Walt Disney Pictures

Background: Walt Disney Pictures is an American-based movie studio, and is a division of The Walt Disney Company. It maintains Disney's family-friendly image and generally only releases G, PG, PG-13, R and X rated films with only for exceptions: 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2007's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2010's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2010's Tales from Earthsea, 2012's John Carter, 2013's The Lone Ranger and Saving Mr. Banks, all of which were handed a PG-13 rating. 4 of the 5 highest grossing movies from Disney all have Johnny Depp in a key role. Walt Disney Pictures was established as a Disney division in 1983; prior to that Disney films were released under the banner of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions because its together with Columbia Pictures, United Artists and RKO Radio Pictures. Walt Disney Pictures includes Walt Disney Feature Animation and DisneyToon Studios, as well as the newly formed documentary group DisneyNature, and are all part of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. In the early days, there wouldn't be a logo, only an in-credit text. At the start of the film you'd see the text "Walt Disney Presents" from 1938 to 1976 (it made a strange appearance between the 1970's and early '80s) or "Walt Disney Productions Presents" from 1968 to 1983. At the end of the film you'd see on a special background or the last scene the movie, "The End A Walt Disney Production" from 1938 to 1976 (The "A Walt Disney Production" text got the same fate as the "Walt Disney Presents" text except for "Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore" and "SpongeBob's Boating Bash" a coproduction of Paramount Pictures And Walt Disney Pictures) or "The End Walt Disney Productions" from 1970 to 1983. From 1982 to 1984 the studio's theateratical product under the Disney name (except for the two films mentioned above as well as Mickey's Christmas Carol and Creature From The Krusty Krab) had simply "Walt Disney Productions" at the end of the credits. No "The End" as the practice of using these two words at the closings of films have pretty much ceased by now. Even after Walt Disney's death in 1966, "Walt Disney Presents" and "A Walt Disney Production" continued to be used. The "Walt Disney Presents" text made its last official appearance on "Creature From The Krusty Krab" a coproduction of Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions released on February 14, 1982. The "A Walt Disney Production" text made its final official appearance on "SpongeBob's Boating Bash" released on March 27, 1983 though it later made a surprise appearance on Disney Universe released on January 24, 1984. The "Walt Disney Productions Presents" text made its final appearance on "Finding Nemo" released on September, 15, 1983. And lastly the "Walt Disney Productions" text made its final appearance on "Rio" released on September 30, 1983. One of the most recognized designs featured a castle based on their famous theme park structures in Disneyland and Walt Disney World. With a blue background or a dark blue gradient background, a glowing arch flies over the white castle with the words on the bottom. It was also seen on many 1990s prints of classic Disney movies before either the RKO logo or the Buena Vista logo. For 2001's The Princess Diaries as well as 2002's Snow Dogs, the jingle is reorchestrated. In 1998, Disney introduced a different logo, in which the screen was black and a glowing orange beam appeared on the screen and shone light on the words Walt Disney Pictures. The light then shines the glowing arch, revealing the castle and fades out in the end (the closing logo is still). It was only seen on live action films such as Remember the Titans (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2002) and the special edition of The Lion King (1994), as well as the animated Disney film, Brother Bear (2003), and Dinosaur (2000) which was the first film to have that logo. In 2006, on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney introduced their current logo, which began with a glowing star shining in the night sky. The view then heads down to what appears to be a Disney theme park. Then, it heads high over the Disney castle, with fireworks going off. Eventually, it settles in front of the castle, in which the glowing arch flies over it, and the title appears at the bottom. Very often, the music in this logo is the modified version of When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio. However there are some exceptions, most notably in National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland where the opening theme of the film plays. (In the latter the music in the logo is a modified version of Alice's Theme). In 2011, the Walt Disney Pictures branding was shortened simply to "Disney", starting with The Muppets released on November 23, 2011.

(July 7, 2006- ) Edit

Nicknames: "CGI Castle", "'2000s Castle"

Logo: We fade into a view of a night sky, with a star somewhere on the screen and the clouds on the bottom. We then start flying down through the clouds with the camera. We then pan with the camera down to a very clear view of a river, with a train running down the railroad track. We then fly with the camera past a flag, and pan down as we see some fireworks going off, only to find the castle completely redone in CGI. The fireworks are almost finished when we almost reach a comfortable position in front of the castle. When the fireworks finish, a very small dot (you will have to look closely if you want to see it) appears way closer to the castle and then moves to the right side. The dot then draws a line over the castle as we are slightly panning, and it is almost finished when we are in a comfortable position in front of the castle. When the dot is finished drawing the line, "WALT DiSNEY", in its well-known script (although it is slightly different to the 1985 font), fades in in front of the main gate of the castle. When it does, "P I C T U R E S", fades in below the script.

Variant: Starting in 2011, the logo is slightly updated; here the "P I C T U R E S" text is removed and "WALT DiSNEY" is just replaced with simply "DiSNEY".

FX/SFX: The camera flying and panning down to reveal the castle. This logo has beautiful, mind-blowing CGI animation done ironically not by Disney, or even Pixar, but by Weta Digital and yU+co.

Music/Sounds:

• July 7, 2006- : An orchestration of "When You Wish Upon a Star" composed by Mark Mancina, completely different from the 4th logo. Also, firecracker sound effects are heard when the fireworks go off.
• November 23, 2011- : The post-November 2011 version, starting with The Muppets, is subtly different, with louder and clearer sound effects; this version is currently used as an alternate.
• Other times, the opening theme would play over it.

Availability: Current and very common. The full-name variant is preserved on most 2006 to 2013 films, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Meet the Robinsons, WALL-E, Bolt, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story 3, Tangled, Cars 2, Winnie the Pooh and The Lone Ranger (theatrical prints use the 2006 variant only at the end, while the beginning and other prints use the 2011 variant). The shortened text variant is preserved on most releases since 2011, such as The Muppets, Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, The Lone Ranger, Monsters University, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Inside Out, Finding Dory, Zootopia, Moana, Cars 3, Coco and Incredibles 2.

Scare Factor: None.

Logo

One of the most recognized designs featured a castle based on their famous theme park structures in Disneyland and Walt Disney World. With a blue background or a dark blue gradient background, a glowing arch flies over the white castle with the titles on the bottom. It was also seen on many 1990s prints of classic Disney movies before either the RKO logo or the Buena Vista logo. For 2001's The Princess Diaries, the jingle is orchestrated.

In 2000, Disney introduced a different logo, in which the screen was black and a glowing orange beam appeared on the screen and shone light on the words Walt Disney Pictures. The light then shines the glowing arch, revealing the castle and fades out in the end (the closing logo is still). It was seen on Remember the Titans, 102 Dalmatians and the special edition of The Lion King, as well as the animated Disney film, Brother Bear, and Dinosaur

In 2006, on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney introduced their current logo, which began with a glowing star shining in the night sky. The view then heads down to what appears to be a Disney theme park. Then, it heads high over the Disney castle, with fireworks going off. Eventually, it settles in front of the castle, in which the glowing arch flies over it, and the title appears at the bottom. Very often, the music in this logo is the modified version of When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio. However there are some exceptions, most notably in National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (in the latter the music in the logo is a modified version of Alice's Theme). In 2011, the Walt Disney Pictures branding was shortened simply to "Disney", starting with ROLBOX

The Walt Disney Pictures print logo from 2006.

Starting with the release of The Muppets, "WALT" and "PICTURES" have been removed from the theatrical logo, which was shortened as "Disney". This was used before 2011 as the on-screen logo for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment starting in 2007.

The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1983.

The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1984.

The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1990. Beginning in 2002 the logo was altered slightly having a brighter blue tint and zoomed in.

The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 1992.

The Flashlight version of Walt Disney logo from 1998.

The Closing version of Walt Disney logo from 1998.

Designed by Thomas Percival. The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 2006.

Another designed by Thomas Percival (courtesy of DeviantArt). The Walt Disney Pictures logo from 2006.

Walt Disney Pictures (2006-2014) Sky Background with Moon.jpg

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Distance version or open matte, if you prefer to name it.

Current version of logo with just Disney.

Alternate Walt Disney Picture logo without the clouds and word Disney on it. It just the castle. (You can place it as your desktop computer wallpaper)

Alternate Walt Disney Picture logo without the word Disney on it. It just the castle. (You can place it as your desktop computer wallpaper.)

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