Telling Pictures

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

Telling Pictures is an American film and television production company founded by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman in 1987.



1st Logo (October 15, 1989-January 22, 2000)

Visuals: Five long, isosceles triangles are within the shape of a circle, with two of each placed on the top and bottom. "TELLING PICTURES", in a tall, blocky serif font, is in between the two sets.

Variant: On Where Are We?: Our Trip Through America, the logo, in black, is superimposed against the opening shot of the film.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: The logo is seen on the end of Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, the start of Where Are We?: Our Trip Through America, and Paragraph 175.

2nd Logo (September 24, 2010)

Visuals: The logo from before is shown, this time with the triangular bursts in light blue and the text in light gray and a tall, sans serif blocky font.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: The logo is seen on Howl.

3rd Logo (May 29, 2019-)

Visuals: On a black background, the bursts from before fade in, deblur, and slightly zoom out while "TELLING PICTURES", also from before, fades in between.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: The logo is seen on State of Pride and Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.

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