DreamWorks Pictures: Difference between revisions

'''DreamWorks Pictures''' (also known as "'''DreamWorks, LLC'''", "'''DreamWorks SKG'''" or "'''DreamWorks Studios'''") is an American film production company originally established in 1994 by Steven '''S'''pielberg, Jeffery '''K'''atzenberg and David '''G'''effen in an ambitious attempt to create a new Hollywood studio. In 1995, [[CJ Entertainment]] became an investor in the studio and began distributing and licensing select titles in Korea and Asia. The studio primarily released their own films domestically, although some films were co-released or released in some territories by another studio (most often [[Universal Pictures]] (who were their principal international distribution partner (through [[United International Pictures|UIP]]) during their independent era) and [[Paramount Pictures]] and in some cases, [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Columbia Pictures]], and even [[Buena Vista International]] for at least one film).

'''Visuals:''' It starts out at night with a crescent-shape moon and some clouds in a reflection of water. Then a bobber and fishing reel splash into the water. The camera then pans upwards through a set of clouds to see a boy, sitting inside a crescent-shape moon holding a fishing rod. He reclines further into the moon and swings his foot in a rocking motion as a large "D" fades in, and as the camera pans to the right, the next proceeding letters follow, although parts of the letters are covered by the clouds. Another set of clouds then swoop past the camera before giving way to reveal the text "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''{{big|D}}REAM{{big|W}}ORKS'''}}" with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''SKG'''}}" appearing underneath sandwiched between lines, and the text settles in front of a final shot of clouds  revealing the night sky.

* It remains unclear if a full-frame version of the entire animation exists, as the logo was often presented in its original aspect ratio even on VHS and fullscreen/pan-and-scan DVD releases.

'''Technique:''' CGI by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), directed by animation supervisor Wes Takahashi; Hunt provided some of the resources for the logo. The 2021 variant was animated from scratch at Technicolor; Archie Donato was the CGI supervisor, with James Marcus and Yinglei Yang handling the designing, modeling, animation, and rendering.<ref>https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DAOG2o</ref> The boy sitting on the moon was live-action footage superimposed with the CGI moon.

'''Audio:''' A piece of orchestrated music that starts out with a guitar tune, followed by a majestic horn fanfare, and ending with another guitar tune, composed by John Williams. The only sound effect is that of a splash when the bobber hits the water.