Partners in Motion

Partners in Motion is a Canadian media production company specialising in factual content. Founded in July 1993 as a one-man film and video production company by Chris Triffo, the company focus on producing factual programs and television series in topics such as crime, science, history, etc. Partners in Motion went on to gain recognition for its documentary 13 Seconds – The Kent State Shootings (Kent State: The Day the War Came Home) which ended up winning Outstanding Background / Analysis of a Single Current Story – Programs at the 22nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. In 2012, the company moved their head office from Regina, Saskatchewan to Langley, British Columbia after the Saskatchewan provincial government got rid of the refundable film tax credit that year.

Main Logos

Contents 1st Logo (1999) 2nd Logo (1999-2002) 3rd Logo (2003-2009, October 15-December 6, 2019) 4th Logo (2009)

In-Credit Logo

Contents   Logo (June 4, 2012-)

Main Logos

1st Logo (1999)

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Visuals: On a black background with lens flare VFX, an orange cursive "P" zooms in and spins into place. Under it is an orange bar that zooms out into place. Later, a piece of text fades into the orange bar reading "PARTNERS IN MOTION". The "P" in "PARTNERS" and "M" in "MOTION" are both in a cursive font while the rest of the letters are in an IBM Plex font.

Variants:

• The logo is usually cut down to a couple of seconds.
• Sometimes, the logo is slowed down.

Technique: Digital computer animation.

Audio: None or the show's closing theme.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Beyond Medicine	1999	Only known appearance Available on some early episodes of the show on DoxNM YouTube channel.

2nd Logo (1999-2002)

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  With website statement

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  With website statement
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  Alternative version

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  Sizzle reel

Visuals: On a black background, a film strip appears while showing a reflection of a 3D globe. Then, an orange cursive "P" comes from the left and spins into place following two pieces of orange Bank Gothic Medium text coming from the right and next to the cursive "P" reading "ARTNERS" and "IN MOTION". Lastly, another piece of orange Bank Gothic Medium text comes from the right and under the logo reading the website statement.

Variants:

• The logo is usually cut down to a couple of seconds or even shorter.
• An additional website statement relating to the program would appear below on some episodes of programs.
• On a sizzle reel for the company's website, the cursive "P" and "ARTNERS" are already in placed while "IN MOTION" comes from the right and the website statement is removed.
• A later variant of this logo added lens flare VFX behind the filmstrip.
  • Another version of this variant has no text animations and the website statement is removed. This logo is seen slowly zooming in but stops halfway.

Technique: CGI. VFX is added later on.

Audio: None or the show's closing theme.

Availability Notes: The sizzle reel variant has only been seen on the company's website in a downloadable preview video.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Beyond Medicine	1999	Available on some later episodes of the show on the DoxNM YouTube channel.
A Soldier’s Voice	November 11, 1999	This documentary was later on added to the Voices of War series, as the first episode, to go along with the spirit approach from A Soldier’s Voice.
13 Seconds – The Kent State Shootings (Kent State: The Day the War Came Home) IMDb	May 5, 2000
Disasters of the Century IMDb	2000-2002 Episode 1-13
Men of Valor: Heroes of the Victoria Cross	November 5, 2000	Older prints only.
Trading Places IMDb	2002	Appeared on an Life Network airing.
Vietnam: Canada's Unknown War	2002

3rd Logo (2003-2009, October 15-December 6, 2019)

Standard VariantsCorporate Variants

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  16:9 variant
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  Stretched variant
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  With website statement
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  With website statement (2)
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  With copyright statement
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  With copyright statement (2)
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  With copyright statement (3) + zoomed out variant

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  Company's website

Visuals: Over a black background, the giant cursive "P" and the two rows of text reading "ARTNERS" on the top and "IN MOTION" on the bottom which both in a Bank Gothic Medium font is shown all in gold. This logo is seen slowly zooming out with a spinning silver film-roll behind the text on the right.

Variants:

• The logo is usually cut down to a few seconds or just one second which is either cut down at the start of the logo or at the end of the logo where it’s more zoomed out.
• A 16:9 variant exists with sometimes having the logo being more stretched.
• Sometimes, the logo is sped up.
• Sometimes, the logo is used as a still digital graphic.
• Sometimes, the logo is zoomed out.
• Either a website statement or a copyright statement would appear below on some episodes of programs.
• On the company's website around 2004-2009, the logo is in front of a blue smoky background with light streaks and a film-strip.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: None or the show's closing theme.

Availability Notes: The company website variant has only been seen on the company's website around 2004-2009.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Disasters of the Century IMDb	2003-2006 Episode 14-45
Back to Everest TMDB	2003
Crime Stories IMDb	2004-2009 Episode 1-44
Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option IMDb	2004
Midnight Massacre: The Donnelly Murders IMDb	September 18, 2005
The Re-Inventors IMDb	2006-2009 Episode 1-27, 31
Legend Hunters IMDb	October 26, 2006 Episode 1-9
Titanic: Stories from the Deep IMDb	October 15-December 6, 2019 Episode 1-4

4th Logo (2009)

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  Alternative version
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  Alternative version with rugged metallic style

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  iThentic promo

Visuals: Over a black background, two rows of text reads "PARTNERS" on the top and "IN MOTION" on the bottom which both are in a metallic styled Bank Gothic Medium font with a few lines extending from the letters of the text. The "A" in "PARTNERS" is missing the "-" in the letter and also has a lens flare at the top left corner of the letter. The logo is seen slowing zooming in but stops halfway.

Variants:

• The logo is usually cut down to one second.
• Sometimes, the logo just zooms in without stopping halfway.
• On an episode of The Re-Inventors  titled Pedestrian Protector, an editing error happens when it shows the Historia logo for a split second.
• Another version of this logo doesn't have the lens flare at the top left corner of the letter "A" and the text "PARTNERS IN MOTION" has a metallic animation. This logo is seen slowly zooming out.
  • Sometimes, the variant slowly zooms in with no metallic animation.
  • On promos for The Re-Inventors  on the iThentic YouTube channel, a website statement is added below.
  • Another version of this variant starts with the first frame being a close up of the text with an orange tint and a rugged metallic style and the extended lines of the letters are short. When it rapidly zooms out, the orange tint turns grey. Then, the logo slowly zooms out while the lines from the letters extend itself. After a brief moment, the text ripples to the normal metallic animation style.

Technique:

• A still digitized graphic with motion for the main version.
• CGI for the other version.
  • Ripple animation is added on the rugged variant.

Audio: The show's closing theme.

Availability Notes: The website statement for the alternative version has only been seen on promos for The Re-Inventors which can be found on the iThentic YouTube channel.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Crime Stories IMDb	2009 Episode 45-48
The Re-Inventors IMDb	2009 Episode 28-30, 32-35
Blood, Sweat and Beers IMDb	2009

In-Credit Logo

Logo (June 4, 2012-)

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  Blood, Lies and Alibis (2012)
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  Sticks & Stones: The Battle for the Soul of Curling (2014)
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  Catching Killers (2020)

Visuals: The still graphic of the 2009 logo superimposed in the middle or the bottom left corner on the show's ending visuals or scenes in the ending credits.

Variant: A later variant has a white border that surrounds the logo and the black background is more of a lighter black.

Technique: A still digitized graphic.

Audio: The show's closing theme.

Audio Variant: On some programs, it uses the show's closing dialogue and music.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Blood, Lies and Alibis IMDb	June 4, 2012 Episode 1-10
Sticks & Stones: The Battle for the Soul of Curling IMDb	November 28, 2014
Catching Killers IMDb	December 8, 2020 Episode 1-10