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Background

Matchbox Pictures is an Australian film and television production company that was founded in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Packhurst. The company produces scripted and unscripted award-winning shows and feature movies like Nowhere Boys and The Real Housewives of Melbourne (an Australian version of The Real Housewives). In 2011, NBCUniversal International Television Production (now Universal International Studios) acquired a majority stake in the company and added it to its international portfolio, taking full ownership in 2014. In 2018, Matchbox and NBCUniversal International backed up a new production company called "Tony Ayres Productions", which was founded by Matchbox co-founder Tony Ayres.

Logo (April 14, 2009-)

Visuals: Over a black background is the CGI word "matchbox" in a script-like font with the "a" and "b" connected together with a vertical line. A magenta CGI match drops from above, hitting the floor and flipping. The match has "PICTURES" in white printed on it.

Variants:

Sometimes, the logo is still.
An in-credit version has the logo in magenta or white with "PICTURES" in either white or black.
A short version exists.
The logo sometimes shares the screen with other logos.
For unscripted shows like The Real Housewives of Melbourne, the same animation plays but "ENTERTAINMENT" appears on the match instead of "PICTURES".
One variation used on The Turning (2013 version) has the logo still with "PRODUCTIONS" on the match instead of "PICTURES".
On Ali's Wedding, the match drops slower than usual.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A quick slash with sounds of the match clanging, a match-striking sound, the ending theme of the show, or none.

Availability: Seen on television shows and movies that the company produced such as Nowhere Boys, Glitch, Mustang FC and Fires, among others. The "ENTERTAINMENT" version is seen on unscripted shows such as Formal Wars, The Real Housewives of Melbourne, The Real Housewives of Sydney and Making It Australia, among others. It also appears on US shows co-produced with Universal Television and Universal Content Productions like Camp, Young Rock, La Brea and Joe vs. Carole.

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 ===Background===
-'''Matchbox Pictures''' is an Australian film and television production company that was founded in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Packhurst. The company produces scripred and unscripted award-winning shows and feature movies like ''Nowhere Boys'' and the Australian series ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'' which is an Australian version of the most popular franchise. In 2011 American-based NBCUniversal International Studios (now [[Universal International Studios]]) acquired a majority stake in the Australian company marking it's first investment to the studio and they added it to it's international portfolio and in 2014 they fully acquired the remaining stake in the producer, taking full ownership in the Australian company. In 2018 the producer and it's owner NBCUniversal International Studios backed up a new production company "Tony Ayres Productions" which was founded by one of the founders of the company Tony Ayres.
+'''Matchbox Pictures''' is an Australian film and television production company that was founded in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Packhurst. The company produces scripted and unscripted award-winning shows and feature movies like ''Nowhere Boys'' and ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'' (an Australian version of ''The Real Housewives''). In 2011, NBCUniversal International Television Production (now [[Universal International Studios]]) acquired a majority stake in the company and added it to its international portfolio, taking full ownership in 2014. In 2018, Matchbox and NBCUniversal International backed up a new production company called "Tony Ayres Productions", which was founded by Matchbox co-founder Tony Ayres.
-===(2008-)===
+===Logo (April 14, 2009-)===
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+Matchbox Pictures (2019) (From - Secret City Under the Eagle).jpg
+Matchbox Entertainment (2014) (From - The Real Housewives of Melbourne).jpg
+Matchbox Pictures (2022) (From - Joe vs Carole).jpg
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-'''Logo:''' On a black background we see the CGI words {{Font color|red|Matchbox}} appears with the letters in a scripted font with "A" and "B" connected together which looks like a vertical line. Then a red CGI match drops below hitting the floor then it flips and inside it has the word "PICTURES" in white until it stops clanging.
+'''Visuals:''' Over a black background is the CGI word "{{color|magenta|matchbox}}" in a script-like font with the "a" and "b" connected together with a vertical line. A magenta CGI match drops from above, hitting the floor and flipping. The match has "PICTURES" in white printed on it.
 '''Variants:'''
-* Sometimes the logo is still.
+* Sometimes, the logo is still.
-* An in-credit version which has the logo in red or white with word "PICTURES" in either white or black.
+* An in-credit version has the logo in magenta or white with "PICTURES" in either white or black.
 * A short version exists.
-* Sometimes it shares it with other logos.
+* The logo sometimes shares the screen with other logos.
-* For unscripted shows like ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'' the same animation plays but with the word "ENTERTAINMENT" appears inside the match replaces "PICTURES".
+* For unscripted shows like ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'', the same animation plays but "ENTERTAINMENT" appears on the match instead of "PICTURES".
-* One variation was used on ''The Turning'' (the 2013 version not the 2020 version) has the word "PRODUCTIONS" instead of "PICTURES" and it's still.
+* One variation used on ''The Turning'' (2013 version) has the logo still with "PRODUCTIONS" on the match instead of "PICTURES".
-* On ''Ali's Wedding'' the animation is different with the match dropping slowly.
+* On ''Ali's Wedding'', the match drops slower than usual.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The match dropping from the screen.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of the slashing with some banging sounds and shining effects or the ending theme of the show.
+'''Audio:''' A quick slash with sounds of the match clanging, a match-striking sound, the ending theme of the show, or none.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on their television shows and movies that the company produced such as ''Nowhere Boys'', ''Glitch'', ''Mustang FC'' and ''Fires''. The "ENTERTAINMENT" version was seen on their unscripted shows that they produced such as ''Formal Wars'', ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'', ''The Real Housewives of Sydney'' and ''Making It Australia''. It also appeared on US shows that [[Universal Television]] and [[Universal Content Productions]] produced like ''Camp'', ''Young Rock'', ''La Brea'' and ''Joe vs. Carole''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on television shows and movies that the company produced such as ''Nowhere Boys'', ''Glitch'', ''Mustang FC'' and ''Fires'', among others. The "ENTERTAINMENT" version is seen on unscripted shows such as ''Formal Wars'', ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne'', ''The Real Housewives of Sydney'' and ''Making It Australia'', among others. It also appears on US shows co-produced with [[Universal Television]] and [[Universal Content Productions]] like ''Camp'', ''Young Rock'', ''La Brea'' and ''Joe vs. Carole''.
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