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20th Century Fox (1981-1994) 4:3 Open Matte [4K]

by: 20th Century Fox

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: 20th Century Fox, Logo, 1981, 1994, 4K, Remaster

Language: English

The third era of the 20th Century Fox structure logo from 1981-1994, presented in a 4:3 full frame ratio and remastered in 4K.

This variant was sourced from an Ultra HD Blu-ray release of 1988's Die Hard, where it was (no joke) stretched horizontally in an anamorphic 2.35:1 ratio; but fixed to fit the 4:3 frame.

Apparently, an assistant editor on that film "accidentally" spliced the flat logo onto the anamorphic print, to which producer Joel Silver accepted the look and insisted on retaining that variant for his two subsequent Fox films, Die Hard 2 and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (both from 1990).

In addition, I manually corrected the color accuracy on After Effects from its flat SDR color space; which its display on my VirtualDub software (or my TV display for that matter) cannot produce an HDR image.

While the H.264-encoded clip is viewable on non-HDR displays, the original QuickTime files (with Rec.709 and Rec.2100PQ color spaces) are available to download for users who have HDR-enabled displays.

Source: Die Hard (1988) Ultra HD Blu-ray

Software: VirtualDub 2, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro (output encoding)

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