El Nasr Film Co.

Credits

Compiled by
ILEnthusiast and Electra

Video captures courtesy of
SP Logo & Title Library.

Background

El Nasr Film Co. was a film production company from Egypt founded by Hassan Ramzy on 1942.

1st Logo (1942)

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Visuals: There is a shot of a man riding on a chariot with a horse attached over a lake/grassy landscape with a sun at the right on a slope. The man hold and raises the bow and arrows as the horse gallops and shoots. It cuts to black and a white "شركةافلام" in stacked format flips in at the right. The large Arabic text flips to the right below it with a small Arabic text below.

Technique: 2D cel animation and motion controlled animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Intricacies of Life.

2nd Logo (February 17, 1947-April 7, 1952)

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Visuals: Against a wall, there is a handcrafted model of the man riding on a chariot, this time shown in black and white, with the man about to shoot the arrow, and the horse galloping. A dark-colored material with a cutout resembling the sun is shown in front and around the model, and underneath it is a pair of wings that bear the Arabic company name "شركة افلام النصر" with a smaller "تقدم" sitting below, both in Ruq'ah calligraphy.

Variant: Later on, the logo gained animation: the logo starts with the logo wiping in downwards to reveal the silhouetted logo against a black background; the wing and chariot are colored black, and there is a white glow around the logo. A spotlight swoops by to reveal the described logo, albeit slightly altered: the cutout appears to be closer to the model and another set of black feathers is shown around the wings displaying the company name. The spotlight retracts after a while, reverting its logo back to its silhouetted state.

Technique: A filmed model surrounded by props, with practical effects for the later version.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Audio Variant: On The Triumph of Love, a slow-paced, bombastic orchestral piece was used.

Availability: Seen on The Ring of Solomon and A Good Omen, while the later version was seen in The Triumph of Love and Spring Dreams.

3rd Logo (February 25, 1957)

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Visuals: On a cloudy background, a silhouetted, different version of the chariot logo fades in the middle of the screen, which features the same charioted man within a frame stylized with a spiky sun pattern with a smaller ring inside of it, all on top of a black, trapezoidal platform showing textured Arabic text in Ruq'ah calligraphy. Within the frame and on top of the charioted man, the white Arabic company name "شركة افلام النصر" fades in front and rises shortly before stopping on top.

Technique: A still photograph and camera-controlled animation.

Audio: A fast-paced, energetic brass-oriented fanfare.

Availability: Seen on I'll Never Cry.

4th Logo (March 27, 1972)

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Visuals: On a blue background and fading in, there is a silhouetted illustration of the charioted man within a red circle that has its bottom cut-off. An animated pattern with animated rays fades in behind the circle, creating an animated sun, which is followed by the set of Arabic text "أفلام النصر (مسزس حسن رمزي) تقدم" all stacked on top of each other fading in below the sun and chariot.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Seen on Body and Passion.

5th Logo (July 24-December 29, 1975)

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Visuals: On a white background consisting of a black horizontal line separating two separate animations of black concentric rings emitting from the center, there is an illustration of the charioted man inside a solid red illustration of a sun and a platform the man and chariot are standing on. There is also the Arabic company name "شركة افلام النصر" in yellow and a blocky font, and below the company name contains "حسن رمزي وشركاه" and a slightly larger "تقدم", all colored yellow and letting off a shadow. The animation continues before fading out.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Seen on I'll Never Come Back and The White Dress.