STUDIO IDENTS A studio indent is the logo for a particular company, these are split into two categories which are “majors” and “indies”. Studio idents can offer fascinating insights into the studio themselves and are often laden with interesting trivia. Some idents have evolved over 100 years into all-singing, all-dancing variants you see before movies today.
1. STUDIO IDENTSA studio indent is the logo for a particular
company, these are split into two categories which are majors and
indies. Studio identscan offer fascinating insights into the studio
themselves and are often laden with interesting trivia. Some idents
have evolved over 100years into all-singing, all-dancing variants
you see before movies today.
2. MAJORSMajor studio idents are the world famous logos you
willnormally see before a movie starts e.g. Warner BrosThey are
subsidiaries of a dominant company
3. INDIESIndie studio idents are not as known as majors and
aremore likely to appear in less famous movies
e.g.Wonderland.Independent from a conglomerate.
4. PARAMOUNTParamount is a major studio ident that uses a big
mountainabove the clouds as its logo. Just like other majors this
has avery captivating logo and this is used to symbolize
theirdominance within the film industries.
5. UNIVERSALSimilarly to Paramount, Universal symbolizes their
dominance inthe film industry with the world behind their name.
This shows theaudience that Universal is a international company
with greatsuccess.
6. OPTIMUM RELEASINGThis is an independent British company that
isindependent from a conglomerate. The shape in themiddle
symbolises its edginess compared to major idents.
7. VERTIGO FILMSThis is another independent British film
company. The redbackground and bold letters shows the audience that
thisident stands out from the others and it doesnt need a big
lionor a world in its logo to be successful.
