Searchlight Pictures/Summary

Fox Searchlight Pictures
Background : Fox Searchlight Pictures was formed in 1994 under News Corporation (and now owned by The Walt Disney Company) as a division of 20th Century Studios (previously 20th Century Fox Film Corporation) for independent, arthouse, foreign, horror, and African-American film releases. In January 2020, Disney announced that it would remove "Fox" from the company's name, renaming it to "Searchlight Pictures", along with 20th Century Studios. However, the studio is still legally incorporated and traded as Fox Searchlight Pictures.

===1st Logo (1995)===

Logo : On a black background, there is a vertical white line on the middle-left which protrudes to the bottom of the middle. On the right of the line is: FOX  SEARCHLIGHT  PICTURES 

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : Just the soundtrack of the trailer.

Availability : Ultra rare. Seen after the 1994 20th Century Fox logo on the trailer for The Brothers McMullen.

===2nd Logo (March 22–November 8, 1996)===

Nicknames : "CGI City Skyline Searchlights II", "Enhanced City Skyline Searchlights", "Fox Structure III", "Fox Searchlight Structure III", "2010s Tower", "Futuristic Structure III", "Ultra-Majestic Tower III", "21st Century Structure II"

Logo : This is a redone and more realistic version of the last logo, based on the structure of the 2009 20th Century Fox logo. This time, it is in a dark/orange evening environment. There are newer and more realistic textures added to the structure, we can see palm trees at the bottom at the start (as well as the addition of the Hollywood sign on the hills) and near the right at the end, and it's more obvious at the end that the right searchlight is pointing at us when it fills the screen with light.

Trivia : This logo is based on the 2009 TCF logo designed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, and was animated at Blue Sky Studios.

Variants :
 * There are variants where the structure is seen in an extreme close-up (ala cropped from scope into 1.78:1) or shown at a far distance in the entire 16:9 frame.
 * There is a 4:3 variant seen on some TV spots as well as full screen prints of many films from 2012 onward, starting with Sound of My Voice.
 * Starting with the release of Enough Said on September 18, 2013, the News Corporation byline is excluded and the logo is bylineless for the first time since the 1995 logo. This is mainly due to the split of News Corporation on June 28, 2013.
 * On the trailers for Tolkien and Antlers (which would instead use the next logo), as well some actual films such as Ready or Not, Lucy in the Sky, Jojo Rabbit, and A Hidden Life, after the screen is filled with light, it fades to a dark grey background with a silver rectangle. The object has a large "25" on the left with "YEARS" inside the 5 on in the first quarter on the left, and in the other three quarters is the print logo, minus the searchlights.

FX/SFX : Very nice CGI.

Music/Sounds : Same as the 1999 variant of the previous logo or silence.

Music/Sound Variants :
 * On Lucy in the Sky, the rocket fire sound is heard in the background during the fanfare.
 * On Jojo Rabbit, the same variant from Lucy in the Sky plays, but the background sound is replaced by the main title theme.

Availability : First seen on the trailers for The Tree of Life, Cedar Rapids and later trailers for Win Win (the logo premiered on the film itself). The last film to use this logo with the News Corporation byline was The Way Way Back, released on July 5, 2013. The last film to use this logo with the "Fox Searchlight" name was A Hidden Life, released on December 13, 2019.

Editor's Note : It's a suitable successor to the previous logo.

(February 14, 2020–)
Nicknames : "CGI City Skyline Searchlights III", "Enhanced City Skyline Searchlights II", "Searchlight Structure", "2020s Tower", "Post-Fox Structure", "Futuristic Structure IV", "Ultra-Majestic Tower IV", "21st Century Structure III"

Logo : Nearly the same as the final Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, except "FOX" has been removed from the top of the structure and the words are slightly taller and bigger, a la the 2002 Fox Interactive logo. The Los Angeles cityscape is more realistic and bigger with greater depth, the sky is much different, and the mountains in the background are more layered. Also, the Hollywood sign is pushed up to resemble the one in real life.

Trivia : This logo, like the previous one, was animated at Blue Sky, this time in collaboration with MOCEAN.

FX/SFX : Same as the previous logo with enhanced details and a realistic skyline.

Music/Sounds : The same 1997 fanfare used from the previous 2 logos.

Music/Sounds Variant : On Fire Island, a male voiceover commands "Alright, girls. What we rehearsed. Drums." After the opening drums, the males starts a-cappella-ing to the fanfare.

Availability : First seen on "For Your Consideration" spots for Jojo Rabbit. It then first appeared theatrically on Downhill, released on February 14, 2020. Also appears on current Searchlight Pictures home media releases.

Editor's Note : Like the 20th Century Studios logo, it may take some time to get used to, but it is still an excellent logo.