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Background

Locksmith Animation is a British animation studio founded by Julie Lockhart and Sarah Smith in 2014 that is based in London, England. In April of that same year, visual effects/animation studio Double Negative formed a deal with the company where it will provide the animation for its films.

The company is currently under a multi-year production deal with Warner Bros. Pictures since October 2019, although they have gone through several deals prior to their current one: In May 2016, the company formed a production deal with Paramount Pictures, but this was abandoned the following year when Paramount's chairman and CEO Brad Grey was replaced by Jim Gianopulos, and later with 20th Century Studios in September 2017 until October 2019, after the Walt Disney Company took over the company a few months prior.

Although the company debuted a logo in the same year they launched, their logo did not appear on-screen until 2021.

Logo (October 22, 2021-)

Visuals: The screen fades into a white screen, which then reveals itself to be a keyhole as it rotates and zooms out, going through a trail of dark blue and blue pattern keyholes. After a while, it fades into a dark blue background as the keyhole moves to the left, closing itself in a large blue keyhole which fades in. After that, the large white text "LOCKSMITH" (in the Domaine Text Regular font) with "ANIMATION" (in Futura Medium) spaced below it; both fade in, followed by a small text reading "A SISTER COMPANY" (with "SISTER" in its corporate font) aligned to the right.

Variants:

A print version exists, sometimes seen in-credit.
On their website (from November to December 2021), the colors are in a slightly different tint and tone.
At the end of Ron's Gone Wrong, their 2014 print logo is seen in the credits with their slogan "BROUGHT TO YOU FROM OUR LIVING ROOMS, KITCHENS AND CUPBOARDS ACROSS THE WORLD." on the top with Ron (from said film) is hanging on it at the bottom.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: So far, the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: This first debuted as a print logo sometime in 2014, and later made its first on-screen appearance in 2021 with Ron's Gone Wrong.

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 ===Background===
-'''Locksmith Animation''' is a British animation studio founded by Julie '''Lock'''hart and Sarah '''Smith''' in 2014. Based in London, England, it bills itself as "the only high-end computer-animation studio in the UK making computer-animated family films". In April of that same year, visual effects/animation studio Double Negative formed a deal with the company where it will provide the computer animation for its films.
+'''Locksmith Animation''' is a British animation studio founded by Julie '''Lock'''hart and Sarah '''Smith''' in 2014 that is based in London, England. In April of that same year, visual effects/animation studio [[DNEG Animation|Double Negative]] formed a deal with the company where it will provide the animation for its films.
-In May 2016, Locksmith formed a production deal with [[Paramount Pictures]] to distribute their films to be produced under the [[Paramount Animation]] label; but this was abandoned the following year when Paramount's late chairman and CEO Brad Grey was replaced by Jim Gianopulos.
+The company is currently under a multi-year production deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] since October 2019, although they have gone through several deals prior to their current one: In May 2016, the company formed a production deal with [[Paramount Pictures]], but this was abandoned the following year when Paramount's chairman and CEO Brad Grey was replaced by Jim Gianopulos, and later with [[20th Century Studios]] in September 2017 until October 2019, after the Walt Disney Company took over the company a few months prior.
+Although the company debuted a logo in the same year they launched, their logo did not appear on-screen until 2021.
-Shortly after Paramount's abandon, Locksmith formed a multi-year production deal with 20th Century Fox (now [[20th Century Studios]]) in September of that year, which would distribute their films under the [[20th Century Animation]] label, with Locksmith aiming to release a film every 12–18 months. In October 2019, a few months after Disney took over 20th's assets, Locksmith formed a new multi-year production deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], which will distribute future Locksmith films under their [[Warner Animation Group]] label after the release of ''Ron's Gone Wrong'', which was now the only Locksmith film to be distributed by 20th Century Studios.
+===Logo (October 22, 2021-)===
-Locksmith didn't use an on-screen logo until October 2021 with the aforementioned film.
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+Locksmith.png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=NGbOJ87cCQM}}
+'''Visuals:''' The screen fades into a white screen, which then reveals itself to be a keyhole as it rotates and zooms out, going through a trail of {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} and {{color|blue}} pattern keyholes. After a while, it fades into a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} background as the keyhole moves to the left, closing itself in a large {{color|blue}} keyhole which fades in. After that, the large white text "{{Font|Times New Roman|LOCKSMITH}}" (in the Domaine Text Regular font) with "ANIMATION" (in Futura Medium) spaced below it; both fade in, followed by a small text reading "A [[Sister Pictures|SISTER]] COMPANY" (with "SISTER" in its corporate font) aligned to the right.
-=== (October 22, 2021-) ===
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Nickname:''' "The Keyhole", "The Blues"
+* A <u>print version</u> exists, sometimes seen in-credit.
+* On <u>their website (from November to December 2021)</u>, the colors are in a slightly different tint and tone.
+* At <u>the end of ''Ron's Gone Wrong''</u>, their 2014 print logo is seen in the credits with their slogan "BROUGHT TO YOU FROM OUR LIVING ROOMS, KITCHENS AND CUPBOARDS ACROSS THE WORLD." on the top with Ron (from said film) is hanging on it at the bottom.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Logo''': The screen flashes three different shades of {{color|blue}}, with the effect that they're getting sucked inwards, into a Keyhole at the left edge of the screen. Every time they go through a shade, that's what the color of the keyhole is, until all three have been done and the screen is blue. To the right of the logo appear the words "LOCKSMITH ANIMATION" as usual, with "{{Color|blue|a SMITH company}}" wiping in with the circles before the rest appear. It looks like the third logo of [[Rankin-Bass Animated Entertainment]].
+'''Audio:''' So far, the opening theme of the movie.
-'''Variants''': An in-credit print version was seen at the end of ''Ron's Gone Wrong''.
+'''Availability:''' This first debuted as a print logo sometime in 2014, and later made its first on-screen appearance in 2021 with ''Ron's Gone Wrong''.
-'''FX/SFX''': Nice CGI.
+[[Category:British animation logos]]
-'''Music/Sounds''': The opening theme of the movie.
+[[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:United Kingdom]]
-'''Availability''': Brand new. It debuted on ''Ron's Gone Wrong'' and will appear on future films from the company.
-'''Editor's Note''': None.