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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Scott+Free+Productions&amp;version=83&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FScott%2BFree%2BProductions&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Eric S. and others</i></font><br/><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Edited by</font> Michael Bass,</i><i> Eric S., and Shadeed A. Kelly</i><br/><i><font color="#ffa500">Video capture courtesy of</font> SpartanFarrukh</i><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Scott Free Productions was founded in 1995 in the UK by Ridley <b>Scott</b> and Tony <b>Scott</b>.<br/><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(February 2, 1996-???</font><font size="3">)<br/></font>[[File:E2d5f8efa14e787af33224cfc2305d20.png|470px|Scott Free (1996)]]<font size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "Scott Text"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see the text "</font><font face="Times" size="3">SCOTT FREE</font><font size="3">", with the lower part of the letter "</font><font face="Times" size="3">R</font><font size="3">" stretched a little longer and the whole text underlined.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None or the ending theme of the TV show.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Rare. The only film to use this logo was<i>White Squall</i>. It also appeared on the Showtime series<i>The Hunger</i>.<br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(September 25, 1998-)<br/></font> <div align="center">[[File:00a03a527c5dfcbbdb25c12ca23dc76b.png|480px|Scott Free (1998)]][[File:418c15b72d12f7b3f8bed66619cf4cd5.png|480px|Scott Free (2006)]]</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="191" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/2d90133f40b9a7ba663c48c1716c7dd1397889bf" width="339"></iframe><font size="3"><br/><br/></font></div><font size="3"> <br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Bird", "Man Into Bird", "Shapeshifting Bird"</font><font size="3"><br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see a man clad in monk-style clothing walking as a white light illuminates him. He lights up a match, and a burst of light appears next to him. We then cut to another shot of the man, as he runs away against a yellow spotlight. His arms transform into wings, and he turns into a bird that flies across a multicolored background. The text "SCOTT FREE", in the same font as before, slide in underneath the bird before transforming into a weird font. The bird becomes a blue silhouette, and the logo becomes still on a black background.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><u>Trivia</u>: This animation was made by Italian animator </font><font size="3">Gianluigi Toccafondo</font><font size="3">. He also did the logo for the Italian film distributor Fandango and the end credits animation for the Scott Free film <i>Robin Hood</i>.<br/></font><font size="3"><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font size="3">On TV shows, the logo is cut to the last few seconds. </font> </li><li> <font size="3">Some films starting with <i>A Good Year</i> in 2006 remove the "SCOTT FREE" text.</font></li><li> <font size="3">An in-credit version exists on <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i>.</font></li></ul> <div> <font size="3"><br/></font></div> <div> <font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The animation, which appears to be done in oil paints or pastels. All of the animation is beautiful.</font><font size="3"><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The logo begins with dark whooshing sounds and deep drums, as well as a match-striking sound. A Native American-sounding wind instrument piece is then heard as the man turns into a bird. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the movie, or, in the case of </font><font size="3"><i>Black Hawk Down</i>, none.</font><font size="3"><br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. It was first seen on<i> Clay Pigeons</i> and has appeared on the majority of the company's films since then</font><font size="3">. However, it surprisingly did not appear on<i>Gladiator</i>, <i>Hannibal</i>, and<i> The A-Team</i>. The short version can be seen on <i>The Company</i>, <i>The</i> <i>Good Wife</i> and <i>Numb3rs</i>. The print logo for the company is a regular bird with "SCOTT FREE" in the same font as the last logo.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: This mighty be one of the most amazing logos ever made, mainly due to its fantastic animation.<br/></font></div><br/></div>