Sprixie Independent Pictures

Background
Sprixie Independent Pictures, shortened to SIP, was the independent film studio company of Sprixie Studios, the company was founded in 1993, but did not use a logo until a year later. The company was known for making and releasing independent, arthouse, foreign, and horror, film releases. However, the company has released comedy, action, romance, and family-friendly films alongside Sprixie Studios starting in 1995.

Throughout the years, the company has had some pretty successful films. Pulp Fiction, released in 1994, Burnt by the Sun, released in 1995, Slums of Beverly Hills, released in 1998, Towelhead, released in 2008, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, released in 2014. The most infamous film was "Monster Trucks", released in 2017. However, it's most acclaimed film was The Way Way Back, released in 2013.

Over the years, the logo has used the iconic Fox Searchlight Pictures structure base for their logo starting from 1994 to 2020. Despite "Searchlight Pictures" releasing a new logo when the company rebranded, the 2011 logo continued to be in use until December of 2020, when the logo started using the "Disney Fox Media Entertainment" base.

The company has never been owned by a parent company. The company announced to shut down in 2022 when "Kirby Studios", purchased Sprixie Studios. The company shut down on February 9th, 2022, and as a result, all independent, arthouse, foreign, and horror, film releases were announced to return to Sprixie Studios. The last film to use this logo was Fresh, released in 2022. And starting on September 7th, 2022, all films that contained the "Sprixie Independent Pictures" logos were all plastered with the current Sprixie Studios 2022 logo.

1st logo (1993)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure", "The Sprixie Tower IV", "1990s Tower", "The Searchlights V"

Logo: Same as the Sprixie Studios 1981 logo, however, the structure has changed to read, Sprixie Independent Pictures. The logo appears to also be a cheap rush job as some parts of the logo are misplaced, the right spotlight's beam is incorrectly positioned, the staircase is smaller, and the bridge is mispositioned. This was the only logo from Sprixie Independent Pictures to use the (1936-1995) Sprixie Studios font and the (1955-1995) Sprixie designs. The spotlights animation does have references to the 1956 Sprixie Studios Standard Structure logo.

FX/SFX: The Spotlights moving in the background.

Music/Sounds: The 1981 Sprixie Studios fanfare. (Albeit High Tone and Low Quailty.)

Availability: Extinct. As this was only seen on the introduction of Sprixie Independent Pictures.

Editor's Note: The misplaced parts in this logo and the way the structure is aligned in this logo does make the logo feel like a cheap rush job, however, this was placeholder for the next logo.

2nd logo (April 24th, 1994 - December 31st, 1996)
Main Logos Nicknames: "The Still Super Structure", "The Still Sprixie Tower V", "1990s Tower", "The Still Searchlights"

Logo: Same as the Sprixie Television Entertainment 1994 logo, the Sprixie Studios Television 1992 logo, and the future Sprixie Studios 1995 logo, however, the animation has been removed from the logo, the words, Sprixie Television Entertainment, have changed to read, SPRIXIE INDEPENDENT PICTURES. With Sprixie being at the top row, Independent being in the middle larger row, and P  I   C   T   U   R   E   S being at the smallest and bottom row. The 7 Sprixies with their current posing, (without the animation) are also seen at the top of the logo hovering over the word Sprixie. the registered symbol is removed from this logo as well.

Print Logo: It's the same as the Sprixie Studios 1988 print logo, however, it now has the structure reading, Sprixie Independent Pictures. On top of that, nothing else has changed with the print logo.

Trivia: This logo is apparently based on the Sprixie Studios Television 1992 logo, but instead of the Sprixie Studios Television sky, it reuses the sky from the Sprixie Television Entertainment logo.

Variants: A lot. Starting with the main logo variants and ending at the print logo variants. Main logos Print logos
 * Before 1995, the logo reused the Sprixie Studios (1936-1994) font for the text instead of the (1995-) font, and the Sprixies all reused their previous designs instead of their current designs. This was last seen on Jason's Lyric.
 * On Looking for Richard, the colors are brighter and a bit more golden than the main logo, however, on She's The One, the colors and sky background are darker.
 * On Girl 6, and one other film, the logo has a golden tint, and is also pushed up a bit when compared to the main logo.
 * On the Corporate variant of the logo, the logo's resolution is set to (1058x1057), the sky background is changed, and two of the rear spotlights are missing, plus, the 3 remaining spotlights also have changed appearances a bit.
 * There are some rare corporate logos.
 * The first one contains a black background instead of using a sky background, the logo is also centered in this logo as well, And the right spotlight right by Cyan and Red is also brighter.
 * The second corporate version of the logo has the logo pushed to the left a ton, the sky background from the main corporate logo is used, but extended, and the right spotlights beam ends at the structure before it touches Cyan and Red.
 * The third corporate variant was used as an early corporate version for the logo. In this version, the sky background is different compared to the main logos, and the bridge by the right spotlight is extended.
 * The 5th and Final Corporate logo is basically the main logo, but with a border around the logo. The lighting is also changed a bit in this version.
 * A rare blue variant of the logo exists where the logo is centered, and a blue tint exists on the logo. This has been seen on VHS covers for "Looking For Richard."
 * There is a very rare Open Matte variant of the logo where all 5 spotlights in the logo are extended way higher than normal, and on the top left corner, there is a text that reads, "A BIGGER SPLASH". Which was used for promotional media.
 * An inverted version of the print logo exists.
 * There is a version of the print logo where it just shows the structure without the spotlights and stage, and alas, the top base on top of the word Sprixie is missing.
 * Another rare print logo exists where the text is shortened to read, "SIP". which stands for, Sprixie Independent Pictures. The spotlights are also squares and two beams can be seen on both sides of the screen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Usually none. But sometimes, it uses the opening theme or closing theme of the film. And sometimes the theme from a trailer.

Availability: Extinct. Due to plastering with the current logo.
 * This was first seen on Pulp Fiction, which was released in 1994, and has also been seen on other films, such as The Mask, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and many others.
 * It was last seen on Executive Decision, released in 1996.
 * The Corporate variants are common to spot, except for the rare corporate variants. Which are only used for promotional media. Alongside the A BIGGER SPLASH Variant.
 * This logo made a surprise appearance on international releases of "The Secret of NIMH II", "A Scanner Darkly", and one other film.
 * Somehow on re-releases of Gremlins, the logo is in B&W.

Editor's Note: While the Fox Searchlight Pictures lasted for 6 months, this logo lasted way longer than normal, and it was also a placeholder for the next logo.

3rd logo (January 1st, 1997 - August 17th, 2011)
Main Logos Nicknames: "The Super Structure V", "The Sprixie Tower V", "1990s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights I", "The CGI Tower I"

Logo: Same as the Fox Searchlight Pictures 1997 logo, however, instead of the structure reading Fox Searchlight Pictures, the structure now reads Sprixie Independent Pictures. This is the first logo from Sprixie Independent Pictures that has the logo animated for the first time. All seven Sprixies are also animated for the first time in this logo unlike the previous logo. And just like the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, the right spotlight turns to the screen and fills it with light.

Print Logo: Same as the previous logo, but now, it's facing the front of the structure this time around.

Trivia: If you look closely at the front left spotlight before the main structure approaches, the lighting and shading on the searchlight base suddenly shifts and changes positions due to an error. There is also an error at the beginning of the logo too.

Variants: A couple.
 * On November 16th, 1996, a prototype version was unveiled to the public 2 months before the logos official debut. The animation is the same, but the spotlight animations are less realistic, and the coloring is a bit green tinted a bit. Unlike the Sprixie Studios 1995 prototype logo, since this prototype came out in 1996, the same font from the previous Sprixie Independent Pictures logo is used and the current design for the Sprixies are seen.
 * There are some Color alternation variants.
 * The first one debuted on The Van (1997), the logo is tinted a blueish color and the structure is a bit more orange in this variant.
 * The second color alternation variant was seen on Boys Don't Cry (1999). In this variant, the spotlights are tinted white, The front left spotlight is a bit more red, and the company name has less orange than normal.
 * A CinemaScope Color Alternation version does exist, which has the sky background tinted a bit reddish, the spotlights being more blue, and the structure having a bit of a reddish tint to it.
 * The Color Alternation variant does come in a Full Screen variant too. The structure is slightly orange, the spotlights are almost cyan tinted, and the sky is basically darkened a bit.
 * For a couple of films, like Before Sunset, Around The Bend, The Darjeeling Limited, and Chaos Theory, the logo is shortened. But with a few differences.
 * The camera animation is removed from this logo, leaving only the end portion of the logo.
 * The Right Spotlight does not fill the screen with light.
 * The Right Spotlight does not turn towards the camera.
 * The Front Left Spotlight's beam is pink and is animated.
 * The Sky has some elements to the 1955 Sprixie Studios logo.
 * The logo is a bit brighter.
 * On Sunshine, the logo is reversed.

FX/SFX: Same as the Fox Searchlight Pictures 1997 logo, CGI is amazing in this logo.

Music/Sounds: Starts with a few moments of silence, then a couple seconds later, the following fanfares play.
 * (January 1st, 1997 - January 30, 1998), the 1994 "20th Century Fox" fanfare. Which was composed by Bruce Broughton in the same stage in which the original 1935 "20th Century Fox" fanfare was recorded.
 * (November 14, 1997, March 27, 1998), The 1997 "20th Century Fox" fanfare. Conducted by David Newman. whose father Alfred Newman composed the original fanfare in 1933, as well as its extended counterpart in 1954 for the "20th Century Fox" logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: A few.
 * On UK and Australian physical media releases and TV airings that use this logo, the fanfare is higher pitched.
 * For a couple of films, after the 1994 or 1997 fanfares are finished, the voiceover of a film starts.
 * On films like Revolutionary Road, Where's Marlowe?, and Arctic Tale'', the fanfare is high pitch, as described above. PAL prints use a double pitched version.
 * On the short version of the logo, a shortened version of the 1997 Sprixie Studios fanfare is used.
 * On some films, like for example, '28 Days Later, and Day Watch'', the fanfare is low tone and starts a bit early right before the first spotlight turns on.
 * Otherwise, it's silent or has the opening theme to the film.

Availability: Extinct. Due to plastering with the current logo.
 * It first appeared on plastering of Girl 6 copies in 1997, and has appeared on many films, like, The Impostors, Where's Marlowe?, Get Real, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The Darjeeling Limited, Sunshine, The Incredibles, Madagascar, and many others.
 * The short variant of the logo was first seen on Before Sunset, and made its last appearance on Chaos Theory.
 * This logo did make a Suprise appearance on My Name is Khan alongside the 2010 Sprixie Studios logo. But also made a Suprise appearance on The Drop.

Editor's Note: The people that first got copies of Girl 6 with the 1997 logo might have been a little surprised when they saw the 1997 logo instead of the 1994 logo, but it's memorable for those who grew up with this logo.

4th logo (August 18th, 2011 - December 31st, 2020)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure VI", "The Sprixie Tower VI", "2010s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights II", "The CGI Tower II"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, but now it's been updated to now use the Fox Searchlight Pictures 2011 base. Unlike the previous logo however, the wing animation for the seven Sprixies in this logo is now present, and it makes this logo the first from Sprixie Independent Pictures to have the Sprixies wings animated. Just like in the 2010 Sprixie Studios logo. Starting in this logo only, the registered trademark "®️" symbol fades in at the end.

Trivia: Just like in the 2010 Sprixie Studios logo, if you look into the city, you can see an Ice Age billboard in the city of Hollywood. It is the exact same one from the Sprixie Studios 2010 logo.
 * Similar to the Sprixie Studios 2010 logo, this logo was animated at Blue Sky Studios.

Variants: A few.
 * On Another Earth (2011), a version of the logo where it is squished in 4:3 exists. This was also seen on the film, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). A dark tint is present in the two as well.
 * Just like the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, an extreme close-up variant exists where the logo is (cropped from scope into 1.78:1) or shown at a far distance in the entire 16:9 frame. This was seen on a couple films, for example, The Sessions (2012), Sound of My Voice (2012), and The Way Way Back (2013).
 * On full-screen prints of Sprixie Independent Pictures films from 2012, a 4:3 version exists. This is also seen on TV Spots.
 * Starting in 2013 with the release of Enough Said (2013), the colors were alternated to match up with the 2013 version of the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo. (Albeit in Enough Said (2013), the 2013 version debuted with a variant.)
 * On a couple films, like The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), Money Monster (2016), Monster Trucks (2017), and Isle of Dogs (2018), a short version of the logo exists. Differences in this variant are;
 * The camera animation is removed, just like the previous short variant.
 * The spotlights do not fill the screen with light.
 * The right spotlight does not turn to the screen.
 * However, there are differences to the previous short variant, and those are;
 * The left spotlight's beam is no longer pink and not animated.
 * The sky background reverted back to the SIP 2011 sky.
 * The registered trademark "®️" symbol is removed.
 * There's 4 rear spotlights in the background now.
 * The fanfare is absent.
 * On Blu-Ray releases of Sunshine, this logo is used, except in reverse.

FX/SFX: Same as the Fox Searchlight Pictures 2011 logo. The short version has the spotlights moving in the background only.

Music/Sounds: Just like the previous logo, it starts with silence, but when the first spotlight turns on, the 1997 fanfare plays.

Music/Sounds Variant: A few.
 * On reissues of 28 Days Later, Day Watch, and a couple of other films, the fanfare is low tone.
 * The fanfare is higher pitched on UK and Australian physical media releases and TV airings that use this logo.
 * As seen on The Favorite, the fanfare is sung by birds.
 * As seen on Lucy in the Sky, a countdown is heard in the middle portion of the fanfare.
 * The opening theme is used on Jojo Rabbit and in some rare occasions.
 * As seen on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), Money Monster (2016), Monster Trucks (2017), and Isle of Dogs (2018), the logo is silent, due to the logo being shortened.

Availability: Extinct. Due to plastering with the current logo.
 * It was first seen on trailers for The Help, The Tree of Life, Cedar Rapids (the film itself used the third logo), and on later trailers for Win Win. First film to use this logo was The Help.
 * The last film that used the 2011 coloring was The Way Way Back.
 * Despite the Searchlight Pictures logo using a new logo with the release of Downhill (2020), this logo continued to be in use until Happiest Season (2020).
 * Its short versions have been seen on films like The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), Money Monster (2016), Monster Trucks (2017), and Isle of Dogs (2018).

Editor's Note: People that were expecting to see the Searchlight Pictures 2020 logo on Downhill (2020), were a little bit surprised to see this logo on the big screen, but this was also placeholder starting in 2020 for the next logo.

5th logo (2020)
Nicknames: "The Unused Super Structure", "The Unused Sprixie Tower", "2020s Tower I", "The Searchlights Unused"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, however, it is enhanced. The camera animation is now much smoother than before, The "Hollywood" sign is now pushed up a bit to resemble the one in Real life, the words are also now floating a bit, and the words are also much bigger than before. The Sprixies are still seen and are doing their iconic posing as usual. Like before, the right spotlight fills the screen with light, then we fade out.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo. Once again, this was done at Blue Sky Studios, and was enhanced by Picturemill.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Unused.
 * It was first spotted on the trailers and TV spots for Jojo Rabbit (2019) and Downhill (2020), but both used the previous logo instead.

Editor's Note: Although the enhanced structure design and the animation in this logo is an improvement to the previous logo, why make this logo if the Sprixie Princesses decided to stick with the previous logo until Nomadland instead?

6th logo (January 1st, 2021 - February 8th, 2022)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure VII", "The Sprixie Tower VII", "2020s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights III", "The CGI Tower III"

Logo: Same concept to the previous logo, but now it utilizes the Disney Fox Media Entertainment base. The camera animation appears to be much smoother than normal than the previous logo, as the right spotlight at the end of the logo turns to the camera, the light from the spotlights appears to also have been redone and is much faster than before. Unlike the previous logo though, the registered trademark symbol is not present.

Variants: A few.
 * This logo does have a Corporate variant where the logo's rear spotlights are much larger than before. The flares are also seen as well.
 * This also comes in a banner variant, where the logo is set at a resolution of (3936 x 1080). It is also centered. Unlike the Sprixie Studios 2021 banner logo.
 * On The French Dispatch (2021) and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021), the logo is shortened. However, unlike the previous two logos, the logo starts in the middle portion of the logo.
 * On Fresh (2022), the last film to use this logo, the logo is a bit darker.

FX/SFX: The spotlights and the flares, the animation was designed by Picturemill.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous two logos, it starts with silence, but when the first spotlight turns on, we hear the Sprixie Studios 2021 fanfare play. Which is also used in the Disney Fox Media Entertainment logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * As seen on The French Dispatch (2021), Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021), and Antlers (2021), the logo is slient.
 * Sometimes the 1997 fanfare from the last two logos is used.

Availability: Extinct. Due to plastering with the current logo.
 * This logo was first spotted on trailers and TV spots for Love and Monsters (2020), and Wendy (2020). But this debuted on Nomadland (2021) instead.
 * This logo can be seen on films like Nobody (2021), Nomadland (2021), Candyman (2021), Halloween Kills (2021), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), A Quiet Place Part II (2021), The Boss Baby: Family Business, and many other films.
 * The short versions can be spotted on 'The French Dispatch (2021), Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021). It was expected to be on Antlers (2021)'', but it uses the main logo instead.

Editor's Note: The smooth movement of the camera animation and the flares at the end of the logo do make this logo an amazing update to the previous logo.

Final Note

 * After Kirby Studios bought Sprixie Studios, Sprixie Independent Pictures shut down and as a result, all independent, arthouse, foreign, horror, and otherwise film releases would be returned to Sprixie Studios, and in time for its rebrand. This defunct company is now owned by "Sprixie Incorporated" as of July of 2022.