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Amblin Entertainment
Logo descriptions and captures by Sega3dmm and Jeffrey Gray
Background: Inspired by a short film titled Amblin' (1968), this production company was founded by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin Entertainment is only a production studio, and has never distributed its own movies. Its logo features the silhouette of E.T. riding in the basket of Elliott's bicycle flying in front of the moon, from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
1st Logo
(1984-1985/1997-2002)
Nickname: "The E.T. Logo - In-Credit"
Logo: A still version of the Amblin logo, with Elliott and E.T. flying in front of the moon; the design is identical to that of Amblin's print
logo, with the moon represented by an outline, with an inverse silhouette of Elliott and E.T. inside.
Variant: On Gremlins, the logo appears in the color scheme used from the standard version of the logo, but with the "moon" colored blue; "AN" is above the logo, and "PRESENTATION" is below it, both in red. On Fandango, the Men in Black films and The Mask of Zorro, the logo is entirely in white, and does not have the extra text.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Whatever music is playing during the end credits of the film.
Availability: The in-credit Amblin logo debuted on Gremlins, and can also be seen on Fandango, the Men in Black films, and The Mask of Zorro.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
2nd Logo
(1985- )
Nickname: ''The E.T. Logo''
Logo: We see a close-up of the moon, which zooms backward until it is on the left side of the screen. Right before the moon stops in it's place, a sillhouette of a young boy on a bicycle (Elliott from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) slowly flies in front of the moon from the left side of the moon's border, stopping in the middle (even when the bicycle stops, the wheels continue to move). At the same
time, two red/blue stripes move in from both sides of the screen. The stripe that comes in from the left side places itself right underneath the moon, while the stripe that comes in from the right side places itself near the top of the moon (this creates a small space to the right of the moon bordered by the stripes on the top and the bottom). When the moon and stripes are in place, the word ''AMBLIN'' appears in a strange fade-in (shadows form the blue letters one at a time, refered to as a "shadow wipe"). When the word ''AMBLIN'' is finally revealed, the wheels begin to stop and smaller red text appears under the bottom red/blue lines that reads ''ENTERTAINMENT''. Both words are in a similar thin font.
Variant: A shorter version shows the moon and stripes in place without animation, and it just shows the fade-in of the company name. This version first appeared on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and appears at the end of many post-1988 Amblin films.
FX/SFX: The moon zooming backward, the boy on the bicycle appearing, the red/blue stripes coming from both sides, ''AMBLIN'' shadow-wiping in.
Music/Sounds: A light orchestral theme was used with this logo on Young Sherlock Holmes, The Color Purple, The Money Pit, and the 1988 video release of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. However, it is usually silent, or has the film's closing score.
Availabilty: The animated Amblin logo debuted on The Goonies, and can be found on every Amblin film henceforth (with the exception of Schindler's List, as well as the three Amblimation productions, which featured that company's special logo).
Scare Factor: Minimal.
Background: Inspired by a short film titled Amblin' (1968), this production company was founded by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin Entertainment is only a production studio, and has never distributed its own movies. Its logo features the silhouette of E.T. riding in the basket of Elliott's bicycle flying in front of the moon, from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
1st Logo
(1984-1985/1997-2002)
Nickname: "The E.T. Logo - In-Credit"
Logo: A still version of the Amblin logo, with Elliott and E.T. flying in front of the moon; the design is identical to that of Amblin's print
logo, with the moon represented by an outline, with an inverse silhouette of Elliott and E.T. inside.Variant: On Gremlins, the logo appears in the color scheme used from the standard version of the logo, but with the "moon" colored blue; "AN" is above the logo, and "PRESENTATION" is below it, both in red. On Fandango, the Men in Black films and The Mask of Zorro, the logo is entirely in white, and does not have the extra text.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Whatever music is playing during the end credits of the film.
Availability: The in-credit Amblin logo debuted on Gremlins, and can also be seen on Fandango, the Men in Black films, and The Mask of Zorro.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
2nd Logo
(1985- )
Nickname: ''The E.T. Logo''
Logo: We see a close-up of the moon, which zooms backward until it is on the left side of the screen. Right before the moon stops in it's place, a sillhouette of a young boy on a bicycle (Elliott from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) slowly flies in front of the moon from the left side of the moon's border, stopping in the middle (even when the bicycle stops, the wheels continue to move). At the same
time, two red/blue stripes move in from both sides of the screen. The stripe that comes in from the left side places itself right underneath the moon, while the stripe that comes in from the right side places itself near the top of the moon (this creates a small space to the right of the moon bordered by the stripes on the top and the bottom). When the moon and stripes are in place, the word ''AMBLIN'' appears in a strange fade-in (shadows form the blue letters one at a time, refered to as a "shadow wipe"). When the word ''AMBLIN'' is finally revealed, the wheels begin to stop and smaller red text appears under the bottom red/blue lines that reads ''ENTERTAINMENT''. Both words are in a similar thin font.Variant: A shorter version shows the moon and stripes in place without animation, and it just shows the fade-in of the company name. This version first appeared on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and appears at the end of many post-1988 Amblin films.
FX/SFX: The moon zooming backward, the boy on the bicycle appearing, the red/blue stripes coming from both sides, ''AMBLIN'' shadow-wiping in.
Music/Sounds: A light orchestral theme was used with this logo on Young Sherlock Holmes, The Color Purple, The Money Pit, and the 1988 video release of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. However, it is usually silent, or has the film's closing score.
Availabilty: The animated Amblin logo debuted on The Goonies, and can be found on every Amblin film henceforth (with the exception of Schindler's List, as well as the three Amblimation productions, which featured that company's special logo).
Scare Factor: Minimal.
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