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Background: Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks for many well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by Scholastic. |
Background: Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks for many well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by Scholastic. |
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1st Logo (1960s-1996)<gallery mode="nolines" heights="200" widths="300"> |
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File:Weston Woods Presents.png |
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File:A Weston Woods Release.png |
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(1960s-1996) |
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Weston Woods |
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Nicknames: "The Trees", "Blue W" |
Nicknames: "The Trees", "Blue W" |
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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 |
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 words "weston woods presents" or "a weston woods release is seen below. |
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Variant: A filmed version exists. |
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FX/SFX: None, unless you count the film scratches. |
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FX/SFX: None. |
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Music/Sounds: None. |
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Availability: Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including the Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films ones). |
Availability: Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including the Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films ones). |
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Editor's Note: None |
Editor's Note: None. |
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2nd Logo (1996-)<gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200"> |
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2nd Logo |
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(1996-) |
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File:A Weston Woods Release (1996).png |
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⚫ | Logo: We open with the 1990 Scholastic logo. After it fades out, the same 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. |
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⚫ | Logo: We open with the 1990 Scholastic logo. After it fades out, the same 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". "weston woods presents" fades in |
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Variants: |
Variants: |
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* On later videos, it used the 2003 Scholastic logo. |
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* Starting in 2011, the logo was in widescreen and it was enhanced. |
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Sometimes, the opening Scholastic logo is cut, and the text instead reads "a weston woods release". |
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FX/SFX: The |
FX/SFX: The logo forming. |
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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. |
Revision as of 11:17, 19 September 2020
Background: Weston Woods is a production company founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel, that produces animated short films and audiobooks for many well-known children's books. The company was acquired in 1996 by Scholastic.
1st Logo (1960s-1996)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 words "weston woods presents" or "a weston woods release is seen below.
Variant: A filmed version exists.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on early Weston Woods shorts (including the Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films ones).
Editor's Note: None.
Logo: We open with the 1990 Scholastic logo. After it fades out, the same 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, it used the 2003 Scholastic logo.
- Starting in 2011, the logo was 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.