Paramount Network Brand Identity

Inspired by Paramount Studio’s rich cinematic heritage and A-list roster of talent, Paramount Network aims to provide a modern television audience with premium cinematic storytelling without the premium subscription of its competitors. Our brief was to leverage 105 years of cinematic heritage with a contemporary brand identity suitable for this digital savvy audience. Our solution: Take the classic icons that Paramount is famous for and represent them in a way that’s familiar yet fresh with a nod to its cinematic past – bringing the movie going experience from the big screen to every screen. As a nod to Paramount’s rich cinematic heritage, we built a typographic language referencing movie posters, trailers, reel changes and movie credits. The intention was to make the televisual experience feel like going to the movies – fast cuts, blips, and bold type contribute to a cinematic experience on every screen. And since the term "movie stars" was born out of Paramount, we celebrate Paramount’s roster of A-list talent both in front of and behind the camera drawing back to the brand’s Hollywood roots. Taking inspiration from the familiar curtain raiser animation, we devised a motion behaviour that’s always moving upwards, climbing the mountain towards the Paramount. We reinterpreted the iconic cinematic camera movement of the curtain in two-dimensions. The camera passes over panels containing different content, ultimately culminating in the Paramount logo at the end of on-air promos. The most recognisable version of the Parmount logo is the animated curtain raiser that has introduced the studio's movies for decades, yet although a corporate 2D version exists it was in need of a redraw to bring it into the 21st century. Furthermore, there was a difference between the mountain shape in the corporate mark and the animated curtain raiser so we embarked upon a redraw to bring them in line, taking stylist cues from the original whilst giving it the solidity of the curtain raiser.