Millar Gough Ink

''This article is about a real television and film production company owned by The Walt Disney Company. For a fictionalized production company, see Millar Gough Ink.''

Background
Millar/Gough Ink is an American film and television production company founded by/vanity card of Miles Millar and Alfred Gough.

1st Logo (October 12, 1999-November 10, 2011)


Logo: In an office setting, at the forefront, a bottle filled with orange red ink in it is seen on a floor. A black label covers the bottom half. We see the text reading "MILLAR GOUGH INK" in Impact,, a stacked format and in capital letters superimposed on a label. "INK" has the bottom half in white. A split-second before the logo ends, a stone (which can be seen coming down in the bottle's reflection if the viewer looks very closely) falls on top of it and breaks it, which causes the orange red ink to spread everywhere, including cover up the whole screen. Some gel will also appear as the ink spreads.

Variant: The logo exists in both the widescreen and fullscreen formats.

Technique: It's all live-action.

Music/Sounds: Depending on the variant:


 * October 12, 1999-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 shattering glass.
 * February 26, 2002-May 21, 2002: An odd, three-note piano tune with an eerie sound effect.
 * September 24, 2002-November 10, 2011: The jingle of we're all familiar with.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On the Smallville season 1 episodes "X-Ray" and "Hug", the bottle breaking sound has been therefore absent.
 * Original airings use a generic theme and a voice over. The bottle breaking sound has been therefore absent.

Availability: Common. First seen on the short-lived television series The Strip. Also seen on the Superman prequel series Smallville, the 2006 iteration pilot of Aquaman and the 2011 iteration of Charlie's Angels. This doesn't appear on the company's films.

2nd Logo (November 15, 2015-November 23, 2022)


Logo: On a black background, we see the words "MILLAR GOUGH" in a stacked format. To the right of it is a beaker with a water-drop in it. Inside the drop is "INK". All the text is done in an Helvetica Neue typeface.

Technique: None.

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

Availability: Seen on Into the Badlands, The Shannara Chronicles and Wednesday.