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===Background===
===Background===
On March 3, 2008, ESPN announced that it would relaunch its [[ESPN Original Entertainment|original entertainment unit]] as '''ESPN Films'''. Under the restructuring, ESPN Films began producing projects for theatrical release in addition to television; majority corporate parent The Walt Disney Company holds the right of first refusal on all projects. In addition, ESPN announced a new alliance with the Creative Artists Agency, which among its various clients, represents athletes such as LeBron James, David Beckham and Peyton Manning.
ESPN Films is the film production division of ESPN.


The first production under the ESPN Films banner was ''Black Magic'', a four-hour documentary about the history of basketball played at historically black colleges and universities, that premiered on ESPN without commercial interruption over two consecutive nights starting on March 16, 2008; the film later won a Peabody Award in 2009. The company's first theatrical film was ''X Games 3D: The Movie'', which was released on August 21, 2009.


[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] distributes and markets the films produced by ESPN Films in theatrical markets.
===1st (Known) Logo (October 6, 2009-)===
2009 ESPN Films logo


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'''Logo:''' Images of various athletes are seen in a sepia-tone as a dust-like effect reveals "ESPN FILMS".
|3681b9967a8ae75a074a877f3d92e6a4.png|1st Logo (August 21, 2009-)
|11217a39acfcfc7c88ee3618bb3b09d0.png|2nd Logo (October 6, 2009-July 30, 2015)
|3681b9967a8ae75a074a877f3d92e6a4.png|3rd Logo (October 13, 2015-)
}}


===1st Logo (August 21, 2009-)===
'''FX/SFX:''' The camera moving around the images and the revelation of the text.
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'''Visuals:''' A series of images from a football and golf game is seen. The images turn to the left, and the outline of the ESPN logo is seen and it begins to flash, revealing "ESPN FILMS".
'''Music/Sounds:''' A short beat and metallic hiss when the text is revealed.


'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on the first two seasons of ''30 for 30''.


'''Editor's Note:''' None.
'''Audio:''' None.


'''Availability:''' Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.


===2nd Logo (2009-)===
===2nd Logo (October 6, 2009-July 30, 2015)===
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2009 ESPN Films logo
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'''Visuals:''' Images of various athletes are seen in a sepia-tone as a dust-like effect reveals "ESPN FILMS".
'''Logo:''' A series of images from a football and golf game is seen. The images turn to the left, and the outline of the ESPN logo is seen and it begins to flash, revealing "ESPN FILMS".


'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
'''FX/SFX:''' The images turning and the flashing.


'''Audio:''' A short beat and metallic hiss when the text is revealed.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.


'''Availability:''' Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on the first two seasons of ''30 for 30''.

'''Editor's Note:''' None.


===3rd Logo (October 13, 2015-)===
===3rd Logo (October 13, 2015-)===
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2009 ESPN Films logo
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'''Logo:''' We move back from a camera lens to see the ESPN Films logo in the same design as the previous two logos. It then zooms forward and we zoom into the lens.
'''Visuals:''' The camera moves back from a camera lens to see the ESPN Films logo in the same design as the previous two logos. It then zooms forward and the screen zooms into the lens.


'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' The same as the first logo.
'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.


'''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''30 for 30'' beginning with Season 3.
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''30 for 30'' beginning with Season 3.


{{Chronology|[[ESPN Original Entertainment]]|}}
'''Editor's Note:''' None.
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Latest revision as of 01:19, 1 October 2024


Background

On March 3, 2008, ESPN announced that it would relaunch its original entertainment unit as ESPN Films. Under the restructuring, ESPN Films began producing projects for theatrical release in addition to television; majority corporate parent The Walt Disney Company holds the right of first refusal on all projects. In addition, ESPN announced a new alliance with the Creative Artists Agency, which among its various clients, represents athletes such as LeBron James, David Beckham and Peyton Manning.

The first production under the ESPN Films banner was Black Magic, a four-hour documentary about the history of basketball played at historically black colleges and universities, that premiered on ESPN without commercial interruption over two consecutive nights starting on March 16, 2008; the film later won a Peabody Award in 2009. The company's first theatrical film was X Games 3D: The Movie, which was released on August 21, 2009.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by ESPN Films in theatrical markets.



1st Logo (August 21, 2009-)

Visuals: A series of images from a football and golf game is seen. The images turn to the left, and the outline of the ESPN logo is seen and it begins to flash, revealing "ESPN FILMS".

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.

2nd Logo (October 6, 2009-July 30, 2015)

Visuals: Images of various athletes are seen in a sepia-tone as a dust-like effect reveals "ESPN FILMS".

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: A short beat and metallic hiss when the text is revealed.

Availability: Can be seen on the first two seasons of 30 for 30.

3rd Logo (October 13, 2015-)

Visuals: The camera moves back from a camera lens to see the ESPN Films logo in the same design as the previous two logos. It then zooms forward and the screen zooms into the lens.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Can be seen on 30 for 30 beginning with Season 3.

ESPN Original Entertainment
ESPN Films
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