Aspen Film Society

Background: This was the production company of Steve Martin, co-founded with production partner Bill McEuen and initial backing from Paramount Pictures.

1st logo (1979-1982?)

Nickname: "The Lake"

Logo: On a black background, we see a circle containing a picture of the hills and mountains of Aspen, Colorado with a white circle border and underneath it the words "Aspen Film Society" in a Optima font. The logo is surrounded by a white borderl

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availabilty: Seen on The Jerk and Dead Man Don't Wear Plaid

Scare Factor: None

2nd Logo (June 3, 1983-August 9, 1985)

Logo: On a black background, we see the previous logo zooming out minus the white circle border. It zooms out further into a rectangle, and after it stops, the words "Aspen Film Society" in a Goudy Old Style font fade in below the circle. The logo is surrounded by a yellow rectangle border.

FX/SFX: The zoom out.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie.

Availabilty: Seen on The Man with Two Brains and Pee-wee's Big Adventure. The logo strangely doesn't appear on The Lonely Guy.

Scare Factor: None

3rd logo (March 4, 1988-September 15, 1989)

Nicknames:"The Lake II", "Lake Filmstrip"

Logo: Same as the 2nd logo but only this time it zooms out into a filmstrip shining as its moving to the left and then the words "ASPEN FILM SOCIETY" fade in but this time the words are in a perwinkle color and then the byline reading "A Division of WILLIAM E McEUEN PRODUCTIONS"

Variant: On The Big Picture the logo lacks the byline

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo except for the shining and the filmstrip

Music/Sounds: None

Availabilty: Seen only on two films Pulse (not the 2001 Japanese movie of the same name nor the 2006 American remake of the Japanese film) and The Big Picture. This is not seen on Cold Dog Soup.

Scare Factor:None