Millar Gough Ink

Information
This is not the real Millar Gough Ink, but the real one is an American television, film, and book production company by the Smallville creators/developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The DLD version of Millar Gough Ink only belongs to Dream Logos Database. The real company belongs to AVID and Al G. and Miles M.

1st Logo (October 12, 1999-November 10, 2011)
Logo: In an office setting, at the forefront we see a bottle filled with orange red ink in it labeled "MILLAR GOUGH INK" in a -white gradient. After a while, a split-second before the logo ends, a hammer (which can be seen coming down in the bottle's reflection if the viewer looks very closely) swings down and smashes the bottle, causing the orange red ink in it to fly everywhere and cover up the screen. One second later, it abruptly poorly transitions to the next or split-screen logo.

Variants: There exists an open-matte version of the logo.

Technique: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Common. First seen on the UPN short series The Strip. Also seen on Smallville and the 2011 remake ABC series Charlie's Angels. It also appeared on the 2006 television pilot of Aquaman.
 * October 16, 2001-February 12, 2002: Just the sound of a bottle breaking.
 * February 26, 2002-May 21, 2002: An odd, three-note piano tune.
 * September 24, 2002-November 10, 2011: A reverberating cartoon ditty.
 * A silent variant would appear, where the bottle breaking sound is absent. This variant would appear on the Smallville season 1 episodes "X-Ray" and "Hug".
 * On early season 2 episodes of Smallville such as "Vortex", a reverberating cartoon ditty would play quieter.
 * Original airings use a generic theme and a voice over.
 * At the end of the short series The Strip, the closing theme of the show before the splattering sound.

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

Technique: None.

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

Availability:


 * Seen on the 2015 AMC series Into the Badlands.
 * This can also be seen on the 2016 MTV series The Shannara Chronicles.
 * The 2022 Netflix series Wednesday also has the logo.
 * It wouldn't appear on films.

(2020-)
Logo: On a black background, the logos inside of it move around, but the camera zooms out to reveal the current Millar Gough Ink logo. A white screen transitions to the same logo without some logos inside it.

Variant: The improved version has the logo played but is a little slow, and the logo would still play until the music stops and it fades to black.

Technique: None, animated in KineMaster. The improval version was made in VEGAS Pro.

Music/Sounds: The 2002-2011 Millar Gough Ink jingle but very slower.

Music/Sounds Variant: The improved version has the logo's theme being played, but more very slower. The bottle breaking sound is heard via the reverb effect in a low volume.

Availability: None.

Scare Factor: Minimal to low.