CTB Film Company

Background

CTB Film Company is a Russian film company founded on January 4, 1992 by Sergei Selyanov, Vasily Grigoriev and Alexey Balabanov. The company didn't have an animated on-screen logo until 1997.

1st Logo (1995, December 31, 1996)

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Logo: On a black background, a square flashes and reveals itself to be a rainbow-colored square with a half-outlined and half-filled tree inside. "СТВ" and "STW" appear on the right and on the left side of the logo respectively. Two white lines appear below.

Variants:

• On Операция "С новым годом!", the logo is still and is on the same screen as the TV6 Moscow logo.
• On some prints of Операция "С новым годом!", the logo looks slightly different.

FX/SFX: The square flashing, the lines appearing.

Music/Sounds: A xylophone sounder.

Availability: Only seen on Время печали ещё не пришло and Операция "С новым годом!".

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (June 6, 1997-April 24, 2014)

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Logo: On a black background, we see a statue of a girl sitting and sewing (the statue is actually a decoration called "The Little Embroiderer"/"Маленькая вышивальщица"). The statue slowly rotates. "КИНОКОМПАНИЯ" and "FILM COMPANY" appear at the top (shaped like a circle) and "СТВ" appears on the bottom. A blue dot appears and glows between "КИНОКОМПАНИЯ" and "FILM COMPANY". The dot disappears after a while.

Variant: On Chudnaya dolina (2004) and Okolofutbola (2013), the logo is cut to the point when the logo is already formed, and when the dot appears. The statue also has a yellowish tint, making it look like a gold statue.

FX/SFX: The statue rotating, the words appearing, the dot glowing.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic orchestral piece, which is actually an excerpt of "Romance" from the "Lieutenant Kijé" suite by Sergei Prokofiev.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Chudnaya dolina, none.

Availability: Seen on their movies of the period starting with Brother (1997). This logo last appeared on Dialogs (Диалоги) (2014).

Editor's Note: None.