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* The idea for this logo came from a concept by co-founder Steven Spielberg, who originally wanted the logo to be CGI and for it to depict an adult man fishing on the moon, but his frequent collaborator Dennis Muren suggested a hand-painted logo instead. The very first sketch of the logo (with the man) was drawn by artist Gregory Weir-Quiton on a piece of tissue | * The idea for this logo came from a concept by co-founder Steven Spielberg, who originally wanted the logo to be CGI and for it to depict an adult man fishing on the moon, but his frequent collaborator Dennis Muren suggested a hand-painted logo instead. The very first sketch of the logo (with the man) was drawn for Spielberg by artist Gregory Weir-Quiton on a piece of tissue. Artist Robert Hunt was then commissioned to design the logo. Spielberg loved one of Hunt's designs—a young boy sitting on a crescent moon while fishing—and it was made into a full-motion CGI logo. The boy seen sitting on the moon is based upon Hunt's son William. | ||
* This logo has run into legal trouble, with Michael Jackson's family accusing Spielberg of plagiarizing the logo for Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch. | * This logo has run into legal trouble, with Michael Jackson's family accusing Spielberg of plagiarizing the logo for Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch. | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), directed by animation supervisor Wes Takahashi; Hunt provided some of the resources for the logo. The boy sitting on the moon was live-action footage that was superimposed with the CGI moon. The animation for the 2021 enhanced variant was done 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> | '''Technique:''' CGI by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), directed by animation supervisor Wes Takahashi; Hunt provided some of the resources for the logo. The boy sitting on the moon was live-action footage that was superimposed with the CGI moon. The animation for the 2021 enhanced variant was done 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> | ||
'''Audio:''' A peaceful theme composed by John Williams (known for scoring many of Steven Spielberg's films) that starts with a classical guitar riff, followed by a violin fanfare, then a more majestic horn sounder, before ending on | '''Audio:''' A peaceful theme composed by John Williams (known for scoring many of Steven Spielberg's films) that starts with a classical guitar riff, followed by a violin fanfare, then a more majestic horn sounder, before ending on a shorter guitar riff similar to the first one. The only sound effect heard is that of water splashing when the bobber hits the water. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||