Hartbreak Films

Logo and video captures courtesy of JohnnyL80

Background : Hartbreak Films is the independent production company of actress Melissa Joan Hart and her mother, Paula Hart.

(September 27, 1996-)
Nicknames : "Cracking Hart", "The Broken Hart"

Logo : On a white background, we see a red heart outline, which cracks like an egg, releasing a script "H" in a red box, which "artbreak Films Inc." emerges from.

Variants :
 * On season 1 episodes of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (when Finishing The Hat Productions still produced the show) a still shot of the logo was used.
 * On at least one episode of Sabrina, The Animated Series, the logo is animated differently. The left piece of the heart drops instead of falling down, there is no drop shadow on the right piece of the heart, and the text appears via wipe transition instead of entering from the "H".
 * On the Russian airing of The Scream Team, before cracking, the heart constantly zooms in and out (a la heartbeat) before cracking.

FX/SFX : The heart cracking and the company name appearing.

Music/Sounds : Just the sound of the heart cracking and a loud, squeaky creak, the end theme of the show or generic ABC music starting in 1998 until 2000, on the still version, we hear the end of the FinishingThe Hat Productions logo music.

Availability : Current. Can be seen on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch on DVD and Sabrina: The Animated Series. Also seen on Melissa & Joey and the TV movies The Right Connections, My Fake Fiance, Up, Up and Away, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, and The Scream Team.

Scare Factor : Minimal to low. The oversized heart and the sound effects might not sit well with some viewers, especially children. Other than that, the animation is just cute.