Carolina Films

Background

Carolina Films was an Indian Malayalam/Tamil-language film company founded by film director Henry, who also heads Pangaj Productions. The company has only produced 2 films.

Logo (April 30, 1982-September 15, 1995)

Visuals: The sequence starts off with a stock space background, which constantly changes its color. Then we see a figure of Virgin Mary with her palms facing downwards slowly fading in. Once the fading is complete, 2 yellow beams appear from her palms and travels towards the bottom of the screen, and eases inwards and outwards. It then dissipates, causing the company's name "CAROLINA FILMS PVT. LTD." in yellow to fade in below the statue.

Trivia: The Virgin Mary, which is also known by various titles, styles and honorifics, was a 1st-century Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

Variant: On Kolangal, the text is in the color white and a different font and as it appears, the entire logo freezes. The text "PVT. LTD." is also nowhere to be seen.

Technique: A mix of live action, Scanimate, and traditional animation.

Audio: First, a tune that sounds much like the song from St. Pio de Pietrelcina's last moment, and then some synth bells when the beams appear, which segues into a traditional Indian ranchero-like melody.

Audio Variant: Kolangal has it lower-pitched.

Availability: Seen only on Yavanika and Kolangal.