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'''Technique:''' Basic analog computer animation.
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'''Variant:''' The logo may appear in-credit on some programs.
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'''Trivia:''' By this time, the company was also known as Filmways Enterprises.
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Filmways, Inc. was originally founded in 1958 by Martin Ransohoff. It was acquired by the Orion Pictures Company in 1982; the same year, Filmways Television was renamed as Orion Television and Filmways Pictures was folded into "Orion Pictures Corporation" in June. Today, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction (both were distributed by Viacom Enterprises but are now owned by CBS Media Ventures, while Orion Television retains the copyright on all episodes that have not gone into the public domain), Thundarr: The Barbarian and Fangface are both owned by Warner Bros. Television after Turner Broadcasting acquired the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears Productions library. Eye Guess, The Face is Familiar and Personality are owned by Sony Pictures Television via Stewart Television and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman/Forever Fernwood is owned by SPT with ELP Communications owning the copyright. The remainder of the Filmways Television library is currently owned by MGM Television with Orion Pictures owning the copyright.
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1st Logo (July 2, 1958-March 6, 1974) | 2nd Logo (1975-1976) | 3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-1977) | 4th Logo (1977-March 21, 1981) | 5th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983) |
Visuals: We start with a small globe of Earth, horizontally stretched out in the center of the screen. The globe has longitude (left to right) lines on it, and the equator extends beyond the globe, with little Richter-scale like lines on part of it. The globe is on a blue, starry background, with most of the stars clumped in the upper left and right hand corners. From behind the globe, the text "A FILMWAYS", in a 3D font and arched to match the globe's position, zoom-in a north-forward direction. Shortly after, the text "TELEVISION PRESENTATION" fades-in below the globe. Sometimes, the Seal of Good Practice appears below. You can see clouds in the background flying to the right.
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Technique: Camera controlled/cel animation.
Audio: At least on Filmways' more successful shows, there would be a voice over saying "This has been a Filmways (television) presentation". Those who uttered the phrase are listed below. The in-credit variant uses the end theme of the show. Several voice-overs who said the phrase on this logo on the shows they appeared on:
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Legacy: A nifty logo from the '50s that remains well-remembered and a favorite by many as it was involved in some classic television shows from the time period.
Visuals: A small Filmways logo, which appears in a stretched Bauhaus 93 font, is seen on a blue background. Another Filmways logo appears behind it, which is larger than the logo that appeared first. This effect repeats four times, making the logo looks like it appears in a Droste effect. The additional logos disappears piece by piece, in order of appearance, leaving a much larger Filmways logo isolated. A copyright appears on the bottom.
Technique: Basic analog computer animation.
Audio: Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.
Audio Trivia: The telephone beeps, when translated to numbers, spell out "345-9989".
Availability: This surfaced on a pilot for ABC titled Mason.
Legacy: A rather intriguing logo, for its early Scanimation, telephone beeps, and the first appearance of the familiar Filmways logo, which would be kept and refined in the following years.
Visuals: On a black background, "FILMWAYS", colored blue and in a rounded font called Bauhaus 93, fades in and out.
Variant: The logo may appear in-credit on some programs.
Technique: None.
Audio: Silent or the closing theme of the program.
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Visuals: On a black screen, many orange and cream-colored "FILMWAYS" zoom up from the bottom of the screen toward a white "FILMWAYS". All the multicolored "FILMWAYS" merge into the white "FILMWAYS". They are all in the same font as above.
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Technique: Camera-controlled/cel animation.
Audio: A seven-note descending bell tune with guitars playing (which was done by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson) or the closing theme of the show.
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Visuals: A shortened version of the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo, but with the text "FILMWAYS TELEVISION" instead.
Trivia: By this time, the company was also known as Filmways Enterprises.
Variants:
Technique: Advanced motion-control animation effects.
Audio: A shortened version of the fanfare from the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo, the closing theme from the program or none.
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