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Background

D'Ocon Films Productions is a Catalonian production company that was founded in the 1970s by Antoni D'Ocon and is headquartered in Barcelona. Over the years it has become infamous for the low-budget values of its shows.

1st Logo (1990-1995)

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Logo: Against a green gradient background, a paintbrush appears and paints in the words, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in a script-type font. Different rainbow colours travel through inside the text as the paintbrush leaves. The paintbrush returns and writes "presents", "presenta" or "presente" (depending on the language) in the same font, and leaves again. It then zooms in.

Variants:

A later version of this logo has shortened text and has an improved rainbow effect that travels in reverse, "presents" is in white, and the logo does not zoom in at the end. For the closing logo, the paintbrush animation disappears after it moves up after it wipes in the name. This was not known to have been used with the green background, however it is the basis for the two variants described below.
On Sylvan, the background is an orange/yellow gradient.
On season 1 of Problem Child (an animated TV adaptation of the 1990 family film), the background is a night sky.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A short cheery tune with pencil noises when the brush swipes in, or the opening/ending theme of the show.

Availability: Very rare. Seen on their shows from the time, but current prints plaster it with later logos.

2nd Logo (1995-2003)

Logo: On a space background, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in the same font as before, zooms out and settles. The text "Presents" or "Presenta" fades in underneath shortly after.

Variants:

Sometimes, the "Presents" text doesn't appear.
A very short version exists.

Technique: 3D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Originally a triumphant fanfare based on the theme song to The Fruitties. Later on, two synth notes, followed by a seven-note trumpet tune also adapted from the theme song to The Fruitties.

Music/Sounds Variants:

On Cartoon Network UK airings of The Fruitties, it was silent.
On some prints of Delfy, a redone version of the short cheery tune from the previous logo was heard.
On Pocket Dragon Adventures, the theme is lower-pitched.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Pocket Dragon Adventures on DVD, as well as Basketball Fever and on later episodes of The Fruitties. Also seen on Enigma, The Little Witches and early episodes of Scruff.

3rd Logo (2003-)

Logo: Over a view of a globe with water on it, the text "D'Ocon Films" flies in and glows with an island shown on the globe. Everything then glows.

Variants:

Some videos (such as trailers) on the D'Ocon Films YouTube channel contain only the last few seconds of the logo.
A redone version of this logo was also used, with the text jus reading "D'Ocon".

Technique: 3D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the second music variant of the previous logo, but sounding more like it was done on a MIDI synthesizer and with a more majestic finish.

Availability: Seen on D'Ocon's YouTube channel, and their other shows, like Scruff, and Kumba Island.

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-'''Logo:''' Against a green gradient background, a paintbrush appears and paints in the words, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in a script-type font. Different rainbow colours travel through inside the text as the paintbrush leaves. The paintbrush returns and writes "presents/presenta/presente" (in three languages) in the same font, and leaves again. It then zooms in.
+'''Logo:''' Against a green gradient background, a paintbrush appears and paints in the words, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in a script-type font. Different rainbow colours travel through inside the text as the paintbrush leaves. The paintbrush returns and writes "presents", "presenta" or "presente" (depending on the language) in the same font, and leaves again. It then zooms in.
 '''Variants:'''
-* A later version of this logo has shortened text and has an improved rainbow effect that travels in reverse. "presents" also appears to be a different white font. For the closing logo, the paintbrush animation disappears after it moves up after it wipes in the name.
+* A later version of this logo has shortened text and has an improved rainbow effect that travels in reverse, "presents" is in white, and the logo does not zoom in at the end. For the closing logo, the paintbrush animation disappears after it moves up after it wipes in the name. This was not known to have been used with the green background, however it is the basis for the two variants described below.
-* On ''Slyvan'', the background is a orange/yellow graident.
+* On ''Sylvan'', the background is an orange/yellow gradient.
 * On season 1 of ''Problem Child'' (an animated TV adaptation of the 1990 family film), the background is a night sky.
-'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A short cheery tune with pencil noises when the brush swipes in or the opening/ending theme of the show. The later version would have a more triumphant fanfare based on ''The Frutties'' theme song instead.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A short cheery tune with pencil noises when the brush swipes in, or the opening/ending theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Very rare. Seen on their shows at the time, but current prints plaster it with later logos.
+'''Availability:''' Very rare. Seen on their shows from the time, but current prints plaster it with later logos.
 ===2nd Logo (1995-2003)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a space background, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in the same font as before, zooms out and settles. The text "Presents" fades in underneath shortly after.
+'''Logo:''' On a space background, "D'Ocon Films Productions", in the same font as before, zooms out and settles. The text "Presents" or "Presenta" fades in underneath shortly after.
 '''Variants:'''
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 '''Technique:''' 3D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' 2 synth notes, followed by a 7-note trumpet tune adapted from the theme song to ''The Fruitties'', which is remixed from the previous logo's theme (that also may be used from time to time).
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Originally a triumphant fanfare based on the theme song to ''The Fruitties''. Later on, two synth notes, followed by a seven-note trumpet tune also adapted from the theme song to ''The Fruitties''.
 '''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
 * On Cartoon Network UK airings of ''The Fruitties'', it was silent.
-* On some prints of ''Delfy'', the short cheery tune from the previous logo was heard.
+* On some prints of ''Delfy'', a redone version of the short cheery tune from the previous logo was heard.
+* On ''Pocket Dragon Adventures'', the theme is lower-pitched.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on ''Pocket Dragon Adventures'' on DVD, as well as ''Basketball Fever'' and on later episodes of ''The Fruitties''. Also seen on ''Enigma'' and ''The Little Witches''.
+'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on ''Pocket Dragon Adventures'' on DVD, as well as ''Basketball Fever'' and on later episodes of ''The Fruitties''. Also seen on ''Enigma'', ''The Little Witches'' and early episodes of ''Scruff''.
 ===3rd Logo (2003-)===
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 '''Logo:''' Over a view of a globe with water on it, the text "D'Ocon Films" flies in and glows with an island shown on the globe. Everything then glows.
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Variant:''' Some videos (such as trailers) on the D'Ocon Films YouTube channel contain only the last few seconds of the logo.
+*Some videos (such as trailers) on the D'Ocon Films YouTube channel contain only the last few seconds of the logo.
+*A redone version of this logo was also used, with the text jus reading "D'Ocon".
 '''Technique:''' 3D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the second logo, but sounding more like it was done on a MIDI synthesizer and with a more majestic finish.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the second music variant of the previous logo, but sounding more like it was done on a MIDI synthesizer and with a more majestic finish.
 '''Availability:''' Seen on D'Ocon's YouTube channel, and their other shows, like ''Scruff'', and ''Kumba Island''.