Cloud Nineteen

Background : Cloud Nineteen (C19) was founded in 2001 out of the need to facilitate the burgeoning home entertainment industry during the transition to the revolutionary DVD format, and are a digital media lab specializing in creative and technical services for home entertainment studios and filmmakers, as well as being a menu design and DVD authoring company.

1st Logo
(2004-2005)

Logo : On a blue background with changing clouds, a rotating object spins into the screen with the number 19. The words CLOUD NINETEEN form from left to right. After the logo stops, a code background appears over the logo. The text shines as well.

FX/SFX : The logos and text moving and spinning.

Music/Sounds : A whirring tune followed by a few beeping sounds.

Availability : Rare. Seen at the end of the MGM DVD release of Bookies.

2nd Logo
(2005-2009)

Logo : On a white background, it fades into the spinning Cloud Nineteen logo. It is also invisible on a cloudy grey background. The camera starts moving to the right and after it stops slowly spinning, underneath the Cloud Nineteen text, it says "DVD", "Motion", "Sound" and "Edit", and after that the logo fades onto a white background with the zoomed out logo. On top of the Cloud Nineteen logo it says "Menu Design, Music Composition, & Authoring Has Been Provided By", and below it is the address "3767 Overland Ave. #104 Los Angeles, California 90034". Below the address is the phone number 310.839.5400 and the url "www.cloud19.com" is down below.

Variants :
 * On a few DVDs, after the logo finishes, it instead fades quickly into a black background with the still shot of the zoomed out logo. Above it reads "DVD Production Provided By" and down below is the URL.
 * Another variant still has the logo starting off as usual but just as its completed, the "DVD", "Motion", "Sound" and "Edit" are colored green instead of white. It then fades into the still logo in the black background without the URL below.

FX/SFX : CGI

Music/Sounds : A rising synth tune with whooshes.

Availability : Seen at the end of the Lionsgate DVD releases of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Are You Scared, Category 6: Day of Destruction, In the Mix, Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, Soldier Blue, Retribution (2006), Rain of Fire, and Dancing with the Stars: Cardio Dance. It was also seen on the Magnolia Home Entertainment releases of District B13 and Diary of a Tired Black Man.

3rd Logo
(2009-present)

Logo : The Cloud 19 logo zooms out to a moving cloud background. The circle rotates to either the Blu-ray Disc or DVD logo. After that, it rotates back to "19" as "Cloud Nineteen" fades out into the url "Cloud 19.com".

FX/SFX : CGI.

Music/Sounds : A "cloudy" synth tune with whooshes.

Availability : Current. Seen at the end of the Lionsgate DVD releases of Norm of the North, Fertile Ground, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred, Don Verdean, The Dinner, The Hero, and Leprechaun Returns. It was also seen on the Magnolia Home Entertainment release of The Great Buck Howard, and a Clifford the Big Red Dog DVD from Lionsgate, called Best Buddies.