Millar Gough Ink

Information
Millar/Gough Ink (formerly known as Chiller Productions) is an American film and television production company founded in 1995 by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, but they did not use the logo until 1999 as of The Strip.

1st Logo (1995? 1997? October 12, 1999-November 10, 2011)
Nicknames: "Orange-Red Ink", "Ink Bottle Gets the Banhammer", "SPLAT!!"

Logo: In an office setting, a bottle with orange-red ink is seen, with a black label covering the bottom half, containing the company name in Impact,, and a stacked format, all in uppercase letters. The word "INK" has the bottom half in white. A split-second before the logo ends, a hammer (which, if the viewer looks very closely, it can be seen coming down in the bottle's reflection) falls down on top of it and breaks it, which causes the orange-red ink in it to spread everywhere, including covering up the whole screen, along with the black label getting ripped apart. After the logo is done, it cuts to the next or splitscreen logo.

Variants:

Trivia: This logo was created by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough in 1999.
 * The logo appears in both a widescreen and fullscreen format.
 * On season 3 of Tex and Zeke, the words "Produced in association with" is above the logo.
 * An extremely rare still variant exists on the season 1 DVD release of Into The Badlands, but don't expect this logo to appear on the said show either; that one has the 2nd and current logo instead.

Technique: Live-action animation. The live-action logo was created by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough.

Cheesy Factor: How could there be so much orange-red ink in that one, tiny bottle? Also, the transition to the next or splitscreen logo is really poorly done.

Music/Sounds: Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Common. Seen on The Strip, Smallville, the 2006 television pilot of Aquaman, Tex and Zeke and the 2011 remake of Charlie's Angels. Don't expect this logo to appear on the said show either; that one has the 2nd and current logo instead, nor it appears on films, but that one has the different company's logo instead of this logo, along with the current logo, also has the different company's logo instead.
 * October 12, 2000-July 7, 2000: The closing theme of the show, along with the splattering sound.
 * October 16, 2001-February 12, 2002: Just the sound of a bottle breaking.
 * February 26, 2002-May 21, 2002: A three-note odd piano tune with an eerie sound effect is played in the background before the shatter sound.
 * September 24, 2002-November 10, 2011: A reverberating cartoon ditty prior to the shatter sound.
 * There is a variant that appears on the Smallville season 1 episodes "X-Ray" and "Hug" where there is no audio in the logo.
 * On early 2nd season episodes of Smallville, including "Vortex", the cartoon ditty may play a little quieter.
 * The C&W airings of Smallville use generic themes and the announcer.
 * At the end of The Strip, the closing theme of the show plays before the splattering sound.

Scare Factor: Depending on the variant:


 * October 12, 1999-July 7, 2000: High. The splattering sound could get to some people.
 * October 16, 2001-February 12, 2002: Medium to high. The bottle suddenly breaking with no warning can be jarring to many people, especially after the long silence during both this logo and the one before such as the Tollin/Robbins Productions logo.
 * February 26, 2002-May 21, 2002: Medium, the piano tune can be creepy.
 * September 24, 2002-November 10, 2011: Low to medium. It is slightly less scary with the music playing.

2nd Logo (November 15, 2015-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the stacked words "MILLAR GOUGH". To the right of it is a beaker with a water-drop in it. Inside the drop is "INK".

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Appears on the 2015 AMC series Into the Badlands, the 2016 MTV series The Shannara Chronicles and the 2022 Netflix series Wednesday.

Scare Factor: Low. The logo on a black background can creep someone out, but it's tamer than the last logo.