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Warner Bros. Water Tower

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Warner Bros. Water Tower with the Warner Bros. Discovery shield logo in 2022

The Warner Bros. Water Tower is a historic water tower located at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Built in 1927, it stands 133 feet (41 meters) tall.[1] The tank, which had a capacity of 100,000 U.S. gallons (380,000 L), is no longer used to hold water.[2] It is decorated with the WB shield on either side and serves as a company icon.

History

The Warner Bros. Water Tower in 2021, with the 2019 Warner Bros. shield logo that was used in the water tower until its change to the Warner Bros. Discovery shield in 2022, when WarnerMedia merged with Discovery to form WBD.

The tower was previously located next to the Warner Bros. Fire Department, and was moved following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, when the Warners realized that if the tower fell onto the Fire Department, it would disrupt emergency assistance.[2] Towers such as these were a common feature of Hollywood studios of the era, as they provided an emergency water supply in case of fire. Similar towers can be found at the Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures Studios and Sony Pictures Studios (formerly MGM).

Usage in media

The tower has appeared in a number of productions of the company, including any that showed the studio lot, whether live action or animated. For instance, it serves as the home for Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner from the Warner Bros. animated series Animaniacs, starting in-universe from the 1930s until their escape in the 1990s, with them moving back into the tower in the 2020 reboot. The water tower (including the block's logo adorning the tower since 1999) and its studio backdrop were used in interstitials for Kids' WB, a children's programming block that primarily ran from 1995 to 2006 on The WB network, and later on The CW network from 2006 to 2008. The tower is also the basis for the name and logo of the company's record label, WaterTower Music.

An inspired version was built in Warner Bros. Park Madrid in 2002, and another one has been built in 2018 at the front entrance of the Warner Bros. World theme park in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Occasionally, the water tower has been repainted to promote the 90th anniversary of the studio, the release of The Lego Batman Movie and Barbie, and the launch of HBO Max (now Max), and again to reflect the formation of Warner Bros. Discovery. The water tower was repainted once again to promote the studio's 100th anniversary.

Starting with the HBO Max original film, Locked Down, the repainted water tower is featured in the current Warner Bros. Pictures opening for the first time and is now the focal point of the studio lot (now rendered in photorealistic CGI) portion of the sequence. The entire opening sequence was rendered as CGI by Devastudios to show the studio lot at magic hour, with the sun rising over the Cahuenga Pass to the south, using Terragen for the sky and clouds, along with the studio's blueprints from the Warner Bros. Studio Facilities and the available photography and videography from Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood and Google Maps, all in order to reconstruct it in CGI.[3][4] In real life, the sun rises in the east, over the Forest Lawn cemetery and the Walt Disney Studios. Starting with Wonka, the logo was updated to feature the redesigned shield with the banner. Furthermore, the CG elements was re-rendered using the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), while the texture for the studio's water tower was updated using Adobe Substance 3D Painter.[5][6]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 13, 2019). "Warner Bros Refreshes Logo As Studio's 2023 Centennial Approaches". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. ^ a b Hamedy, Saba (October 20, 2015). "Warner Bros. Iconic Water Tower Gets Superhero Makeover". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Devastudios – Warner Bros. Studio Logo". Devastudios.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Devastudios – Warner Bros. Logo – Making Of". Devastudios.com. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Warner Bros. Studio Logo - Devastudios". Devastudios.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Warner Bros. Logo 2023 - Making Of - Devastudios". Devastudios.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.

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