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{{PageButtons|Focus Features|Logo Variations=1|Trailers=1}} | {{PageButtons|Focus Features|Logo Variations=1|Trailers=1}} | ||
{{PageCredits|description=Eric S.|capture=Eric S., SubparMario63 and others|video=Logo Archive, Maxie's Random Junk and 4R Geo}} | {{PageCredits|description=Eric S.|capture=Eric S., SubparMario63 and others|video=Logo Archive, Maxie's Random Junk and 4R Geo}} | ||
{{Infobox company | |||
|name=Focus Features LLC | |||
|image= | |||
|founded=May 3, 2002 ({{age|2002|5|3}} years ago) | |||
|predecessors=[[Good Machine Productions]]<br>[[Universal Focus]]<br>[[USA Films]] | |||
|founder={{w|James Chamus}}<br>{{w|David Linde}} | |||
|key people={{w|Peter Kujawski}} (chairman)<br>Jason Cassidy (vice chairman) | |||
|parent=[[Universal Pictures]] | |||
|country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | |||
|website=https://www.focusfeatures.com/ | |||
}} | |||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Focus Features''' is the current indie/arthouse film subsidiary of [[Universal Pictures | '''Focus Features LLC''' is the current indie/arthouse film subsidiary of [[Universal Pictures]], which was formed in 2002 by the merging of [[USA Films]], [[Universal Focus|Universal '''Focus''']] and [[Good Machine Productions]]. The label specializes in independent and foreign films as well as other genre titles. | ||
In 2004, Focus revived [[Rogue|Rogue Pictures]] as a genre-specific subsidiary of horror, thriller, African-American, high suspense and action. Ten years later, the label acquired [[FilmDistrict]] and absorbed it shortly after. A year later, Focus revived [[Gramercy Pictures]] as a full-on film label, but dissolved it again in 2016 following the box office failure of ''Ratchet & Clank''. | |||
===1st Logo (August 16-November 8, 2002)=== | ===1st Logo (August 16-November 8, 2002)=== | ||
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===2nd Logo (December 25, 2002-)=== | ===2nd Logo (December 25, 2002-)=== | ||
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="180"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="180"> | ||
Focus Features (2008).png | Focus Features (2008).png | ||
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Focus Features (2019, Closing).png | Focus Features (2019, Closing).png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Videos= | |||
{{YouTube|id=iI1EAaIC3Eo|id2=idUEZEirUgI|id3=2e4wZznnC_Y|id4=ufNSaSq9XE4}} | {{YouTube|id=iI1EAaIC3Eo|id2=idUEZEirUgI|id3=2e4wZznnC_Y|id4=ufNSaSq9XE4}} | ||
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'''Visuals:''' There are various yellow, green, and blue circular bokeh (blurry images caused by the shallow focus technique) moving around in the background, then the text from before (in yellow) fades in. | '''Visuals:''' There are various yellow, green, and blue circular bokeh (blurry images caused by the shallow focus technique) moving around in the background, then the text from before (in yellow) fades in. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* For international releases, " | * For international releases, "INTERNATIONAL" would be shown underneath. | ||
* At the end of some movies (and on the start of ''The Northman''), the print logo is used. It looks rather similar to the last logo. | * At the end of some movies (and on the start of ''The Northman''), the print logo is used. It looks rather similar to the last logo. | ||
* On YouTube prints of ''The Man Who Wasn't There'', the logo is in black and white (followed by the USA Films logo). | * On YouTube prints of ''The Man Who Wasn't There'', the logo is in black and white (followed by the USA Films logo). | ||
* On the American release of ''The World's End'', the animation is slowed down in order to plaster the Universal Pictures logo. | * On the American release of ''The World's End'', the animation is slowed down in order to plaster the Universal Pictures logo. | ||
* Starting in 2015 with the trailer for ''Suffragette'', the Comcast byline was added underneath. This also applies to the ending print logo. | * Starting in 2015 with the trailer for ''Suffragette'', the Comcast byline was added underneath. This also applies to the ending print logo. | ||
* In 2022, when Focus Features celebrated its 20th anniversary, the logo (set in a different font) was moved down to make room for a big number " | * In 2022, when Focus Features celebrated its 20th anniversary, the logo (set in a different font) was moved down to make room for a big number "20" with "YEARS" inside the 0. | ||
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation by [[Devastudios]]. | '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation by [[Devastudios]]. | ||
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* The logo can be seen on [https://devastudios.com/work/logo/focus-features/ Devastudios' website], | * The logo can be seen on [https://devastudios.com/work/logo/focus-features/ Devastudios' website], | ||
{{Chronology|[[USA Films]]<br>[[Universal Focus]]<br>[[Good Machine Productions|Good Machine | {{Chronology|[[USA Films]]<br>[[Universal Focus]]<br>[[Good Machine Productions|Good Machine]]|}} | ||
{{Navbox-Comcast}}{{Movie-Navbox}}{{American film logos}} | {{Navbox-Comcast}} | ||
{{Movie-Navbox}} | |||
{{American film logos}} | |||
[[Category:American film logos]] | [[Category:American film logos]] | ||
[[Category:Film logos]] | [[Category:Film logos]] |