Nest Family Entertainment

Background

In 1993, Family Entertainment Network along with Living History Productions, Rich Animation Studios, and Cassette Duplicators were all consolidated into a single umbrella company, Nest Entertainment. Like their predecessor, they specialized in media aimed at a faith-based and family audience. Over the years, they went by various names including Nest Masters, Nest Learning, NestFamily, and commonly Nest Family Entertainment.

1st Logo (June 17, 1995-November 6, 2012)

Visuals: On a black background, a trio of golden streaks fly diagonally across the screen from the top right to bottom left, the camera quickly revolving around them as gold arcs slide into view. As the camera tilts towards the screen and the streaks continue to fly through, the word "N E S T" slides through the arcs facing the top of the screen, and the arcs slowly come together to form a ovoid shape made of swirling lines, which is supposed to be a nest. The streaks stop appearing, "N E S T" rotates underneath the abstract nest as it comes together, and then the 3 streaks swirl around once more: twice around the nest, and one through "N E S T", and the logo sparkles. It then zooms out slowly to make room for the text "Because it all begins at home" in a script font, shining from left to right. A ® symbol can be seen next to the logo.

Variants:

An early variant exists where the general logo animation is the same, but the streaks are bigger and have a less uniform animation to them. There's also no ® symbol, and the background changes to forest green at the end. The logo does not zoom out here, and "Because it all begins at home" is omitted.
On some videos, the logo does not zoom out for the tagline, and the ® symbol was replaced by the TM symbol.
Another odd version omits "Because it all begins at home" when the logo zooms out.
This logo exists in filmed and videotaped versions.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A majestic fanfare with various twinkles and whooshes composed by Lex de Azevedo.

Audio Variants:

On the original VHS release of The Swan Princess, the original version is silent.
On some videos, there exists a different fanfare with reused twinkles and whooshes.
On The Swan Princess Christmas, the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo.

Availability: The logo appeared first on the American VHS of The Swan Princess, while the R2 DVD releases have the film's original New Line Cinema logo (the latter only had theatrical distribution rights, while Nest currently holds video rights through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). The later version can be seen on The Swan Princess 2 and 3, and made its last appearance on The Swan Princess Christmas. It also appears on Animated Stories from the New Testament and Animated Hero Classics, including newer prints of older episodes, and on Tricky People.

2nd Logo (February 25, 2014-)

Visuals: On a white background, three black twigs, with the last one having a branch, fall from the top and form what is supposed to be a nest. "NEST" then slide in and spring about, with the "T" appearing first. A copyright mark flies in and bumps into the "T" before hopping back into place, as "Family" fades in below, and a green leaf pops up on the third twig's branch.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The film's opening theme.

Audio Variant: On The Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale is Born, the logo is silent.

Availability: Seen on newer films, such as The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale and The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today.

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