Balázs Béla Studio

Background

The Balázs Béla Studio (or BBS for short) is a Hungarian experimental production company. It was initially founded in 1959 as a film club before reorganizing as a full-fledged film studio two years later. Throughout its time as a film company, the studio produced documentaries regarding Hungarian history and social issues. After the end of communism in Hungary, the studio produced less films. Today, BBS serves as an archive of their catalogue, consisting of more than 500 films.

1st Logo (1961-1980s?)

Visuals: On a black background, a white rectangular box containing three black squares containing three tilted, stylized "B"s (resembling the Banijay logo) with the text "BALÁZS BÉLA STÚDIÓ" in Gill Sans Black underneath zoom in, alongside the words "a" and "bemutatja" on over and underneath.

Variant: A later version has the logo inverted with it in red and the box and "presents" texts removed.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Possibly none.

Availability: Unknown. Both logos appeared on an M1 airing of a montage celebrating the company's history, but it is unclear what particular movie used this logo.

2nd Logo (2006-)

Visuals: There is three stylized and curvy letters spelling out the company name in abbreviated form.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on compilation DVDs of the company's various shorts from the 1960s such as Agitátorok.