Alcon Entertainment

(April 23, 1999-)

Nicknames: "The Arm With a Bow"

Logo: On a black background, a blue-tinted arm is shown holding a bow. It slowly shifts downward, leaving behind several shadows that fade out, a la the Tig Productions logo. Then, the arm moves and pulls the string on the bow further back. Wind comes in, stretching the archer until it forms a rectangle with an abstract drawing of the archer in it. The rectangle shines, and the words "ALCON ENTERTAINMENT" are wiped in below the rectangle. A light blue copyright symbol appears beside the name.

Variants:

A short version of this logo exists.
On The Expanse and Pete the Cat, the rectangle shines differently and the wiping is changed now reading "ALCON TELEVISION GROUP" instead of "ALCON ENTERTAINMENT".

FX/SFX: The arm moving, the wind, the shining. Good animation created by Rod Dyer Design.

Music/Sounds: A lush orchestrated piece. Sometimes, the logo is silent or the opening theme of the film plays.

Availability: Common. Appears on films like Insomnia, Racing Stripes, P.S. I Love You and Dolphin Tale. Strangely, its print logo appears on the disc artwork (but not the cover) of the DVD release of We Bare Bears: The Movie, despite the fact that the company didn't had any involvement with the film!