Fat Dog Productions

## Background

**Fat Dog Productions** was a pornographic film production company and distributor based in Chatsworth, California. The company was founded in 1990 by Larry Field who was also the owner of Pipeline Video, an adult distribution company from the 1980s and 1990s. The company was then sold to Lucky Distributors in January 2005 to continue running the company until 2006 when the company presumably dissolved.

## Logos

### 1st logo (1992)

On a black background, we see a piece of paper with a colorless picture of a fat sad Shar Pei dog in a circle with the text "FAT DOG PRODUCTIONS". The text above the circle is in an arc and the text below it is in a rectangle. The logo is shown for eighteen seconds, then cuts to black.

#### Variant

A short variant exists where we see a blue background with a circle in the center transitioning to the logo but zoomed in to fit the screen.

### 2nd logo (1992)

On a black background, a red marquee with dashed borders and text reading "FAT DOG PRESENTS" flips up and down while zooming in. The dashed lines are seen flickering on and off before freezing. The text crossfades to a colorized version of the Shar Pei picture with said canine in white and the circle in blue. The image is in an expanded version of the marquee from before but without its dashed border. Then we fade into a closer shot of the picture.

### 3rd logo (1992-1994)

On a black background, a wooden circle with the Shar Pei from before zooms in to fill the screen. This time, however, the Shar Pei is colored, with it being yellow and the circle being blue. "FAT DOG Productions" then fades in the top right corner while "PRESENTS" fades in at the bottom right, both being in yellow.

#### Variants

* A short variant exists where the logo cuts out after the dog zooms in and the text fades in.
* A closing variant has the dog wearing a tuxedo and a black fedora with the following text scrolling in:

If you are interested
in participating or
if you have a video
you wish us to view,
write to:
BIG MURRARY
21708 MARILLA ST.
CHATSWORTH,
C.A. 91311

Then, the copyright notice appears next, followed by a notice indicating the actors meet the age of consent:

All Rights Reserved
FAT DOG PRODUCTIONS
Copyright (year in Roman numerals)
All persons appearing in
this video are over
18 years of age.
proof is on file at
21708 Marilla st.
Chatsworth, Ca.91311

### 4th logo (1994-2003)

On a blue marble background, we see the Shar Pei from before except its positioned to the right. On the left is "Fat Dog Productions, Inc. Presents" in Times New Roman.

#### Variants

* In the silent variant, the text of the company name has a different font in which is red and green.
* Another variant exists where we see a different theme of the logo with plain yellow text that says "BLACK DOG PRESENTS" with the background being dark green and the dog now being black and is seen wearing a blue cap, golden rings, and a golden necklace/medal.
* The closing variant is the same as the previous logo but with the text in yellow. It also has multiple differences, including capitalization, words appearing on different rows, and the removal of one period in "Ca.91311".
* Yet another version has some funky beat with the text in yellow.
* On A Girl's Affair 18, the font is different, the text is smaller, and the colors consist of a green-red gradient.

### 5th logo (June 24, 2003)

On a black background, the Shar Pei picture from the 3rd logo appears by a transition consisting of seven pieces sliding from the top and bottom. Following this, the vertically aligned, beveled words "FAT DOG" rotate on the z-axis with the words next to the Shar Pei. The word "PRODUCTIONS" in the same effect as aforementioned words zooms from the Shar Pei's mouth and onto the bottom of the screen

## Music/Sounds

### 1st logo

Just some wolves howling, in total five times, during the silence. At the beginning we hear a sound that seems to be a button being pressed on a game, possibly the the closing credits music trailing off, or just another wolf howl; only the end of that howl was heard.

### 2nd logo

A soft synth pop fanfare alongside a dog/wolf growling viciously.

### 3rd logo

Weird electronic music which is very quiet. The short variant is silent.

### 4th logo

Some jazz music along with the same growling sound from the 2nd logo. Some DVD releases may actually have the logo silent. The Black Dog variant is also silent.

## Scare Factor

### 1st logo

Low to nightmare. The howls are quite ominous and will get to more than a few, combined with the intervals of silence. The somber and rather depressing image of the dog, black background, the lame quality, and lack of colour overall make this a relatively scary logo. If a child were to see this (when they probably shouldn't be given the content), he or she would probably be quite scared of it and get nightmares. But, like the Caballero Control Corporation "C's of Doom" logo and Adult Swim Dawn is Your Enemy, it was probably intentional, in this case to scare children away from watching porn. Medium to high for the short variant.

### 2nd logo

Low to high. The dog growling will put some off, but the soft synth pop fanfare shouldn't be too much of a problem.

### 3rd logo

Low to medium, it's far tamer than the ones we looked at earlier.

### 4th logo

Low to high. Same as the 2nd logo but weird jazz music should've calm these down.

### 5th logo

None to low. It such a most tamest and cool logo ever than the ones we looked at earlier.