Pandora/Gaylord Films

Background
Pandora was a Paris-based film company established in the late 1980s, and it was purchased in 1999 by Gaylord Entertainment Company (now Ryman Hospitality Properties). A year later, the new company Gaylord Films was started, entering a co-financing venture with Warner Bros. Their logos were used together during the lifespan.

1st Logo (1992-1993)
Logo : On a white background with grey segmented lines, we see the blue words "pandora". Above the logo is the black words "distributed by:" aligned to the right.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Seen on the short-lived TV series Hollywood Babylon.

2nd Logo (1992-June 7, 2002)


Logo : We see some blue slashes (the second is orange) zooming out from the left as the BG slowly turns from full-black into half black-blue gradient. As this happens, the word "pandora" slowly slides from left where the slashes arrived.

Variant : On the short version, the logo is already formed, and "Distributed by" appears above the name.

FX/SFX : The zoom outs (which are very choppy), and the sliding. This logo, combined with its theme, looks more like an 80s logo than a late 90s/early 2000s one.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the movie or a dramatic synth tune.

Availability : Seen on most movies produced by the company such as international prints of Of Love and Shadows, A Price Above Rubies, Maybe Baby, A Walk to Remember, Cypher, and the theatrical cut of Donnie Darko (the Director's Cut uses the next logo).

3rd Logo (June 7, 2002)
Logo : On a starfield, the name "GAYLORD FILMS" fades in, with "Y" shaped with the extended leg.

Variants :
 * The logo sometimes appear on a blue background.
 * On the actual feature, the logo is bigger and the text is white and its placed on a grayscale wooden wall.

FX/SFX : Nothing, but the fade in.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Very rare, appears on the trailers for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Also seen on early trailers for What a Girl Wants.

4th Logo (September 30, 2002)
Logo : On a black background, we see the word "pandora" appearing in metallic chrome lettering.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the movie.

Availability : Seen on Welcome to Collinwood.

5th Logo (October 11, 2002-April 22, 2005)
Nicknames : "The Key", "Gaylord Key", "Pandora Key"

Logo : We see a key falling from an orange sky. It lands in a hand (by this point the sky is blue), which uses the key to unlock a door. It opens and light comes out, which overtakes the screen. It turns into a keyhole shape, with either one of these texts fading in below:
 * "PANDORA", then the byline "a gaylord films company" in spaced-out letters to fit the width of "PANDORA", fades in soon after.
 * "GAYLORD" followed by "FILMS" in a smaller font fading in soon after.

Variant : Sometimes, the light scene is only seen. This can be found on the director's cut of Donnie Darko.

FX/SFX : Seems to be a mix of live-action and CGI. Oddly evocative of the Phoenix Pictures logo.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the movie or a beautiful synth choir tune.

Availability : The Pandora version appears on White Oleander, Grind, and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie. The Gaylord version is seen on What a Girl Wants and the trailer of Duma (the movie doesn't have it). The logo appears on a trailer for A Cinderella Story, but doesn't appear in the actual movie.