas'', and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation. This also sometimes applies to the closing score of a film, like ''Sister Act''. In later years, the theme was rarely used, at a point that starting in the early 2000s, it was mainly mostly used on [[Spyglass Entertainment]] productions.  

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the lightning bolt from the previous logo flashes and zooms back onto a {{color|grey}}-{{color|blue}} 3D sphere. After that, the text "{{Font|Serif|TOUCHSTONE PICTURES}}" zooms out, and a shadow is then lit up. The lightning bolt also lets out {{color|orange}} streaks that die down when the text settles in place.