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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 (2001-2003)

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.

◄	Alexander Entertainment Production Limited

Filmko

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+{{PageCredits|description=2K-tan|capture=Chow Woon Gan|video=Asia Movie Logos|edits=Chow Woon Gan}}
 ===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.
+'''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)===
-==Alexander Entertainment Production Limited==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-===(1998-2000)===
+Filmko Pictures Limited (2002).png
+</gallery>
-[[File:Alexander Entertainment Production Limited (1999).png|400px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=NOhZj0ojIeA}}
-'''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.
-'''Technique:''' The animation's actually really cool, but that synth music sounds dated.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending, dramatic synth with pounding drums.
-'''Availability:''' TBA.
-==Filmko Pictures==
-===1st Logo (2001-2003) ===
-[[File:Filmko Pictures Limited (2002).png|400px|center]]
 {{YouTube|id=gqOX6lbu8g0}}
+'''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 "{{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.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Dark Shining Star", "8-Pointed Star", "Tinnitus Star"
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''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.
-'''Technique:''' The star rotating, the fog, the lights, the text fading in.
+'''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''.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A whoosh, then a dark, ringing synth drone, then some more whooshes.
+===2nd Logo (October 16, 2003-2016)===
-'''Availability:''' Seen on Filmko's earlier productions until the mid 2000's.
-'''Legacy:''' The ominous nature of the logo and the ringing synth may unsettle some or cause tinnitus to the ears.
-===2nd Logo (2003-2016) ===
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 File:Filmko Pictures Limited (2003).png
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 {{YouTube|id=iqjwXeQIIys|id2=blYXuxoFqEg}}
+'''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. "{{Color|red|FILMKO}}" in the Century Gothic font and two Chinese characters fade in below.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Dark Shining Star II", "8-Pointed Star II", "Crystal Star", "Tinnitus Star II" (excluding later variant).
+'''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.
-'''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.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''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.
+'''Audio:''' Same as before.
-'''Technique:''' The crystal star rotating, the square fading in, the sliding (on the later logo), the texts fading in.
-'''Music/Sounds:'''
+'''Audio Variants:'''
+*On the <u>later variant</u> until ''The Monkey King 2'', the logo is seen silent.
-*Same as before.
+*In the mid-2010s, the sounds were <u>remade</u>.
-*On the later variant until ''The Monkey King 2'', the logo is seen silent.
-*In the mid 2010s, the sounds were remade.
-'''Availability:''' Currently seen on later Filmko productions.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on later Filmko productions, such as ''The Floating Landscape''.
+{{Chronology|[[Alexander Entertainment Production Limited]]|}}
-'''Legacy:''' 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]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]