production logo

A production logo is used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce. Production logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie (an opening logo), or at the end of a television program or TV movie (a closing logo). Several production logos have become famous over the years, such as the 20th Century Fox searchlights, Universal Studios' globe, Paramount's mountain, Warner Bros.' shield, MGM's Leo the Lion, Columbia's Torch Lady, Nordisk Film Icebear, Disney's castle, TriStar's Pegasus, United Artists' UA letters (originally the Transamerica "T"), and Orion's outer space, and One Time's earth merging into One Time Productions. Logos for smaller companies are sometimes (with tongue-in-cheek) called vanity logos.
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