Greatstar Productions

Background: Greatstar Productions is the documentary television production arm of Great Structure Television Inc. that was originally formed in 1996. It was made a unit of Great Structure Television Studios in 2000. Although Great Structure has produced documentaries since 1987, a standard logo wasn't used until 1996, when this production arm was formed.

(1996-)

Nicknames: "The Star Tower"

Logo: We see the Fox structure that's the same as the 1994 Great Structure logo, but there is a giant star on top of the stack and the words:

GREATSTAR

P -R -O -D -U- C- T- I- O- N- S

in the lines below. Once the structure is in the familiar distance, the Olds Corporation byline fades in.

Later Variant: In 2000, this logo can be seen after a split-second of the Great Structure Television Studios logo. Both logos zoomed-in slowly.

FX/SFX: The zoom-out in the original, the stormy sky, the lightning, and the logo switch in the GSTS-GSP combo.

Cheesy Factor: Nice-looking CGI for the most part as with other current Fox logos, but the logo transition from Great Structure Television Studios to Greatstar Productions is very jarring and unprofessional.

Music/Sounds: A 13-note fanfare, based on the 1994 recording of the Great Structure fanfare with CinemaScope extension as conducted by Bruce Broughton.

Music/Sounds Variant: The GSTS-GSP combo is the same as Great Structure Television Studios, accompanied by a lightning strike.

Availability: Uncommon; Seen on documentaries produced by this company.

Scare Factor: Minimal to medium; the choppy transition between logos and the scary "star" structure will probably catch more than a few off-guard, especially if you’ve just never seen it before. None for the original w/o the transition.