OddLot Entertainment

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Background

OddLot Entertainment was the production company of Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete, founded in 2001 (it didn't get an onscreen logo until 2005). In 2015, OddLot became a subsidiary of Madison Wells Media, and folded into it in Summer 2017.

Logo (September 9, 2005-July 21, 2017)


Visuals:

  • Normal version: The logo starts in the CinemaScope ratio. The camera moves through clouds to reveal a desert, then moves quickly around a tree that is seen on one of the dunes from a big distance. A black box outline appears around the tree, turning the logo into 16:9. "OddLoT" is seen in the top of the box with "ENTERTAINMENT" in the bottom.
  • Ominous version: The box takes a larger part of the screen, "Dark" replaces "Odd" and the logo turns into nighttime with a moon once the box zooms out. The leaves on the tree suddenly change into bats that fly off. This version was done by Guts vs Glory.

Variants:

  • On Cinemascope films, the ratio doesn't change once the box zooms out.
  • On The Spirit and Green Street Hooligans 2: Stand Your Ground, the DarkLot variant is shown but with "Dark" replaced by "Odd".
  • Starting with Mortdecai in 2015, the animation is enhanced with a different tree and a glass box that flashes and flips around to reveal a print version of the tree with a line, and the same "OddLoT" name with "ENTERTAINMENT" in a different font. Outside the glass box, some clouds are seen moving.
  • On season 1 of Genius named Einstein, it shares the screen with the EUE/Sokolow Entertainment logo. Also, the logo is sped up.

Technique: CGI by Brian Castleforte and Greg Reynard for Kaleidoscope Films. The 2015 version was done by PIC Collective.

Audio: A humming theme with a single bell and a calm piano piece afterwards, accompanied by whooshes when the dunes are passed.

Audio Variant: The DarkLot version also has a thunder sound when the leaves transform, bats squeaking, and a creak.

Availability:

  • The OddLot version is seen on Green Street, Draft Day, From Prada to Nada and Suburban Girl, among other films.
  • The DarkLot version only appeared on Buried Alive, Undead or Alive and Living Hell.
  • The DarkLot/OddLot version only appeared on The Spirit and Green Street Hooligans 2: Stand Your Ground.
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