Viacom Pictures

Logo descriptions and captures by Green_lantern40, socoollogos, and Adventure_Time

1st Logo

(1986-1992)

''Left: The opening animation. Right: The final result.''

Logo: We see a black/purple gradient background with a bright light flare in the middle. A metallic "V" (from Viacom's 7th logo) flies out from above the flare, flipping and zooming towards the screen. The V then covers the bottom half of the screen, then the animation from Viacom Productions' 7th logo plays. As the logo shines three times, "PICTURES" in spaced, metallic letters fades in below.

Variant: Sometimes, the "V" shines four times, and cuts straight to a black screen with a white "PRESENTS".

FX/SFX: The rotating "V", the "V" "shining", the "PICTURES" appearing, and the light flare behind the "V" illuminating in the background. Actually pretty good CGI for it's time...

Cheesy Factor: ...except for a cheesy cut when the opening animation changes into Viacom's 7th logo. Also, the "PICTURES" is just a bad chyron. The cut to the black screen for the variant.

Music/Sounds: An elongated version of Viacom's 7th logo's music, with another Deep Note-like sound at the beginning, which sounds more like it this time.

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on TV movies from the era. The variant is extremely rare. It was used in conjunction with the Viacom Wigga Wigga logo from Jan. 1, 1990-1992 and Logo 2 from 1991-1992.

Scare Factor: Low bordering on high for the zooming-in "V" at the beginning, combined with the Deep Note-like sound, and the rest of the logo. The cut to the black screen on the variant doesn't help.

For the 2nd Logo, go to: http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Viacom+Pictures

Note: In 2008, the Viacom company that was spun off in the 2005 Viacom-CBS split announced that it will branch out into the world of feature films.

3rd Logo

(April 2007- August 2008)

Nickname: "Retrospective"

Logo: We see clips of the closing logos of the original Viacom distribution company. In order, we see logos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Near the end of logo 5 we see outlines start to take shape, and we also see an orange color start to blend in with the logos. The outlines also start to grow smaller, and we see that they are actually letters, with the logo clips playing within them. When Logo 9 finishes, the orange color becomes completely solid, and Viacom's then-current logo (with tube-like orange letters) is seen.

Byline: Starting in May of 2008, the byline "A National Amusements Company" was seen under the Viacom logo in orange.

Variant: In most cases, an end variant was used that just used the byline appearing.

FX: All the animation in this logo.

Music/Sounds: A quiet piano tune. The end variant is silent.

Availability: First seen on every Viacom Pictures release of the era.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is clean and rather magnificent.

4th Logo

(August 2008-2010)

Nicknames: "The Return of the V," "V of the Sea"

Logo: We see a blue, watery surface. Then, a line comes up from the bottom of the screen and forms an acute angle to the screen's left side, and the camera follows it for a bit until it fades to another shot of the surface. There we see another line going diagonally from the top of the screen to the bottom, forming a slightly curved line. Then we cut to a side view of the line's formations, which suddenly become a shape that rises up out of the surface, with water dripping off of the edges, and the watery blue surface slowly changes color to white. We cut to the other side, and we see the surface of the shape change color to black. Finally, the camera fades to the bottom right corner of the shape, and it zooms out and upward to face the final shape as it changes color completely to black, and we see that it is the fancy cut "V" from the original Viacom's "V of Doom" logo. It suddenly changes color to a light blue, and with it the background becomes a solid black. The Viacom logo, in white, fades in at the bottom, with "A National Amusements Company" underneath.

FX: Breathtaking CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as Logo 3.

Availability: Seen on no longer current Viacom Pictures releases from 2008 to 2010.

Scare Factor: Same as Logo 3.

5th Logo

(2010-2013)

Nicknames: "V of DEATH", "Scary Logos REDUX"

Logo: On a black background, we see a giant V zooming in. Then the S from Hell comes up and says "Do you want nightmares?" and summons the Closet Killer, the SSF, the Pinchface, and the SSM to kill the world. They release copyright spam all over YouTube videos and turns it into what is now what Disney Channel and Nick is like now. They change Viacom's site into "ffhrjhghjrhgrigthHGIUFHGIRHRIiloveyouviacom". Then everybody starts to become black holes with the words

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in an extremely crude font and burns on fire.

Trivia: The logo is produced in the meter of

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because it is scary.

Rest is TBA for now, sorry.