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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=The+Montecito+Picture+Company&amp;version=30&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FThe%2BMontecito%2BPicture%2BCompany&amp;saveType=page"><div><font size="3"><u>Background</u>: This is the production company of producer/director Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock. It is named after the community in which Reitman grew up:<b>Montecito</b>, California.</font></div><font size="3"><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div>(May 19, 2000-)<br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:O10QMW0te3qFjSsLFAE74A42859.jpeg|358px|The Montecito Picture Company (2000)]][[File:YuRcxLrJSuB IWECD6RMiA138781.png|364px|Montecito Picture Company]]</font></div><font size="3"> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/5dee42cf6f91be67d9f404dc8043daa7686ae9db" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="252" wmode="transparent"/><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="205" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/bfaf7f2f6d59b448d8c03491fffe0a05fbfa3843" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="248" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><font size="3"><u> <br/>Nickname</u>: "The Bell Tower"<br/><br/></font><div align="left"> <font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We fade in on a rock formation in the middle of the ocean. As a wave hits the rock, we begin to zoom out, passing over some mountains and then some trees. During the zoom-out, the sky changes from dawn to midday. We pass through the belfry of a bell tower in which the bell is ringing. We continue to zoom out as the image becomes enclosed in a box on a black background. Below, the text "<font color="#808080">The Montecito Picture Company</font><font color="#000000">" zooms out with the box while the bell stops ringing.</font></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Variant</u>: <br/></font><ul><li><font size="3"><i>Road Trip</i>used what appears to be a prototype. Here, the logo starts from the halfway point with a slower zoom-out and the scenery is less detailed. The text appears via a "shine" effect.<br/></font></li><li><font size="3">A short version appeared on <i>Hitchcock </i>and <i>Baywatch</i>.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><u><br/>FX/SFX</u>: It's all CGI.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A dramatic synth tune, with water and bell ringing sounds, ending with a fanfare, composed by Bill Byrne. In other cases, it is usually the film's soundtrack, plus the accompanying sound effects. The prototype variant uses a different arrangement of the theme.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on such films as <i>Road Trip, Old School, Evolution</i>, <i>Disturbia</i>, <i>Post Grad</i> and <i>Up in the Air</i>. This can be also seen on the animated series <i>Alienators: Evolution Continues</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div>