Pandora/Gaylord Films
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Logo description by WizardDuck
Background: Pandora was a Paris-based film company that was purchased in 1999 by the Gaylord Entertainment Company (now Ryman Hospitality Properties). A year later, the new company Gaylord Films was started, entering a co-financing venture with Warner Bros. Pictures. Their logos were used together during the lifespan.
1st Logo
(March 25, 1998-January 25, 2002)
Logo: We see some blue slashes (the second is orange) zooming out from the left as the BG slowly turns from full-black into half black-blue gradient. As this happens, the word "pandora" slowly slides from left where the slashes arrived.
FX/SFX: The zoom outs (which are very choppy), and the sliding. This logo, combined with its theme, looks more like an 80s logo than a late 90s/early 2000s one.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a dramatic synth tune.
Availability: Seen on most movies produced by the company such as A Price Above Rubies, Maybe Baby, A Walk to Remember, Cypher, and Donnie Darko (theatrical cut only, the Director's Cut uses the 3rd logo).
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo
(2002)<img align="right" alt="Gaylord Films (2002)" height="177" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/nU4hLyrJCOlAXAVA-iEs3g10772/GW238H177" title="Gaylord Films (2002)" width="238"/>
Logo: On a starfield, the name "GAYLORD FILMS" fades in, with "Y" shaped with the extended leg.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Nothing, but the fade in.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Very rare, appears on the trailers for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Also seen on early trailers for What a Girl Wants.
Editor's Note: None.
Nicknames: "The Key", "Gaylord Key", "Pandora Key"
Logo: We see a key falling from an orange sky. It lands in a hand (by this point the sky is blue), which uses the key to unlock a door. It opens and light comes out, which overtakes the screen. It turns into a keyhole shape, with either one of these texts fading in below:
Variant: Sometimes, the light scene is only seen. This can be found on the director's cut of Donnie Darko.
FX/SFX: Seems to be a mix of live-action and CGI. Oddly evocative of the Phoenix Pictures logo.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a beautiful synth choir tune.
Availability: The Pandora version appears on White Oleander, Grind, and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie. The Gaylord version is seen on What a Girl Wants and the trailer of Duma (the movie doesn't have it). The logo appears on a trailer for A Cinderella Story, but doesn't appear in the actual movie.
Editor's Note: None.
4th Logo
<img align="right" alt="Pandora" height="159" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/3dWsTu3LCfumuaXy-43RLg8012/GW281H159" title="Pandora" width="281"/>(September 30, 2002)
Logo: On a black background, we see the chrome words "pandora".
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.
Availability: Seen on Welcome to Collinwood.
Editor's Note: None.
Background: Pandora was a Paris-based film company that was purchased in 1999 by the Gaylord Entertainment Company (now Ryman Hospitality Properties). A year later, the new company Gaylord Films was started, entering a co-financing venture with Warner Bros. Pictures. Their logos were used together during the lifespan.
1st Logo
(March 25, 1998-January 25, 2002)
<img align="bottom" alt="Pandora" height="205" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/W0JJZu24G-4_z7OXodTNsA18451/GW376H205" title="Pandora" width="376"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="204" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/35de0e0328686521c97b11f15149100880a0739b" width="364"></iframe>
FX/SFX: The zoom outs (which are very choppy), and the sliding. This logo, combined with its theme, looks more like an 80s logo than a late 90s/early 2000s one.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a dramatic synth tune.
Availability: Seen on most movies produced by the company such as A Price Above Rubies, Maybe Baby, A Walk to Remember, Cypher, and Donnie Darko (theatrical cut only, the Director's Cut uses the 3rd logo).
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo
(2002)<img align="right" alt="Gaylord Films (2002)" height="177" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/nU4hLyrJCOlAXAVA-iEs3g10772/GW238H177" title="Gaylord Films (2002)" width="238"/>
Variants:
- The logo sometimes appear on a blue background.
- On the actual feature, the logo is bigger and the text is white and its placed on a grayscale wooden wall.
FX/SFX: Nothing, but the fade in.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Very rare, appears on the trailers for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Also seen on early trailers for What a Girl Wants.
Editor's Note: None.
3rd Logo
(June 7, 2002-April 22, 2005) <img align="bottom" alt="Pandora Film (2003)" height="174" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/rIIeKtwcjHp99Cj8C7nRhg16136/GW248H174" title="Pandora Film (2003)" width="248"/><img align="bottom" alt="Gaylord Films (2003)" height="174" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/fYVt8RUf9xS_bVsVmPmCGQ8296/GW304H174" title="Gaylord Films (2003)" width="304"/>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="183" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/ae84e30aba2346dc40321745bc4ac16463ae9a05" width="327"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="186" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/398d6dc3bd6090e906e04891ba550ca684288cd9" width="331"></iframe>
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Logo: We see a key falling from an orange sky. It lands in a hand (by this point the sky is blue), which uses the key to unlock a door. It opens and light comes out, which overtakes the screen. It turns into a keyhole shape, with either one of these texts fading in below:
- "PANDORA", then the byline "a gaylord films company" in spaced-out letters to fit the width of "PANDORA", fades in soon after.
- "GAYLORD" followed by "FILMS" in a smaller font fading in soon after.
Variant: Sometimes, the light scene is only seen. This can be found on the director's cut of Donnie Darko.
FX/SFX: Seems to be a mix of live-action and CGI. Oddly evocative of the Phoenix Pictures logo.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or a beautiful synth choir tune.
Availability: The Pandora version appears on White Oleander, Grind, and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie. The Gaylord version is seen on What a Girl Wants and the trailer of Duma (the movie doesn't have it). The logo appears on a trailer for A Cinderella Story, but doesn't appear in the actual movie.
Editor's Note: None.
4th Logo
<img align="right" alt="Pandora" height="159" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/3dWsTu3LCfumuaXy-43RLg8012/GW281H159" title="Pandora" width="281"/>(September 30, 2002)
Logo: On a black background, we see the chrome words "pandora".
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.
Availability: Seen on Welcome to Collinwood.
Editor's Note: None.