http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Act_III_Productions&feed=atom&action=historyAct III Productions - Revision history2024-03-29T09:22:23ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Act_III_Productions&diff=15117&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and Logophile</f..."2020-11-04T17:36:01Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and Logophile</f..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and Logophile</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> V of Doom and Logophile<br/></i><i><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video capture courtesy of</font> Eric S.</i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i><font face="Arial">, Matthew Mayfield, and P<font face="Arial">epsi9072</font></font></i><br/><br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>: Act III Communications is Norman Lear's current company formed on October 21, 1985, after four months and three days <font face="Arial">since</font> Lear and Perenchio sold Embassy Communications, Inc. ([[Tandem Productions|Tandem]], [[Embassy Communications|Embassy Television]], etc.) to Coca-Cola. Operations beg<font face="Arial">an on January 1, 1986. </font>His first film under the Act III name was <i>Stand By Me </i>and was released by [[Columbia Pictures]]. Act III was also the name of a broadcaster Norman Lear was involved in, which owned several Fox and independent stations during the early '90s (most of its stations are now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group). On February 2, 1989, Act III Communications formed a joint<font face="Arial">-venture with [[Columbia Pictures Television]] called "Act III Television" (later "Act III Productions") to produce television and not managing. This was marked as Norman Lear's return to television after exiting television product<font face="Arial">ion in 1978 to focu<font face="Arial">s on feature film and in 1984 from executive producing the short-lived sitcom, <i>a.k.a. Pablo</i>. </font></font></font>In 2006, Act III purchased 50% of [[Village Roadshow Pictures (Australia)|Village Roadshow Pictures]] and merged his music industry "Concord Music Group". Act III didn't have a logo until 1991.</font><br/><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(February 16, 1991)</font><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="1"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">[[File:U6OnhXzfBdZ5xw9rG4NyZg168189.jpeg|233px|ACT III Television (in-credit logo)]]</font><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/d3c16a83c34f9bd0ff62c9818089f17faa15a216" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="213" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">"ACT III"</font><font><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">We see "<font face="Impact">ACT III</font>" in white with a shadow effect with "III" in Roman numerals. There is a white a line that</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> is stretched out underneath the name with the word "TELEVISION"</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> below also in white.</font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: T<font face="Arial">he logo fading in</font>.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end of the show's theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Ultra rare. Seen at the end credits of <i>All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special</i>. Can be found on the videocassette release of said title.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(June 22-July 7, 1991)<br/></font><font><br/></font><font color="#333333">[[File:-nWw S7oeqo5yXTNkfttSQ42436.jpeg|233px|Act III Television (1991)]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nickname</u>: "ACT III PT. II"<br/></font><font><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: Same as the last logo, but it's placed on a blue background. </font><font><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end-title theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. Was last seen on the ultra short-lived series, <i>Sunday Dinner</i>.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u></font></font>: None</font><font>.<br/><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(March 7, 1992-May 9, 1994)<br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="1">[[File:UemRzVZWxMeJQqQzFrh01g66871.jpeg|233px|Act III Television (1992)]]<font color="#333333"><embed height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/2f781307c4045bdb5dfbd84f3782eaba7ca6c7de" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="219" wmode="transparent"/></font></font></div><font size="3"><font> <br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "ACT III PT. III"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a dark gray background, we see the ACT III logo fading in in chrome lettering with "<b><font face="Times">ACT III</font></b>" in a Roman font with the word "TELEVISION" in a stretched serif font. There are three black lines from the bottom of the Roman numeral "3" in between the words "<font face="Times"><b>ACT</b></font>" and "TELEVISION".<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The logo fading in.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">The end-title theme from any show</font><font>.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. It was seen on the short-lived series, <i>The Powers That Be</i> and the ultra short-lived series, <i>704 Hauser</i>; it's intact on the the latter's pilot, however, which can be found on the </font><i>All in the Family </i>complete series DVD boxset by Shout! Factory and <i>The Best of Norman Lear</i>.<font><br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u></font></font>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>4th Logo<br/>(October 25, 1997-February 21, 1998)<br/></font> </font><div align="center"> </div><font size="3"> <br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "ACT III PT. IV"<br/><font><br/><u>Logo</u>: </font><font color="#333333">On a nighttime sky background we see the ACT III logo (as seen in the 1st and 2nd logos) in blue that says "<font face="Impact">ACT III</font> PRODUCTIONS" and underneath it</font><font>has a boy wearing a tuxedo that is pointing and is flying on </font><font><font color="#333333">bird </font>in a nighttime sky with the "<font color="#0000ff" face="Times"><i><b>Enchanté<font face="Times"> </font></b></i></font></font><font><font color="#0000ff" face="Times"><i><b>George</b></i></font>" text on the lower right-hand, referring to Jim George's production company.</font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333" size="3">[[File:Y Q9OvtdLmxG5U-aDf oVA86301.jpeg|233px|Act III Productions/Enchanté George (1997)]]</font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end-title theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. It was only seen on the short-lived series, </font><font color="#333333"><i>Channel Umptee-3</i>.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u></font></font></u>: None.</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/>5th Logo<br/>(September 30, 2016- )</font><font><br/></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:55e4890cf062cb24d6762ca5b94b9111.png|266px|ACT III Productions (2016)]]<br/></font><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="147" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/072cdaacfcf2c0fb88f244f22412c174edef1be7" width="268"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="148" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/1935119356477ba02098ccc351db2ca3416d7347" width="276"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Nicknames</u>: "ACT III PT. V", "CGI ACT III"<br/></font><font><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a white background, pieces of the Roman numeral "<b>III</b>" from the 1st, 2nd, and 4th logos rise up from the white field with a shadow effect as we pan above the logo. "<b>ACT</b>" then rises up one by one as we focus our view onto the logo. "PRODUCTIONS" pops up below the logo and the logo becomes 2D as the logo becomes blue.</font><font><br/><br/></font></font><u>Logo</u>: A still version exists.<font><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333">: The camera pan, the pieces rising up, and the transition. Nice CGI, considering the other logos don't have much (or there lack of) in animation.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end-title theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. The animated version is seen on the miniseries,<i> America Divided</i><i>, </i>while the still version is seen on the 2017 revival of <i>One Day at a Time </i>and <i>Live in Front of a Studio Audience</i> on ABC.<br/><u><br/>Edit</u></font><font color="#333333"><u>or's Note</u>: None</font></font><font><font size="3">.<br/><br/></font><br/></font></div><br/></div></div>Travis