Gigapix Studios

Background: Gigapix Studios inc was a fraud film studio founded in 2002 by former soda salesman and later cinematographer Christopher Blauven and TV producer David Pritchard. They had only had their names attached to three projects, all of which was mere "producing" (financial support) the Jordanian film Captain Abu Raed (one of the only Jordanian feature films in existence), the fan favorite Comedy Central TV show Workaholics, and the documentary Baker Boys: Inside the Surge. Of these, the sole one they ever offered legit assistance to was Captain Abu Raed, which was merely producing it (financial aid) and not aiding it, the other two they got their name on due to managing to get Jimmy Cummings as their head of development, who heavily worked on both during his time there. The studio was in 2015 determined to be a scam operating with mere boiler room tactics. The founders would present themselves to potential clients as an established animation studio working on traditionally animated The Wizard of Oz remake entitled OZ3D. They would then convince investors to put money in the project in advance. The plan got hundreds of victims and raised $8 million, 95% of which the studio heads up being spent on personal luxuries and overhead costs. In 2014, the company was effectively shut down as whole when Blauven and Pritchard were accused of mail fraud, wire fraud and offering unregistered secretaries for sale. Their logo was taken off Workaholics that year (Jimmy having already left). The year after, the entire staff received time in prison as the fraud of OZ3D was exposed. The full story can be seen <a href="https://fredericacade.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/press-release-christopher-blauvelt-and-david-pritchard-orchestrated-21-million-movie-investment-scheme-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-defrauding-hundreds-of-investors/" target="_self">here</a>.1st Logo(2007) Logo: On a black background, a group of yellowish-green blocks all titled differently expand from the center of the screen and forms a large ring. As they do, the blocks leave greenish misty trails in all directions circling a tiny circle mist trail. Four more streaks expand from that shape in all directions, forming a sun shape with the mist. As this is happening, another group of blocks contracts and forms a smaller ring in between the first ring of blocks. We can also observe at this point another misty ring is formed by the former group of blocks encompassing the first. Finally, as the more center group of blocks is done forming a ring, the mist condenses into a typhoon like shape. Four more blocks contract as the first two rings contract entirely in the center of the screen. When this is done, all the blocks are packed together and have formed something resembling an abstract sun, meanwhile the misty trails have also compacted entirely and form a ray of light illuminating the abstract sun. The "rays" of the background miss dispensary as the four blocks closest to us "Shift" into place like a gear. As all the mist dies down completely, "GIGAPIX STUDIOS" in a gold blocky font zooms below the shape and shines.FX/SFX: Everything. Possibly one of the hardest to visualize logos ever.Music: None.Availability: Seen on Captain Abu Raed.Editor's Note: A surprising amount of effort was put into this logo for a scam company.2nd Logo(2011 - 2013)Logo: On a space below the Avalon logo, the completed sun block shape from the last logo, now colored bronze, rests next to "GIGAPIX STUDIOS" now in bronze and in a different font. A ray of light shines from the sunblock and the company name shines once.FX/SFX: The light, the name shining.Music/Sounds: A shining noise corresponding to the sun, which plays along the Avalon theme.Availability: Seen on season 1 to 3 episodes of Workaholics.Editor's Note: None.