http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Franchise_Pictures&feed=atom&action=historyFranchise Pictures - Revision history2024-03-28T09:41:06ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Franchise_Pictures&diff=21044&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font><font color="#333333"> EnormousRat and Eric S..."2020-11-04T21:29:36Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font><font color="#333333"> EnormousRat and Eric S..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font><font color="#333333"> EnormousRat and Eric S.</font></i></font></font></div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><u><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></font></div>Background</u>: Franchise Pictures was an independent film company known for rescuing pet projects and their production of action films. Much of their output was</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> negatively-reviewed and/or bombed at the box office. The company hit a major bump with the release of the wildly infamous <i>Battlefield Earth</i>, which was slammed by critics, went drastically over-budget due to the company's embezzlements and marketing, and grossed only $29.7 million at the box office out of an overall $73 million budget. Already hit with major losses from the movie, Franchise was later sued into bankruptcy with accusations of purposely inflating the film's budget. The company, as well as subsidiary Phoenician Entertainment, closed in 2004, although many unproduced films they funded were released years afterwards.</font><br/><br/><br/></font><div align="left"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">1st Logo</font></font></div><font face="Arial"><font size="3">(July 6, 1999-</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="3">February 1, 2005)</font></font><br/><div align="center"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">[[File:Yx6wjAqQZIa0d3Lejqo-uw15573.jpeg|209px|Franchise Pictures]]</font></font><font face="Arial" size="3">[[File:NUEStPVOmqAAV0BokYD uQ9332.png|239px|Franchise Pictures (2005)]]<br/></font></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see a blue box with a white outline with "FRANCHISE" at the top. A building is seen in the box, and "<b>PICTURES</b>" is seen on the lower part of it.</font></div><font face="Arial"> <font size="3"><font><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/> <br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.<br/> <br/></font></font></font><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. Was seen on some early films distributed by the company, such as <i>The Confession </i>and <i>A Murder of Crows</i>. The teal variant also appeared on </font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font><font face="Arial" size="3">the GBA game <i>A Sound of Thunder.</i></font></font></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><br/></i></font> </font></font></font></div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font><br/><br/><br/><br/><font>2nd Logo<br/>(January 21, 2000-February 15, 2005)</font><br/><br/></font></font><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3">[[File:QrQCMp4JwhcxfzOSLrgc2w100800.png|322px|Franchise Pictures]][[File:2NS4mAduDH9wxiu-I4d7Dg109064.png|236px|Franchise Classics]]<br/><br/></font></div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="167" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/507dc90a48edb6fbedba5ddc4bf1905b47950731" width="296"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="167" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/30d366e731cd08a621515b5c68370665d79be6a0" width="296"></iframe></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><font><u>Nickname</u>: "The Franchise Building"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: We start out by panning out through a street with many buildings, then we pan out to a skyscraper with "FRANCHISE" above it, and "<b>PICTURES</b>" on the base. The background soon changes to a teal background.<br/><br/><u>Variations:</u> <br/></font></font><ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="3"> In <i>Heist</i>, the logo is black and white and we only see the camera panning up to the skyscraper. </font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3"> The short version of the logo can usually be seen in films made by Franchise Pictures. In the short version, first 4 seconds are cut off and we only see the second half of the logo. </font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3"> In <i>Green Dragon</i>, the "CLASSICS" word flows from the right (ala Universal) and places on the skyscraper.</font></li></ul><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The panning.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An ascending, majestic orchestral fanfare. On some films, the logo is silent.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. Seen on several films from the era starting with <i>The Boondock Saints</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font><font face="Arial"><br/></font></div></div>Travis