Annapurna Pictures

Background:  Annapurna Pictures is an independent production company founded by software heiress Megan Ellison. (Her father is Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Her brother David is also a producer, and the founder of Skydance Productions). The name comes from a mountain trail in Nepal, which in turn was taken from the Hindu goddess of nourishment.

(August 29, 2012-)

Logo : On a static-filled black screen, a large white "A" is slowly wiped in from top to bottom (similar to the 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo), while surrounded by a bright glow that renders the "A" barely visible. The words "ANNAPURNA" and "PICTURES" are then wiped in below, with the former stacked on top of the latter, and the glow dissipates, leaving the finished logo. The screen then gets static-filled again and the logo disintegrates.

Variants :*On Zero Dark Thirty, the logo cuts to black and then the logo turns green.
 * On American Hustle, the segments of the "A" appear one by one. After the logo is completed, it zooms in.

FX/SFX : The static, the "A" and the words wiping in, the logo disintegrating.

Music/Sounds : TBA

Availability : Seen on most films from the company, starting with Lawless.

Scare Factor : Minimal.