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Background

Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. is a Canadian visual effects and computer animation studio headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an additional office on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California. SPI is a unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group.

The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars for their work on Spider-Man 2 and the computer-animated short film The ChubbChubbs!, and received many other nominations for their work.

SPI has provided visual effects for many films; most recent include The Meg, Men in Black: International, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. They also provided services for several of director Robert Zemeckis' films, including Contact, Cast Away, The Polar Express, and Beowulf (2007).

Since the foundation of its sister company Sony Pictures Animation in 2002, SPI would go on to animate nearly all of SPA's films, including Open Season, Surf's Up, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and films in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania franchises, in addition to animating films for other studios such as Arthur Christmas for Aardman Animations (co-produced by SPA), Storks and Smallfoot for the Warner Animation Group, The Angry Birds Movie and its sequel for Rovio Animation, Over the Moon for Netflix Animation, Netflix and Pearl Studio, and The Sea Beast for Netflix Animation.

In early October 2023, DreamWorks Animation announced that their future productions would no longer be completely in-house, SPI would handle feature animation services for an unannounced movie from DWA set to be released in 2025.

1st Logo (July 3, 2002-May 9, 2003)

Visuals: On a black background, there are the words "sony pictures imaGeworKs" in red, surrounded by a wide blue/purple halo and with "sony pictures" atop "maGe". "PRESENTS", also in red, can be seen below.

Variant: The logo would also be shown without "PRESENTS" and the blue halo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The opening theme.

Availability: Used on early Sony Pictures Imageworks shorts, The ChubbChubbs and Early Bloomer.

2nd Logo (July 21, 2006-)

Monster House (2006)
Open Season (2006)
The ChubbChubbs Saves Xmas (2007)
Surf’s Up (2007)
Beowulf (2007)
Open Season 2 (2009)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Open Season 3 (2011)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
Vivo (2021)

Visuals: The screen zooms out from a black background. The screen zooms quickly to a waterdrop on an eyelash. The waterdrop falls into the eye, eventually electrifying and becoming fire, in which the logo forms. The screen zooms back, and we see the logo in what appears to be a blue starfield lose its shape. The screen then zooms in, and the background changes to a blue aura one, and we see the logo form. Once the logo finishes forming, the company name fades in.

Variants:

An in-credit variant exists.
There is also a prototype version: There are some eyelashes on a black background. The screen zooms out, and it is revealed that it is on a human eye. The eye opens, and the camera slowly zooms closer to it, and as we get even closer, it all flashes, to reveal many metallic cubes on a black background; one of them forming the logo. The logo zooms out, as we see a bright lens flare. As it zooms out, the company name appears zooming out of the screen as well. The metallic cubes disappear and the lens flare dies down once the logo stops zooming out. The sequence then fades to black.

Technique: CGI by Prologue.

Audio: A majestic fanfare, along with sounds that happen in the logo.

Audio Variants:

For the in-credit variant, the closing theme of the movie.
The prototype version features a doo-wop tune.

Availability:

The in-credit variant appears at the end of some Sony Pictures Animation films which are: Open Season, Surf's Up, Open Season 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Open Season 3, Hotel Transylvania 3ː Summer Vacation, The Mitchells vs the Machines and Vivo. This is also seen at the end of Monster House, The ChubbChubbs Saves Xmas and Beowulf (2007).
The prototype version is unused.

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 Since the foundation of its sister company [[Sony Pictures Animation]] in 2002, SPI would go on to animate nearly all of SPA's films, including ''Open Season'', ''Surf's Up'', ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', and films in the ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', ''Smurfs'' and ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchises, in addition to animating films for other studios such as ''Arthur Christmas'' for [[Aardman Animations]] (co-produced by SPA), ''Storks'' and ''Smallfoot'' for the [[Warner Animation Group]], ''The Angry Birds Movie'' and its sequel for [[Rovio Animation]], ''Over the Moon'' for Netflix Animation, [[Netflix Originals|Netflix]] and [[Pearl Studio]], and ''The Sea Beast'' for Netflix Animation.
+In early October 2023, [[DreamWorks Animation]] announced that their future productions would no longer be completely in-house, SPI would handle feature animation services for an unannounced movie from DWA set to be released in 2025.
 ===1st Logo (July 3, 2002-May 9, 2003)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the words "sony pictures '''ima{{small|G}}ewor{{small|K}}s'''" in red, surrounded by a wide blue/purple halo and with "sony pictures" atop "'''ma{{small|G}}e'''". "'''PRESENTS'''", also in red, can be seen below.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there are the words "sony pictures '''ima{{small|G}}ewor{{small|K}}s'''" in red, surrounded by a wide blue/purple halo and with "sony pictures" atop "'''ma{{small|G}}e'''". "'''PRESENTS'''", also in red, can be seen below.
-'''Variant:''' The logo would also be showed without "'''PRESENTS'''" and the blue halo.
+'''Variant:''' The logo would also be shown without "'''PRESENTS'''" and the blue halo.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme.
+'''Audio:''' The opening theme.
-'''Availability:''' Used on early Sony Pictures Imageworks shorts.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
+'''Availability:''' Used on early Sony Pictures Imageworks shorts, ''The ChubbChubbs'' and ''Early Bloomer''.
 ===2nd Logo (July 21, 2006-)===
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-'''Logo:''' We zooms out from a black background. We zooms quickly to a waterdrop on a eyelash. Waterdrop falls into the eye electring and becoming fire. After that 26 different size plates, which do from themselves a circle, gets really far from camera in space and the flies away. Camera quickly zooms into the big hole in a universe, where also the plates comes. They put together again in a circle and "SONY PICTURES" (in white) "IMAGEWORKS" (in red) appears next to the circle.
+'''Visuals:''' The screen zooms out from a black background. The screen zooms quickly to a waterdrop on an eyelash. The waterdrop falls into the eye, eventually electrifying and becoming fire, in which the logo forms. The screen zooms back, and we see the logo in what appears to be a blue starfield lose its shape. The screen then zooms in, and the background changes to a blue aura one, and we see the logo form. Once the logo finishes forming, the company name fades in.
 '''Variants:'''
-* A In-credit variant exists.
+* An in-credit variant exists.
-*There is also a in progress version of this logo. We zooms on the eyelash and zooms back from the eye lighting this. Then, the eye opens and camera zooms slowly to the eyeball by the flashes and effects. Zooming around the plates we see a natural circle from the normal logo. Shape zooms back and stops and a name of company comes next to the shape and it fades out. During the logo the counter is underneath and it counts 1 minute and 13 seconds. Counter also fades out along with the logo.
+* There is also a prototype version: There are some eyelashes on a black background. The screen zooms out, and it is revealed that it is on a human eye. The eye opens, and the camera slowly zooms closer to it, and as we get even closer, it all flashes, to reveal many metallic cubes on a black background; one of them forming the logo. The logo zooms out, as we see a bright lens flare. As it zooms out, the company name appears zooming out of the screen as well. The metallic cubes disappear and the lens flare dies down once the logo stops zooming out. The sequence then fades to black.
 '''Technique:''' CGI by Prologue.
+'''Audio:''' A majestic fanfare, along with sounds that happen in the logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A piano and violin fanfare first, which becomes more beautiful, loud krople drop, loud whooshes and magical sparkles.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
+'''Audio Variants:'''
 * For the in-credit variant, the closing theme of the movie.
-* Prototype logo features an human singing a solute and a whoosh.
+* The prototype version features a doo-wop tune.
-'''Availability:''' Common.
+'''Availability:'''
 * The in-credit variant appears at the end of some [[Sony Pictures Animation]] films which are: ''Open Season'', ''Surf's Up'', ''Open Season 2'', ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', ''Open Season 3'', ''Hotel Transylvania 3ː Summer Vacation'', ''The Mitchells vs the Machines'' and ''Vivo''. This is also seen at the end of ''Monster House'', ''The ChubbChubbs Saves Xmas'' and ''Beowulf (2007)''.
-* Progress version is unused.
+* The prototype version is unused.
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