Green Logo for preview

[Corine]

Okay I just had a brain fart!!!!! I'm putting together a short preview of a short film that I did this year and wanted it too look like a real preview for a feature film with the Green logo that says preview has been approved for audinces etc.... Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[Chris Messineo]

http://picsicio.us/keyword/approved for all audiences/

 

[Corine]

Thanks Chris.

 

[Andrew McCarrick]

Technically your not supposed to use those without submission to the MPAA. Because you're essentially slapping their brand/rating/opinion onto something they've never seen. If I'm not mistaken it's a trademark violation.

 

[Zak Forsman]

there are also rules to follow for accurately mimicking the use of a Green Band Card in a trailer. For example, it must be shown for exactly 5 seconds with no sound and no fades to or from black, and there must be exactly 1 second of black between the last frame of the green card and the start of the trailer.

I made my own by taking a real one into Photoshop and reverse engineering the correct shade of green (and red for Red Band Cards) and the correct fonts so I could write my own text that essentially said the same thing but did not say it had been approved by the MPAA.

 

[Corine]

Thanks that is something I didn't think of.