Alexander Maslyakov i Kompaniya

Background

Alexander Maslyakov i kompaniya (Александр Масляков и компания, "Alexander Maslyakov and company"), also known by abbreviation AMiK (АМиК), is a production company founded in 1990 by Alexander Maslyakov. With a few exceptions, most of its productions are related to KVN, a long-running Russian competition between comedy teams.

1st Logo (April 1, 1990-1995)

Logo: On a white background, we see a somewhat dopey caricature of Alexander Maslyakov standing slightly left of center. A variety of animated construction workers are constructing something metal around Maslyakov, first setting up a wall and then lifting him up for a moment to make way for the floor made out of sheets of metal. A portly man places a searchlight to the right of Maslyakov, then a tall man approaches Maslyakov and flips sheets of paper next to his face as a construction worker in red installs a steering wheel in front of Maslyakov. Suddenly, a metal wall appears (first two halves with a round window to the right, then another half with a large square window slides in from the left. A man with a big camera appears from below and a large woman in a red dress is lifted on a rope from above holding a small screen which quickly does a countdown from 9 to 0. A red, orange and yellow flash then takes up the screen, followed by a cloud of black smoke. The camera then zooms in to the left of Maslyakov's head and then zooms out revealing a yellow airship with stylized red letters "Амик" (Amik) written on its side. Two fireworks explode around the airship, and we quickly fade in to a black background with a yellow oval in the center with "Амик" written on it in the same red letters as on the airship.

FX/SFX: Traditional 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen on KVN competitions of the period.

Editor's Note: TBA

2nd Logo (1995-December 26, 1997 [December 23, 1999 for the ending variant])

Logo: TBA

Variants:

An ending variant also exists where the logo is cut to the point where it's already formed. The copyright stamp (usually formatted like "© (year)") is seen on the bottom-left corner.
- Strangely, the final competition of the 1997 season of KVN has the copyright stamp read "© 1998" despite being aired on December 26, 1997. The same goes for the final competition of the 1999 season which also has the "© 2000" copyright stamp.
- Starting in 1998, the website and the e-mail address were added to the bottom-right corner.

FX/SFX: Early CGI mixed with live action.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Same as the 1st logo.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo (March 29, 1998-)

Logo: On a black-dark blue gradient background with a starfield, blue rays reveal the same gold stylised "АМиК" as the previous logo. The "АМиК" shines while the "АЛЕКСАНДР МАСЛЯКОВ и компания" text (which is also the same as in the previous logo) appears below.

Variant: Since 2011, the logo was slightly remastered for the widescreen format.

FX/SFX: The rays revealing the "АМиК".

Music/Sounds: The tail end of the cue from the previous logo.

Availability: Current. Seen on the beginnings of the current KVN competitions since 1998. It was used in tandem with the previous logo until 1999.

Editor's Note: None.