Shondaland

Credits

Descriptions by
EnormousRat

Background

Shondaland is the production company of Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey's Anatomy. The company was founded in 2005.

1st Logo (September 25, 2005-November 19, 2015)

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  Finale Variant

Logo: On a pink surface, we see a blue rollercoaster with chasing lights on it built around a huge hanging heart, shining as it is made of glass. The name "ShondaLand", in a decorative pink font, hangs above the structure.

Variant: On the final episode of Private Practice, the heart deflates, the lights bust out, and the cart stops moving. Note that in this one, the heart looks like a balloon. We then hear people in the cart all groan when the roller coaster stopped working.

Technique: Flashing of the attraction lights. The "Land" also flickers once.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme. In some cases, you can hear the rollercoaster's wheels moving on the track, a zapping sound from when "Land" flickers as well as high-pitched voices screaming "Wheeeeeee!" and "Hooray!", and a 7-note calliope tune. On the variant where the heart deflates, the voices say "Awwww.."

Music/Sounds Trivia: This tune is called "Sound Ideas, MUSIC, CALLIOPE - CALLIOPE PLAYING MUSIC FOR LARGE CAROUSEL, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR", which can be found from Sound Ideas' The 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library.

Availability: Common. First seen on season 2 of Grey's Anatomy. Private Practice, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

2nd Logo (February 11, 2016-July 29, 2017)

Logo: On a black background, we see a rectangle that has the a rollercoaster in the shape of a heart. It zooms out as flames go around it, meaning the cart is going really fast. The structure leans outside the box, and the rollercoaster zooms out of the logo. It reveals the orange text "SHONDALAND" lighting up.

Technique: The flame, the zoom, the lights. All CGI.

Variant: On CTV airings of The Catch, the logo starts from the rollercoaster zooming past us.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but different. When the coaster zooms away from us, a whoosh is heard.

Availability: Common. Seen on later episodes of Grey's Anatomy, The Catch, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

Legacy: It's the only logo that did not get a finale variant, mainly because there wasn’t a series finale the time this logo was around.

3rd Logo (September 28, 2017- )

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  Finale Variant

Logo: On a black background, a rollercoaster car collection rides on a glow-in-the-dark track shaped like a lowercase letter "e". As they leave, the words "shondaland" appear. The logo is the first logo to not use a heart.

Variants:

• On the series finales of shows by the company, the rollercoaster stops with groaning people after the text "shondaland" appears.
• On Bridgerton, the rollercoaster car collection are replaced by the colorful lines (which represents the rollercoaster).

Technique: The rollercoaster.

Music/Sounds: Loosely same as the 2nd logo. The Bridgerton variant has a mysterious zapping-like sound with a soft whoosh.

Availability: Current. Seen on Grey's Anatomy, Station 19, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Bridgerton.