Illusion Entertainment Group

Background

This was a production company ran by Dan Halsted and director Oliver Stone, formed in 1995. No on-screen logo was used until 1996. Halsted would create Halsted Pictures in 1999, which became Camelot Pictures in 2002, while Stone would continue to manage his own production company Ixtlan Films.

(August 23, 1996-August 18, 1998)

Logo: On a black background, a blue oblong shape, resembling a pair of sunglasses, slides in from the left of the screen. Upon getting to the opposite side, the shape tilts down as the background brightens and the shape gets encased in a blue box. The shape resembles a bird taking off, but also looks like a fruit. Beneath the frame is the word "ILLUSION" in a stylized font.

Technique: The shape and zooming.

Music/Sounds: A descending clicking sound, along with the sound of wind blowing (which is a part of the opening theme of the film.), otherwise it's silent or has the finishing theme playing over it.

Availability: Appeared at the start of Freeway, the end of U-Turn and the documentary The Last Days of Kennedy and King. This doesn't appear on the company's first film Nixon.