Portal Films

Background
Portal Films was a joint venture between Dandy Films and producer Richard Barton Lewis. The venture was launched due to Dandy wanting to qualify for financial support from Canadian tax-incentive programs. Portal produced films with a focus on digital set-pieces, along with straight up computer animated or hybrid productions. In the United Kingdom, Portal succeeded The Millimeter Station, a production company ran by Dandy co-founder Ruth Dodd and it was re-organized as Portal's drama unit. The venture would fold due to financial issues.

1st Logo (1997)
Logo: On a spinning marble green background we see the white text "PORTAL FILMS" in a bold white font.

FX/SFX: The spinning background.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Appeared on the TV movie She-Hulk.

2nd Logo (2001-2004)
Logo: We see two eye-charts fading in. The top rows contain three letters each "POR" and "TAL" while the letters below are randomized. The charts appear blurry, but are magnified three times before merging together. The image flashes to what looks to be the sun, with the bottom right resembling a crescent moon encased in a box which slowly zooms in. "PORTAL" is on the bottom portion.

FX/SFX: The eye charts and the box.

Music/Sounds: An upbeat marimba sample with a synthesized woods during the explosion.

Availability: Appeared on Jack the Thumb, Far Darrig, Five Fading Stars and Tonka Search and Rescue.