Gaumont Multimédia

Credits

Descriptions by
RedheadXilamGuy, naxo-ole, and BoyInCharge55

Captures by
RedheadXilamGuy, naxo-ole, and BoyInCharge55

Editions by
Michael Kenchington

Background

Gaumont Multimédia was the original video game and animation studio division of Gaumont, founded in 1995 by Marc du Pontavice. He left the company in 1999 to launch Xilam with his wife Alix; Xilam would purchase Gaumont's animated works the following year. Gaumont continued to distribute Xilam's properties until 2003, while Gaumont Multimédia continued on as a video game company until its closure in 2004.

1st Logo (January 26, 1996-February 11, 2000)

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Visuals: Essentially just the 2nd half of the 1995 Gaumont logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The last three notes of Gaumont's 1995 fanfare.

Audio Variant: On the Saban version of Space Goofs on both Fox Kids and VHS, the music is slightly lower-pitched.

Availability: It can be seen at the end of Sky Dancers, Dragon Flyz (both of which were co-productions with Abrams Gentile Entertainment), The Magician, and original pre-2001 prints of Season 1 of Space Goofs and the first two seasons of Oggy and the Cockroaches, respectively.

• However, this does not appear on recent post-2001 reprints for the latter two shows, instead being replaced by the Xilam logo.

2nd Logo (September 6, 1997-April 5, 2003)

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Visuals: There is the 1950s Gaumont "Sun Globe" logo over a space background (styled differently depending on the show). The inscription on the filmstrip also depends on the show.

Trivia: The text on the Space Goofs variant was originally supposed to read "A Gaumont Multimédia Production", according to a behind-the-scenes featurette on a VHS release of said show. This was eventually changed later on.

Variants: The logo differs depending on the show:

• Space Goofs: The logo is still, teal-tinted and the filmstrip reads "GAUMONT MULTIMÉDIA PRESENTS" (in English) or "GAUMONT MULTIMÉDIA PRÉSENTE" (in French) stacked. The Space Goofs' UFO flies over it, and the logo segues into the opening sequence.
  • A textless version of this variant appears on the Māori dub of Space Goofs.
• Oggy and the Cockroaches: The logo is animated and starts by zooming into the screen. The globe is darker and the filmstrip reads "GAUMONT MULTIMÉDIA PRESENTS" (in English) or "GAUMONT MULTIMÉDIA PRÉSENTE" (in French) stacked. Joey's arm then shows up from the right with a pin in his hand and pops the globe with it, causing it to fly around like a deflating balloon until it engulfs the screen and flies offscreen to segue into the opening sequence.

Technique:

• Space Goofs: 2D animation.
• Oggy and the Cockroaches: A mix of CGI and 2D anmation.

Audio: For Space Goofs, the opening theme, "Monster Men", performed by Iggy Pop. For Oggy and the Cockroaches, a bombastic hit is heard and segues into the opening theme, composed by Hugues Lé Bars.

Availability: This logo was seen on original pre-2001 prints of the first season of Space Goofs and the first two seasons of Oggy and the Cockroaches.

• Recent post-2001 prints of both shows remove the mention of Gaumont Multimédia and replaces them with Xilam; however, the globes remain the same.

3rd Logo (December 13, 1997-1999)

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Visuals: On a black background, the 1995-2011 Gaumont logo with "Multimédia" below the "Gaumont" text, fades in while shining.

Variants:

• On The Fifth Element (video game), the logo starts with the main "5th element" symbol, carved into a marble background. The symbol then glows white and flashes, bringing forth the logo stretching in before focusing into place. The logo glows and shines as the background zooms in behind it.
• On The Magician, the logo which is now colored in gold, swings in from below and zooms out on a sky blue background. As it pans down to the opening credits, it flies up and "Presents" fades in.

Technique: 2D animation or CGI.

Audio: The opening theme, or none.

Availability: Seen on The Magician and the video game adaptation of The Fifth Element.

• It was also seen at the beginning of the 1997 pilot of Oggy and The Cockroaches, albeit the version uploaded onto the "OGGY" YouTube channel removed this logo by going straight to the beginning of the pilot.