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: TBA
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.