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Background

Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks based on well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by Scholastic.

1st Logo (1960s-1996)

File:Weston Woods Presents.png

Nicknames: "The Trees", "Blue W"

Logo: On a black background, we see three green, stylized trees, with two blue Vs connected together, from the left to right tree, resembling a "W". The lowercase words "weston woods presents" or "a weston woods release" are seen below.

Variants:

For the ''presents'' variant, said word can be either beside or below ''weston woods''.
Sometimes a copyright symbol is placed after ''weston woods''.
A filmed version exists.
On some shorts we see different text that says "produced by morton schindel at weston woods studios weston, connecticut, u.s.a.".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including those from Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films).

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1996-)

Nicknames: "The Trees II", "Blue W II," "The 3 Blue W Trees"

Logo: On a black background, we see the stylized trees from before, now slightly amended and in a darker green color, zoom up. Then, a flash occurs in in the middle of the trees, turning the middle section into a sky blue "W". The words "weston woods presents" or " "a weston woods release" fades in below.

Variants:

On later videos, the logo used the 2003 Scholastic logo.
Starting in 2011, the logo is in widescreen and it was enhanced.

FX/SFX: The logo forming.

Music/Sounds: A piano stinger is heard during the Scholastic logo, which then turns into a whimsical folk theme.

Music/Sounds Trivia: An extended version of this theme would later be used as the background music to an intro used on later Scholastic Video Collection and Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVDs.

Availability: Common on many Weston Woods videos and DVDs, starting with Harry the Dirty Dog. The 2003 variant can be seen on their later videos and Cinedigm DVD releases.

Editor's Note: None.

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 ===Background===
-Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks based on well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by Scholastic.
+Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks based on well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by [[Scholastic Productions|Scholastic]].
 ===1st Logo (1960s-1996)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200" widths="300">
 File:Weston Woods Presents.png
+File:Weston Woods (1961).png
 File:A Weston Woods Release.png
-File:Weston Woods (1960s).png
+File:Weston Woods (1971).png
+File:Weston Woods (1961, 2).png
 </gallery>
-Nicknames: "The Trees", "Blue W"
+'''Nicknames:''' "The Trees", "Blue W"
-Logo: On a black background, we see three green, stylized trees, with two blue Vs connected together, from the left to right tree, resembling a "W". The lowercase words "'''weston woods presents'''" or "'''a weston woods release'''" are seen below.
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see three green, stylized trees, with two blue Vs connected together, from the left to right tree, resembling a "W". The lowercase words "'''weston woods presents'''" or "'''a weston woods release'''" are seen below.
-Variants:
+'''Variants:'''
+* For the <nowiki>''</nowiki>'''presents'''''<nowiki>''</nowiki>'' variant, said word can be either beside or below <nowiki>''</nowiki>'''weston woods'''<nowiki>''</nowiki>.
+* Sometimes a copyright symbol is placed after <nowiki>''</nowiki>'''weston woods'''<nowiki>''</nowiki>.
 * A filmed version exists.
 * On some shorts we see different text that says "'''produced by morton schindel at weston woods studios weston, connecticut, u.s.a.'''".
-FX/SFX: None.
+'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-Music/Sounds: None.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-Availability: Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including the Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films ones).
+'''Availability:''' Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including those from Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films).
-Editor's Note: None.
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.
@@ Line 30: / Line 34: @@
 File:Weston Woods Presents (1996).png
 File:A Weston Woods Release (1996).png
-</gallery>Nicknames: "The Trees II", "Blue W II," "The 3 Blue W Trees"
+</gallery>'''Nicknames:''' "The Trees II", "Blue W II," "The 3 Blue W Trees"
-Logo: On a black background, we see the stylized trees from before, now slightly amended and in a darker green color, zoom up. Then, a flash occurs in in the middle of the trees, turning the middle section into a sky blue "W". The words "weston woods presents" or " "a weston woods release" fades in below.
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the stylized trees from before, now slightly amended and in a darker green color, zoom up. Then, a flash occurs in in the middle of the trees, turning the middle section into a sky blue "W". The words "weston woods presents" or " "a weston woods release" fades in below.
-Variants:
+'''Variants:'''
 * On later videos, the logo used the 2003 Scholastic logo.
 * Starting in 2011, the logo is in widescreen and it was enhanced.
-FX/SFX: The logo forming.
+'''FX/SFX:''' The logo forming.
-Music/Sounds: A piano stinger is heard during the Scholastic logo, which then turns into a whimsical folk theme.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A piano stinger is heard during the Scholastic logo, which then turns into a whimsical folk theme.
-Music/Sounds Trivia: An extended version of this theme would later be used as the background music to an intro used on later Scholastic Video Collection and Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVDs.
+'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' An extended version of this theme would later be used as the background music to an intro used on later ''Scholastic Video Collection'' and ''Scholastic Storybook Treasures'' DVDs.
-Availability: Common on many Weston Woods videos and DVDs, starting with Harry the Dirty Dog. The 2003 variant can be seen on their later videos and Cinedigm DVD releases.
+'''Availability:''' Common on many Weston Woods videos and DVDs, starting with ''Harry the Dirty Dog''. The 2003 variant can be seen on their later videos and [[Cinedigm Entertainment|Cinedigm]] DVD releases.
-Editor's Note: None.
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.