Protocol Entertainment

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

Protocol Entertainment was a Canadian production company that was founded in 1993 by Steven S. Levitan and Paul Bronfman and is based in Ontario, Canada.



1st Logo (December 1, 1994-June 18, 2002)


Visuals: On a space background, a white box with a light purple shade spins out. The zoom-out stops on the top of the screen, revealing a blue "P" surrounded by lines and circles, and the words "PROTOCOL ENTERTAINMENT" zoom in at the bottom of the screen, in gray. Then the company name shines as a star rises up from below to above.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on VHS and DVD releases of Goosebumps. Season 1 of The Saddle Club also used this logo. It also appeared on Police Academy: The Series. This didn't appear on Animorphs, which only had an in-credit reference.

2nd Logo (April 28-June 2, 2003)


Visuals: Over a purple background, there is the "PROtOCOl" logo with letters in different styles and colors of the rainbow while maintaining the "P" in the same style as before. The word "ENTERTAINMENT" in Arial is placed below, in the low-right corner of it.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on season 2 of The Saddle Club.

3rd Logo (June 2, 2003-July 1, 2005)


Visuals: Over a blue background, there is the "Protocol" name in a futuristic font with different colors of the rainbow. Lights arrive to fill the letters as "E N T E R T A I N M E N T" fades in from the left.

Variants:

  • Starting with episode 4 of Train 48, the background is now colored in dark blue.
  • Starting with episode 195, the logo is shortened.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A rising orchestral fanfare. Episodes from 195 onwards have the music shortened.

Availability: Seen only on Train 48.

4th Logo (September 7, 2008-2011)


Visuals: A white light turns on, revealing a white background. Suddenly, a circle with three rounded rectangles, green, purple, and blue, making a tape reel, flashes out and reveals a light inside it. The circle fades away, and the text:

P R O T O C O L

______________
E N T E R T A I N M E N T

fades in. The three Os in "PROTOCOL" are the same colors as the rectangles, but fade away quickly.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: It appears on The Saddle Club on HRTV, and the game for Nintendo DS with the same name. Also seen on the TV movie Turn the Beat Around from 2010.

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