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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><u>Background</u>: This is the name of Britt Allcroft's production company formed to produce Seasons 6 and 7 of <i>Thomas and Friends</i> and the film <i>Thomas and the Magic Railroad</i>. Gullane also owned other franchises, such as <i>Sooty, Fireman Sam,</i> and <i>Art Attack</i>. The company was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002.<br/><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(July 14, 2000)</font><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Seagull", "Seagull with Ocean", "The Seagull that Helped the Ocean" "GULLane"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: A seagull flies over the ocean, which is lit by sunset, then the seagull takes high and turns into metallic blue shadow. Over the seagull is a <font color="#ffa500">gold</font><font color="#000000"> <font color="#333333">circular line draws itself. Then metallic GULLANE PICTURES in Helvetica font, appears and shines right to the seagull.</font></font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The animation of a seagull and an arc, the shine.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Just sounds of seagull squawking and metallic screeching.<br/><br/><div><u>Availability</u>: Only appears on<i> </i><i>Thomas and the Magic Railroad</i>.</div><div></div><div><u><br/></u></div><div><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</div><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(2001-2002)[[File:J7e9owGx8ym5VODAuADgMQ16009.jpeg|276px|Gullane Entertainment (2001)]]<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: We see a seagull flying towards the sun over the ocean. Suddenly it goes off the screen and rippling letter G appears over the sea surface, quickly taken into the turquoise box with GULLANE written below. The gull returns and blasts into the logo, appearing still over G letter. As it flies, ENTERTAINMENT adds below, and the sea is replaced with gradient color, same as in the box, but lighter.   </font><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: On <i>Eckhart</i>, only the end of the logo is shown.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Mostly the gull, the ocean and the box.</font><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Same as the first logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: <font color="#333333"><font>Rare. Appears on 2001-2002 <i>T</i><i>homas and Friends</i> VHS tapes and DVDs immediately following the [[Anchor Bay Entertainment|Anchor Bay]] or VCI logo. It also appeared on an extremely rare Japanese Thomas VHS called </font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie</i>. Outside <i>Thomas the Tank Engine</i>, this logo </font><font><font face="Arial">appeared on the </font><i>Art Attack</i><i> </i><font face="Arial">VHS tape </font><i>Monsters and Other Scary Stuff</i><font face="Arial">, UK airings of </font><i>Eckhart</i><font face="Arial">, and three </font><i>Sooty </i><font face="Arial">Direct-To-Video programmes, titled </font><i>Sooty's  Magic Show</i><font face="Arial">, </font><i>Sooty's Magic Club</i><font face="Arial"> and the extremely rare </font><i>Sooty's  Magic Birthday  Party</i><i>. </i><font face="Arial">Even though Gullane was </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">involved  </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">with </font><font face="Arial">those two shows, this logo does not  appear on either </font><i>Sooty Heights</i><i> </i><font face="Arial">or</font><i> </i><i>Sooty</i><font face="Arial"> 2001, they instead use a Sooty Limited logo.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><br/><br/></font><div></div><div><font size="3">3rd Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(2002)</font></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a sky blue background, A BRITT ALLCROFT COMPANY PRODUCTION in Copperplate Gothic zooms out, until it reaches a comfortable distance, then the Britt Allcroft logo in gold quickly writes itself.Underneath, for in a generic sans serif font quickly fades in, before the Gullane Entertainment print logo in white zooms in, which bounces for a few seconds. Then, a copyright disclaimer  (© Gullane (Thomas) Limited 2002) in a serif font fades in.</font></div>[[File:1e27ff17db4a2a791e174a39e8be412d.png|291px|Gullane Entertainment (UK) - CLG Wiki]]<div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: On early prints of <i>Thomas &amp; Friends season 6</i>, the Gullane Entertainment logo just fades in.</font></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zooming, and the script writing.</font></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Usually the ending theme of the show, but, on <i>Thomas &amp; Friends: Building the New Line</i> for the PC, the sounds of an engine puffing, three distorted dings, and various steam whistles are heard.</font></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Very rare. The regular variant appears on early prints of Season 6 of <i>Thomas &amp; Friends</i>, early Thomas DVDs like <i>T</i><i>he Fogman and Other Stories</i><i>; </i>the variant appears on the <i>Thomas</i> PC game, <i>Building the New Line</i>. More recent DVD prints of <i>Thomas &amp; Friends </i>Season 6<i> </i>plaster this over with the 2001 HIT Entertainment logo.</font></div></div></div><div></div><div><u><br/></u></div><div><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</div></div><br/></div>