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Background

This is Heat writer/director Michael Mann's production company, formed through a rename of Michael Mann Productions after he expanded the company to film production.

Logo (September 27, 2002-April 21, 2003)

Visuals: Essentially just the company's logo, a blood red box with the black words "FORWARD P A S S" and a black zig-zagged line resembling "MM" (Mann's initials) in the middle, on a black background.

Variant: On the first two episodes of Robbery Homicide Division, the company name and zig-zagged line are in white.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The closing theme of the show. When originally shown on CBS, the network's generic theme played over it.

Availability: Only seen on Robbery Homicide Division, which aired for only one season on CBS.

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+{{PageCredits|capture=Camenati|video=LogicSmash}}
-=== Background ===
-This is '''Michael Mann'''<nowiki/>'s production company.
+===Background===
-===(September 16, 1984-January 25, 1990)===
+This is ''Heat'' writer/director Michael Mann's production company, formed through a rename of [[Michael Mann Productions]] after he expanded the company to film production.
-[[File:A Michael Mann Production (1984).png|center|350px]]
+===Logo (September 27, 2002-April 21, 2003)===
-'''Nickname:''' "Flashing Shapes"
+[[File:Forward Pass (2002) (From - Robbery Homicide Division).png|center|350px]]
+{{YouTube|id=-xgO8uswjeY}}
+'''Visuals:''' Essentially just the company's logo, a {{color|darkred|blood red}} box with the black words "'''FORWARD P A S S'''" and a black zig-zagged line resembling "MM" (Mann's initials) in the middle, on a black background.
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the text "MICHAEL MANN" in an odd, stylized font, with "a" and "production" above and below it in a smaller, less stylized font. Behind it, two screens both with odd neon-colored shapes on them flash multiple times. The first shows a fence-looking door with a blue squiggle to the right, and the second shows a row of lines arranged like a rectangle and a weird "splotch" thing. They eventually stop flashing, landing on the second screen.
+'''Variant:''' On <u>the first two episodes of ''Robbery Homicide Division''</u>, the company name and zig-zagged line are in white.
-'''Variants:'''
-*On early episodes of ''Miami Vice'', the animation is slower with different shapes appearing. It's also very poorly filmed, as it shakes a lot and looks like it was filmed with a cheap camcorder.
-*On the second episode of ''Miami Vice'', there is an in-credit card for "The Michael Mann Co., Inc."; such is depicted above.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The flashing, which is actually in sync with the last notes of the ''Miami Vice'' theme.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Miami Vice'' and ''Crime Story''.
+'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the show. When originally shown on CBS, the network's generic theme played over it.
+'''Availability:'''  Only seen on ''Robbery Homicide Division'', which aired for only one season on CBS.
+{{Chronology|[[Michael Mann Productions]]|}}
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