20th Century Fox Studios Tower

The 20th Century Fox Studios Tower is a fictional place in the CTF Franchise and Chace! Media franchise.
== Structures ==
Stage
6 Searchlights
1 light
Palm Trees
Bench
Stairs
TBA
== History ==
1933-1936:
On a dark sky background, 3 rows of words, "20th", "CENTURY", and "PICTURES, INC.", apparently carved out of stone and/or metal, are seen. The words are "stacked" on top of each other, with similarly carved lines separating the rows. The "20th" is the biggest row, with "CENTURY" and "PICTURES, INC." a bit smaller. A circular stage-like structure juts out from the base of the "stack," with a light below the structure that shines in front of the "stack". There are pedestals on both sides of the stack, each with a non-moving searchlight. In the background, several searchlights scan the sky.
1935-1968:
Same as the Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc. logo, except "FOX" appears in place of "PICTURES, INC.".
1953-1987:
A redrawn version of the previous logo, but the back of the structure now has a visible ending point, the "0" in "20th" is slanted at an angle and leans towards the right, the left searchlight is redesigned and sits higher atop its tower, and the two searchlights in front of the camera have been removed.
1956-1967:
A redrawn version of the last logo. The "0" is straightened and the typeface is significantly altered compared to previous and future logos.
1981-1994:
Another redrawn version of the last logo. This time, the structure is as off-center left as the late 1960s variant of the 1953 logo. This design of the logo was used as the basis for the 1994 logo.
1994-2010:
On a black background, two searchlights swoop across the screen (first one by one and then both at the same time, in sync with the opening drumroll), revealing a top aerial view of the 1981 20th Century Fox structure, redone in CGI. The camera moves down and then around the structure, revealing a Los Angeles/Hollywood skyline in the distance and a starry, cloudy blue/purple/orange sky in the background. Midway through the camera's panning, a yellow light (most likely the sun) shines behind the structure as the second half of the extended fanfare begins, and the camera pans past an additional searchlight in front of the structure before settling into its more usual position and angle. The orange byline "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades in at the bottom of the screen.
2009-2020:
A complete redesign of the structure, with many elements of the logo sharing little resemblance to their 1981/1994 counterparts. This time, it is in a dark/orange evening environment. Extra emphasis is placed on the searchlights around the rear (hidden in previous logos), with two appearing in the intro and after the camera stops moving respectively.
2021-2023:
A reconstruction of the final 20th Century Fox logo by Picturemill, with the word "STUDIOS" replacing "FOX" and "CENTURY" being slightly taller. Shading, modelling and texturing slightly differ from the previous logo.
2023:
A remodel of the 1956 and 1953 logos, with Fox back in place of Studios, the sky is different, and the other searchlight a la Searclight Pictures appear, and 3 other trees are seen on the left.
== Variants ==
* A Soviet version exists with the text in Russian. The text varies depending on the version. The 1941 version uses the text "20 BEK ФOKС". The 1950 version uses "20Й ВЕК ФОКС США". The 1952 version (of which a colored version exists) uses "20-Й ВЕК ФОКС". The 1948 version uses a black background and not the background with the structure and searchlights with the text "ПРОИЗВОДСТВО XX ВЕК--ФОКС США".
* On the 2002 restoration of the 20th Century Fox Hour, the 0 is a bit more circular and has a bigger hole, and there are extra searchlights in front of the logo.
* On some films, such as Porky's Revenge!, the front-left searchlight is pink.
* A prototype version of this logo exists in which the sky background is different, and the camera starts at the default angle before zooming past the structure into the sky. This was created by Richard "Doc" Baily of Image Savant for Studio Productions, and can be found on a Image Savant demo reel dated October 22, 1993, as well as on the 1997 documentary 20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years (albeit in reverse).
* Another prototype version exists in which the rear searchlights animate differently and the front-right searchlight leans further left. Also, the Hollywood sign is located directly behind the structure, and the Hollywood hills behind the cityscape look different. The byline also fades in late. This version appeared on a demo reel from Flip Your Lid Animation.
* On The Simpsons Season 10 DVD boxset (released in 2007), the logo is entirely cel-drawn. Bart Simpson is seen messing around with the logo and doing foolish activities while a police officer chases him, such as vandalizing the structure. On the "Special Feature Length" section of each disc, we also see the logo barricaded behind a wall (which is leaking water).
* February 12, 2010-March 3, 2011: For the logo's first official year (2010), while the logo finishes its move into position, the camera pans up and two streaks of light draw "75", as two searchlights turned on, after the "75" finishes drawing, with the word "CELEBRATING", appearing letter by letter, above the numbers and "YEARS" below both in spaced-out letters. The camera pans the words and numbers in position. Also, the registered trademark symbol "®" and the News Corporation byline are engraved on different parts of the structure. Also, the front searchlight we usually pass leans more to the left before going off-screen, and a searchlight behind the structure has been removed.
* The prototype version had a much darker red-orange sunset sky, harder shading, and different searchlight positions.
* Another prototype version appears on two CGI environment reels by Dave Strick, a designer at Blue Sky Studios. A much different sky is used and the searchlights are less realistic, the front-left searchlight is located in a slightly different position and wireframes fade in on most of the 3D geometry at the end of the logo sequence. It also lacks the flash before the front searchlight passes in. One version of this has Blue Sky's logo and copyright info (dated to 2008) along the bottom of the screen, while another version has details (including Strick's email address) at the beginning where the logo starts blurry and then gains focus. The latter version can be seen here.
* The logo is similiar to the 4th logo, but now in CGI and with some differences, those being a lighter background and darker lighting.
* The 20th Century Fox logo is seen about a minute into the movie after the three main characters take the woman in the car with them; the camera pans, and a 20th Century Fox billboard is seen, but the letter "O" seems to be coming out at the audience, and from it comes a red screen and the opening credits begin.
* Snow is falling on the 1981 logo. The structure is also covered with snow. Also, it's tinted in a steel blue color. Instead of the trademark 20th Century Fox fanfare, there is haunting, yet fairy tale-like music in the background. On 4:3 full-screen prints, along with the film itself, it is open matted.
* A series of videos promoting Fox Studios Australia features its own version of the 1994 Fox logo animation: The structure now reads "FOX STUDIOS AUSTRALIA" and the Los Angeles cityscape is replaced with the skyline of Sydney, Australia.
* The logo is carved out of stone, with snow topping above it among a prehistoric backdrop, surrounded by snow-covered pine trees. A volcano pit replaces the "stage", and the searchlights are replaced with an assortment of smoke-spewing geysers. This variant is only seen on the 3D version; the 2D version uses the regular 1994 logo instead. However, it is seen on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release, as well as the 2009 TrioScopics 3D DVD release. This was done by Blue Sky Studios, who would later animate the 2009 logo.
* A mariachi band rendition of the fanfare is heard, composed by Gustavo Santaolalla. The "0" in 20th is replaced by a skull, the logo is set in Mexico and a graveyard, and the searchlights are replaced by candles. This was supposed to appear on the film itself, but the normal logo and fanfare were used instead.
* The logo is dark blue and has ice and snow on and around it. Notably, this trailer variation marked the only time that the logo was extended. Also seen on a demo reel from Flip Your Lid Animation.
* On the 2001 teaser trailer for the film, the logo has the initials "B.C." (which stands for "Before Christ") covering part of the word "FOX", with a bit of the "O" and the entire "X" visible.
* On certain TV spots, it is snowing on the logo and "20th" gets covered up by "12".
* A crimson dodgeball ball falls down. "20th" dodges it, then goes back to normal.
* On the theatrical trailer, the logo is covered in stone and put on an orange storm background.
* On the theatrical trailer, the structure reads "20th CENTURY CAT". It's also orange with Garfield's stripes.
* The already formed logo is in a robotic-mechanical look. The camera starts at the sky, then works its way downward to the logo, a la the now-defunct 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Television and 20th Television Animation logos.
* The background is replaced with a dark, dusky navy-blue and it is snowing again. Also, red and green Christmas lights surround the structure.
* On a standalone logo teaser, as the logo forms, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are on the structure, and they are singing a chipmunk-voiced version of the 1997 revision of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. Animation for the Chipmunks was done at Rhythm and Hues Studios, who also did the animation for the film series.
* On the promo for 20th Century Fox's Filmfreunde helfen! (translated as "Film Friends Help") promotion in Germany, the logo is in 3D (made by "laserschwert") with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Derek Thompson from Tooth Fairy on the left and Sid from Ice Age on the right. Halfway through, there is fireworks shooting to form a giant "75".
* The 1994 logo is in metallic colors rather than golden orange, uses certain elements from the "laserschwert" logo, and takes place in New York City instead of Los Angeles. You can also see the "20th CENTURY FOX" text reflecting on a building in the background.
* At the end of the film's teaser trailer, the camera pans to the left from the side of a building (where the middle searchlight would be), to reveal an extensively modified variation of the logo listed directly above. In place of the company name is the film's title in a Trajan font, and all searchlights (except for the one lighting up the text) have been completely removed.
* On the "Nigel Mashup", various pigs from the original Angry Birds game are seen on the 2009 logo's structure, Red flies in from the left side of the screen and hits the "2", King Pig and one of two Corporal Pigs take damage and roll, the Corporal Pig rolls into the gap in the "20", and pops. The rest of the pigs are seen grinning.
* On a Japanese promo for said film, there is Logan/Wolverine on the top of a Tokyo building with the peak of Mount Fuji visible at a stormy night. Then the screen zooms away through Tokyo as we see the Tokyo Tower until we reach a bronzish Fox structure. The animation continues as usual, albeit in warpspeed, until Wolverine's claws slash through the final product. The logo zooms through the slashes.
* The logo is in shiny metallic dark blue with the sky being black and the searchlights producing light blue beams, and three searchlights are cut. The Blue Sky Studios logo appears in the same fashion.
* Just the placeholder original sky background of the logo. The searchlights are replaced with UFO light beams beaming down.
* There is the famous 1994 20th Century Fox tower except the word "FOX" is in the same place as the word "CENTURY" and the words are smaller and underneath is the word "ANIMATION". All of the text on the structure, except "20th", are set in Franklin Gothic Heavy, and below it is the usual News Corporation byline.
* Same as the standard 20th Television logo, but now the stack of words has been modified to resemble the standard Fox stack, with "TELEVISION" added to the bottom. The taller structure now reads "20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION". When the logo is finished zooming out, the registered trademark "®" symbol and the News Corporation byline (on pre-2013 episodes) fade in at the same time.
* Same as the final 20th Century Fox logo, except in the end, the camera pans back farther than usual to reveal the stacked words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" on the right of the Fox structure with "HOME" set in Neutraface No. 2, an extra searchlight can be seen on the left of the structure (ala the Searchlight Pictures logo), and more palm trees were added. Once the logo is fully revealed, the News Corporation byline fades in at the bottom of the screen (on pre-2013 releases). The registered trademark sign fades in as well.
* A remake of the 20th Century Fox logo, only now it appears to be a hybrid between the 1994 and 2009 logos. The structure also now reads "FOX DIGITAL STUDIO". The light intro is also present, but it is different from the 1994 logo.
* A more realistic remake of the 2009-2020 20th Century Fox logo with the structure now reading "ZERO DAY FOX". The sky is also different and darker than usual, a la the Searchlight Pictures logo. The light intro is also removed.
* A redone version of the 2014 logo, except "20th DIGITAL STUDIO" now replaces "ZERO DAY FOX", the people are removed behind the structure, and the sky background is different. A light intro (the same animation as the 2009 film logo) is now added back in, and the logo has elements from both the Fox Digital Studio and Zero Day Fox logos. The camera animation also starts fast and slows down at the end.
* There is a close-up of the familiar Fox structure, but in CGI, and the structure now reads "20th TELEVISION". A steel line below and the area where "FOX" would usually be, is replaced with a large gold rectangle. The logo zooms out to the familiar Fox logo distance. The whole logo is set at daytime as opposed to the usual sunset background of the film logo.
* A redone version of the 1992 logo (with the text on the structure now in a font resembling Myriad) that's animated like the 20th Century Fox theatrical logo, with the sky background in the style of the 1994 movie logo, albeit darker.
* Same as the current 20th Television logo, except with the text "ANIMATION" replacing the simple gold rectangle below "TELEVISION". The whole logo also appears to have been redone, with brighter searchlights and slightly different lighting.
* Against a mostly cloudy, sunset background, there is a closer than usual shot of the Fox structure except it reads "FOX MUSIC". The camera very slowly pans across the structure while the searchlights wave.
* There is the standard Fox structure, this time reading "FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS". However, the searchlights are turned off, the normally clear sky is gone, and a thunderstorm is brewing overhead. A bolt of lightning crashes down on the tower, turning on the searchlights. The News Corporation byline then fades in (pre-2013 only).
* Same as the 2009-2020 20th Century Fox logo, but it instead reads "FOX INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS". "FOX" is larger and replaces the "20th", the word "INTERNATIONAL" is narrow, and "PRODUCTIONS" is in a smaller font, ala Fox Searchlight Pictures.
* A still shot of a drastically simplified Fox structure in gold against a simple blue gradient background. It has been reduced to its core essentials: the tower, stage, and searchlights (which are shaped similar to crayons). The wording on the structure now says "FOX VIDEO", with an extra gap where "FOX" would be in the movie logo. The logo "shimmers" like bars of light move through, a la the then-current Touchstone logo. If one looks closely, one of the searchlight bases is also seen clipping through the circular platform.
* On a dark teal background, there is a gold/purple Fox structure from an extreme upper-left angle. The camera moves down and pan around the structure (and a light shines through it as we do that), saying "FOX VIDEO" (the font of which doesn't quite match the TCF logo). We finally settle into the familiar angle we usually see Fox logos from, with the searchlights moving at a slow rate.
* It's basically the full-color Fox Video print logo of the time, which is similar to the 20th Century Fox logo, though with "FOX VIDEO" replacing the text, as well as more simplified features. It begins by taking up the whole screen, but zooms out until it is in a box in the centre of the screen.
* Against the Los Angeles skyline around sunset (recycled from the 1994-2010 theatrical logo), there is a spotlight and then pan across the "FOX VIDEO" structure, now redone so that it matches the movie logo far closer and all of it is set in Futura Extra Bold. The logo zooms out until we reach the comfortable Fox logo distance.
* The screen zooms-out from a golden rotating model of Earth, to reveal it is the standard 1994 20th Century Fox logo except with "FOX WORLD" instead of "20th CENTURY FOX". The "O" is the golden model of Earth. The sky background is stretched horizontally. The byline, "A FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS COMPANY" fades-in when the logo forms.
* There is a Fox structure similar to the 1994 20th Century Fox logo, but there is a giant star at the top, and the text:
* Same as the 2009 20th Century Fox logo, but the text on the standard structure is instead replaced by "FOX STAR STUDIOS", with STAR TV's 1998 star symbol next to "STAR" and fitting snugly below the "X" while piercing the lines above it.
* The design is similar to the Fox Star Studios logo, except "FOX" has been removed from the top of the structure, and with Star India's 2011 logo taking the place of the letter "A" (in the same manner as its Disney+ Star content hub and Star+ logo). The word "STUDIOS" is also in a different font and larger to accommodate the size of the structure, and the registered symbol is also removed as well. The overall design of the logo is based on the work of Picturemill and Blue Sky for 20th Century Studios, albeit some details are altered, such as the Hollywood Sign being removed and a searchlight unseen in the original logo appearing behind the structure.
* Same as the 1994 20th Century Fox logo, but it is a still picture, and the text "20th CENTURY FOX" is replaced with "FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES", with "SEARCHLIGHT" in the middle larger, and with "FOX" above and "PICTURES" below, respectively. The News Corporation byline is intact, but the registered symbol is removed.
* The sequence starts out looking at a city skyline (most likely that of Los Angeles, California). The camera begins to move right, past a searchlight. The searchlight turns on, followed by two more in the background turning on. We then reach the middle of the stack to see the text from before, as the camera pulls back. After the logo is finished zooming out, the byline "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades in, then the rightmost searchlight moves towards the camera, filling the screen with light, then the screen fades out.
* This is a redone and more realistic version of the previous Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, based on the structure of the 2009-2020 20th Century Fox logo. This time, it is in a dark/orange evening environment. Palm trees can be seen at the bottom at the start (as well as the addition of the Hollywood sign on the hills), three searchlights are deleted, and the right searchlight is pointing at us when it fills the screen with light. An "®" symbol is also now added to the logo.
* Basically an enhanced version of the last logo. It's nearly the same as before, except "FOX" has been removed from the top of the structure, and the words are slightly taller and larger to accommodate for it, a la the final Fox Interactive logo. The Los Angeles cityscape and the mountains in the background are larger and more detailed with greater depth, the skyline is much different, the ® symbol has been removed, the searchlights (aside from their light beams) are a lot darker in color (compared to the 20th Century Studios logo which has the same colors for the searchlights but sleeker and shinier), and the Hollywood sign is pushed up to resemble the one in real life. After the searchlight fills the screen with light, it cuts to black instead of fading to black.
* There is the 20th Century Fox logo in its 1994 form. Then, the camera turns around the structure. Smoke appears in the leftmost and rightmost searchlights as we slowly see the structure transform into the stacked text "FOX INTERACTIVE", separated by two lines and in the Fox font. We can also see that the structure is now perched next to and upon several circular, futuristic buildings with colorful lights, which illuminate once the camera settles down. We can also see some pods or small spaceships moving around in the buildings on a monorail.
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