Ritek Digital Studios

1st Logo

(2001-2002)

Logo: On the animated blue gradient background, we see the spiral which is slowly rotating counter-clockwise throughout. In front of the spiral, there are blue changing numbers set in the order:

00:00:00:00

As it fades in, there is the waving shining logo, which consists of the same spiral in light blue but with the light green "R" at the left, the light green words:

Ritek
Digital
Studios

at the right and the light blue byline "A DIVISION OF RITEK GLOBAL MEDIA" at the bottom. It waves for 4 seconds before it settles back to normal. The light wipe shines the logo's outline and byline as the changing numbers fades out. Immediately following the shining, the changing numbers fade back in, but they are black. It then slowly fades to black.

Variant: On some DVDs, it is a still picture of it after the shining.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: A rising-gradiently electronic hum. The still version is silent.

Availability: Very rare. So far, the normal version has only been seen on the 2001 Artisan DVDs of Total Recall and Basic Instinct. The still version is more common, but still quite rare, and can be seen on the 2002 DVDs of the first two Balto movies and The Man Who Cried, along with the 2001 UK DVD of Jurassic Park III.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo

(2001-2002)

Logo: On a dirty white background, the spiral "R" from the previous logo spins in from right with the shadow at the bottom-right. The "R" spins in the S-curve and rests at the left. Next to the "R" at the right, the words "Ritek Digital Studios" sketch themselves in. After that, the "R" shifts right a little bit & leans right to poke the text. The light shines in at the right side of the "R" and moves to the right, changing the text's color to green while shining. During the shining, the background fades to black with the shining silver byline "A DIVISION OF RITEK GLOBAL MEDIA" at the bottom. They then fade out.

FX/SFX: The "R" moving, the text and the shining.

Music/Sounds: Several whooshes, followed by a sketching sound and a synthesized tune.

Availability: Used in tandem with the previous logo. Seen on some Universal DVDs from the era, including the 2001 U.S. DVD of Jurassic Park III, and the 2002 DVDs of Spy Game and A Beautiful Mind. Might have appeared on MGM or Fox releases.

Editor's Note: None.