Draft:MediaCorp Raintree Pictures

Credits

Descriptions by
SnowflakesOmega

Video captures courtesy of
CSYC's Singapore Logos, Asia Movie Logos and EnormousRat

Background

Raintree Pictures is a movie branch of the Singaporean company MediaCorp. Since 1999 the company has ventured in movies from Hong Kong and Singapore as well as New Zealand production The Tattooist (2007) with Daydream Productions and NZ Film Commission.

1st Logo (1999?-Early 2000s)

Logo: We fade to a blue background with the black Chinese text, with an underline below and "RAINTREE PICTURES" below it. The logo shines into silver, then it turns white.

FX/SFX: The shining and change of color.

Music/Sounds: A battle drum fanfare.

Availability: Spotted on their earlier movies.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2000)

Logo: We see a tree on a sunny grass field. Ripples appear on the screen, making a transition to the green words "RAINTREE PICTURES" with an underline below on a white background.

FX/SFX: The ripple transition.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on Chicken Rice War.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (Early 2000s)

Logo: On a marble background, we see the blue MediaCorp logo and it's Chinese name. Below it, there's the green Raintree Pictures logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be found on their movies during the time.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (Early 2000s-2012)

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Logo: Same as the 2nd logo, but this time the tree is different, and when the ripples appear on the screen, making a transition to one of the following logos, on the same marble background:

• Early: "RAINTREE PICTURES". The MediaCorp logo would later fade in above with the "Studios" script below.
• Late: A wide green drawing of a tree, with "MediaCorp Raintree Pictures" below.

Variants:

• On Homerun, the ripples transition to the same logo from the 3rd logo, with the green Raintree Pictures logo gains shadow.
• On The Tattooist, the later variant of the logo fades in when the ripples appear on the screen.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2nd logo.

Music/Sounds: A relaxing violin/piano theme, with the sounds of water drops splashing.

Availability: The most common of their logos, seen on their later films.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (2011-2012)

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: It's seen only on the final two films from the company, It's A Great Great World and Dance Dance Dragon.

Editor's Note: TBA.