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===Background===
'''Filmko''' was formed in 2000 by Alex Wong and directors Derek Yee and Chi Leung "Jacob" Cheung after Wong's production house [[Alexander Entertainment Production Limited]].
 
===1st Logo (2001-200?2003) ===▼
'''Alexander Entertainment Production Limited'''▼
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'''LogoVisuals:''' WeThere seeis an 8eight-pointed star rotating on a foggy background, as lights illuminate the background and a lens flare moves around from top to bottom. The star stops rotating and a light appears behind, as they move above a bit to fit into a zooming-out square frame, and the words "{{Color|orange|FILMKO PICTURES}}" in the Gill Sans font and "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{Color|red|presents}}}}" in the Times New Roman font, fade in below.▼
=== (199?-2000) ===
 
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Logo:''' On a black background, a light shines on a dark crystal mountain with 2 smaller ones beside it and 3 small red ones under it. A director's chair appears in the large red mountain and the crystal text "Alexander" zooms and swirls into place. The mountains disappear and the text and chair below light streaks and zoom in. While that happens, 2 Chinese characters zoom out and the rest folds out in gold and the mountains shine in. The text "Alexander Entertainment Production Limited" fades in below the characters and beside the mountains.
 
'''FX/SFXAudio:''' TheA animation'swhoosh, actuallythen reallya cooldark, but thatringing synth musicdrone, then some soundsmore datedwhooshes.
 
'''Availability:''' Seen on Filmko's earlier productions until the mid 20002000s, such as ''July Rhapsody''s.▼
Music/Sounds: An ascending, dramatic synth with pounding drums.
 
===2nd Logo (October 16, 2003-2016)===
Availability: TBA
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'''LogoVisuals:''' On a starry background, a crystal 8eight-pointed star with lights surrounding it is seen on the center and rotates to face the screen. The stars fade out and a metallic square fades behind the logo. "{{Color|red|FILMKO}}" in the Century Gothic font and two Chinese characters then fade in below.▼
Editor's Note: None.
 
'''Variant:''' In the logo's <u>later years</u>, the CGI is improved and "{{Color|red|FILMKO}}" is in the Lithos font, and the square logo and "{{Color|red|FILMKO}}" would slide in together.▼
▲'''Filmko Pictures'''
 
'''Technique:''' CGI.
1st Logo
 
'''Audio:''' Same as before.
▲=== (2001-200?) ===
 
'''Audio Variants:'''
'''Nicknames:''' "The Dark Shining Star", "8-Pointed Star", "Tinnitus Star"
*On the <u>later variant</u> until ''The Monkey King 2'', the logo is seen silent.
*In the mid-2010s, the sounds were <u>remade</u>.
 
'''Availability:''' Currently seenSeen on later Filmko productions, such as ''The Floating Landscape''.▼
▲'''Logo:''' We see an 8-pointed star rotating on a foggy background, as lights illuminate the background and a lens flare moves around from top to bottom. The star stops rotating and a light appears behind, as they move above a bit to fit into a zooming-out square frame, and the words "FILMKO PICTURES" in the Gill Sans font and "presents" in the Times New Roman font, fade in below.
 
▲'''{{Chronology|[[Alexander Entertainment Production Limited''']]|}}
'''FX/SFX:''' The star rotating, the fog, the lights, the text fading in.
[[Category:Hong Kong logos]]▼
 
[[Category:MovieFilm logos]]▼
Music/Sounds: A whoosh, then a dark, ringing synth drone, then some more whooshes.
 
▲Availability: Seen on Filmko's earlier productions until the mid 2000's.
 
Editor's Note: The ominous nature of the logo and the ringing synth may unsettle some or cause tinnitus to the ears.
 
2nd Logo
 
=== (200?-) ===
 
'''Nicknames:''' "The Dark Shining Star II", "8-Pointed Star II", "Crystal Star", "Tinnitus Star II" (excluding later variant).
 
▲'''Logo:''' On a starry background, a crystal 8-pointed star with lights surrounding it is seen on the center and rotates to face the screen. The stars fade out and a metallic square fades behind the logo. "FILMKO" in the Century Gothic font and two Chinese characters then fade below.
 
▲Variant: In the logo's later years, the CGI is improved and "FILMKO" is in the Lithos font, and square logo and "FILMKO" would slide in together.
 
'''FX/SFX:''' The crystal star rotating, the square fading in, the sliding (on the later logo), the texts fading in.
 
Music/Sounds: Same as before. Currently, the logo is seen silent.
 
▲Availability: Currently seen on later Filmko productions.
 
Editor's Note: The animation's not very dark unlike before, but that music would still cause ringing in the ears.
[[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]
▲[[Category:Hong Kong logos]]
▲[[Category:Movie logos]]

Revision as of 02:36, 29 April 2024

Credits
Descriptions by
2K-tan

Captures by
Chow Woon Gan

Editions by
Chow Woon Gan

Video captures courtesy of
Asia Movie Logos

Background

Filmko was formed in 2000 by Alex Wong and directors Derek Yee and Chi Leung "Jacob" Cheung after Wong's production house Alexander Entertainment Production Limited.

1st Logo (2001-2003)


Visuals: There is an eight-pointed star rotating on a foggy background, as lights illuminate the background and a lens flare moves around from top to bottom. The star stops rotating and a light appears behind, as they move above a bit to fit into a zooming-out square frame, and the words "FILMKO PICTURES" in the Gill Sans font and "presents" in the Times New Roman font, fade in below.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A whoosh, then a dark, ringing synth drone, then some more whooshes.

Availability: Seen on Filmko's earlier productions until the mid 2000s, such as July Rhapsody.

2nd Logo (October 16, 2003-2016)


Visuals: On a starry background, a crystal eight-pointed star with lights surrounding it is seen on the center and rotates to face the screen. The stars fade out and a metallic square fades behind the logo. "FILMKO" in the Century Gothic font and two Chinese characters fade in below.

Variant: In the logo's later years, the CGI is improved and "FILMKO" is in the Lithos font, and the square logo and "FILMKO" would slide in together.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as before.

Audio Variants:

  • On the later variant until The Monkey King 2, the logo is seen silent.
  • In the mid-2010s, the sounds were remade.

Availability: Seen on later Filmko productions, such as The Floating Landscape.

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