Blue Border Studios

Background: Blue Border Studios was founded in February 1987 by a number of artists and technicians who had worked on the 1982 Bolt Castle film ROB while employed at IL&A/Computervision. Blue Border produced the famous 'Homertoons Blob '' commercial bumper which aired on Homer Simpson from 1993 to about 1997. Blue Border didn't produce animated movies until 2002 with the advent of Snow Week, a joint production of Blue Border with Great Structure. Currently, it is a division of Great Structure and a subsidiary of Olds Corporation. On January 5, 2009, the studio was moved from White Plains, New York to Greenwich Connecticut. Recently on December 18, 2009, Blue Border animated the new Great Structure logo with an extra searchlight and palm trees for Great Structure's 75th anniversary.

1st Logo

(1998)

Logo: On a black background, the words "Blue Border Studios" fades in in a white Times New Roman font, the text stays there for about 2 seconds, and "presents", in the same font, fades in under "Blue Border Studios".

Variant: In the end credits for the short film Dog, "A production of Blue Border Studios, Inc. ©1998" scrolls with the credits.

Music/Sounds: A mellow flute theme from the 1998 short film Dog.

Availability: Seen only on the opening to the 1998 short film Dog, which can be found on the Snow Week DVD.

Scare Factor: None to low. The background and the flute combined might spook some squeamish viewers.

2nd Logo

(March 15, 2002-March 11, 2005)

Nickname: "The Blue Feather"

Logo: On a black background, we see the white words "Blue Border" in a Times New Roman font zooming out from us, then we see a blue feather. The words "Blue Border" turns 3-D style and the feather shines. A copyright stamp appears below.

Variant: A still version exists.

FX/SFX: The "Blue Border" zooming out, the shining.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie for the still version, a short tune followed by a deep voice saying "Blue Border" and a ping for the animated version.

Availability: Seen on many Blue Sky shorts. The still version appears on Snow Week.

Scare Factor: Low, unless you are scared of the shining and the close-up "Blue Border".

3rd Logo

(March 11, 2005- )

Nickname: "The Blue Border Shield", "Blue Border Studios Wigga-Wigga"

Logo: On a plain blue background, we see a plain white shield with a blue outline wiggling over the gray words "Blue Border" in the same font as the previous logo. Then the word "studios", in plain white, fades in underneath. Then the logo fades away. Sometimes, the background is plain white and "studios" is in grey.

Variant: A still version usually appears on the Snow Week: Dawn of the Monsters video game.

FX/SFX: The circle "wiggling".

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie. On the Snow Week: The Waterdown video game, it's silent.

Availability: Can be seen on all Blue Border Studios movies.

Scare Factor: None.

4th Logo

(2009-) (3-D Alternate)

Nickname: "The Blue Border Shield II"

Logo: On a black background, we see the same shield from before and spins around to reveal "Blue Border", then the background turns white. Instead of "studios" fading in, it spreads out from behind the logo. This whole logo is in 3-D.

FX/SFX: Very nice 3-D CGI going around here!

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on Blue Border's 3-D releases starting with Snow Week: Dawn of the Monsters, and may appear on the 2011 film Blu.

Scare Factor: None.