Finnkino

Credits

Descriptions by
Thisisanswer, Logent, JontyMaster

Editions by
ＰＳＸＤＲＩＶＥＲＰＬＡＹＥＲＢＳＴＨ, FinnTapes, Japperi, jne259, Finnkino Suomi

Video captures courtesy of
RarityLand, AnimeTVLogos, SnowflakesOmega, dodgerman000, CooleyBoy10, NitroG, Pyscowicz, Logent

Background

Finnkino Oy is a Finnish film distributor and the biggest cinema chain in Finland. It was established in 1986 as a union of 34 companies working in the film industry. In 1994 Finnkino was acquired by the Rautakirja Group, which became a division of the Sanoma Group in 1999. Finnkino operates a total of 15 cinemas in eleven cities. It also has subsidiaries in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, operated under the names of Forum Cinemas and Forum Distribution. In early 2017, Finnkino and other Scandinavian and Baltic cinema chains were acquired by AMC Theatres.

1st Logo (1986-1995)

Nicknames: "The Kino Globe", "Traces Of Man", "Finnkino's Blue Period", "The Blue K"

Logo: On a dark blue background, the 1st Finnkino logo can be seen, which is 1/3rd of a circle and a hemisphere combined to form a "K", both in blue color. It then slowly revolves around once, giving off traces of a globe on both sides. As it finishes its revolution, "FINNKINO" fades in below in turquoise.

Variant: An alternate version exists with a black background and circle and a hemisphere colored yellow.

FX/SFX: The revolution, the streaks in the globe. Looks like it was made with early CGI.

Music/Sounds: A dreamy synth-chime tune.

Availability: Scarce. Quite many VHS tapes distributed by Finnkino from this time period have the original, blue variant. The black and yellow variant is found in a couple of theatrical films at the time such as The Winter War, and it is seen in VHS reprint from 2001 despite the existence of the 3rd logo in it.

Editor's Note: This is an amazing logo with great animation and beautiful music.

2nd Logo (1995-1998)

Nicknames: "The Ringed F", "Howling Burning Space Ballerinas", "Ballet of Hell", "The Surrealistic Finnish Movie Experience"

Logo: On a space background, a rotating planet gets revealed by light. It then converts into a creature's eye with 2 ballet dancers jumping up. The eye then converts back to the planet before the ballet dancers become dust and fly away. The current Finnkino logo then appears, which is a circle with the letter "f" in it, appears in red, along with the text "FINNKINO" stacked on each other being briefly seen. The planet and stars disappear, as the logo appears in red.

FX/SFX: Some neat CGI, with the ballet dancers being live-action and chroma-keyed over the logo.

Music/Sounds: A very dramatic string theme with a wolf howling through the middle, and a loud "DING!" when the Finnkino logo appears.

Availability: Very rare due to its short time period.

Editor's Note: This logo may creep some people out.

3rd Logo (1999-2010)

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Nicknames: "The Ringed F II", "The Yellow Ring"

Logo: On a black background, a blue streak revolves and forms a silver ring. It then starts to rotate up as another streak forms another silver ring. As this happens, the space between the rings turns orange and an orange streak forms the "f" with a spotlight revolving around it. The "f" then shines, inverting the color placement and giving off a glow. "F I N N K I N O" then appears below and shines.

FX/SFX: Bright special effects on the yellow ring logo and highly detailed letters. Great CGI.

Music/Sounds: An ominous soundtrack with electrical sounds throughout the logo and a drum roll at the end.

Availability: Originally very common at its time, but has since then become slowly uncommon.

Editor's Note: The CGI is nice and slow, and the music definitely fits in! In conclusion, this logo is great!

4th Logo (2010-)

Nicknames: "The Ringed F III", "The Simple Ring", "Flashing Camera Lens", "Finnkino Illuminates Your Path"

Logo: On a completely black background, we see a glimpse of a straight film roll moving forward on the right side with lighting seen on the back of the roll. The film roll disappears to the darkness for a second, only to be seen fully, forming a camera lens edge. The film roll keeps rotating around it as we can see the glow of the lens formed with the dark green background barely seen. Inside the camera lens, we can see the "f" fading slowly in, causing quick flashing while illuminating the entire background around the logo. The sudden impact releases series of green waves from the logo, which makes the "F I N N K I N O" become more visible below the logo. The bright flashing effect breaks in two opposite directions on the text and burst out of it as gold dust. The logo also becomes more visible with edges and "f" is colored yellow and the base colored as black. At the same time, green waves coming from the logo got absorbed into the dark green background.

Variants: Pair of variants include one with a 4:3 standard ratio and a separate letterboxed variant with the same aspect ratio. Despite this, the logo animation is relatively the same.

FX/SFX: Straight film roll, camera lens, the green background, the flashing logo, and the text with flashing effect and golden dust. Splendid animation abound!

Music/Sounds: Dramatic and mystical orchestral music, that becomes more optimistic-sounding after the loud impact sound caused by the flashing logo.

Availability: Current. Seen on every film since its debut.

Editor's Note: Another lovely logo from Finnkino! The CGI is very nice and is quite creative.

Cinema Logos

Note: The following logos are/were only presented in theaters owned by the company.

1st Logo (June 15, 2012-June, 2013)

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Nicknames: "The Ringed F IV", "The Golden F", "Computed Theaters", "The Flying Numbers"

Logo: We have a large chunk of solid 1's and 0's moving around like nanobots on a black background. The gray flair can be seen around when nanobots will get separate and form red cinema chairs and floating popcorn pack with the rest of them are lying on the ground. The camera pans on the popcorn pack, as they scatter and fly to the other side of the room and form a Hollywood sign and replica of the Jussi Awards statue in front of it. We then see them scattering and flying to the left side, as the camera follows them forming a couple of Finnkino cinema tickets. The camera quickly rotates around the thing, as nanobots then scatter again and form the company logo, which becomes solid as it comes for a better view. We are seeing letters being formed below the logo stating "AINUTLAATUINEN.", then they form a word "DIGITAALINEN." and then flipped around to view "FINNKINO" in gold text.

FX/SFX: ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CGI animation around with a perfect concept to boot!

Music/Sounds: A low humming sound, with sounds of the numbers rubbing against each other.

Availability: Extinct. Seen in Finnish theaters owned by the cinema chain at the time.

Editor's Note: A well-done logo.

2nd Logo (June 2013-)

Provided ID could not be validated.

Nicknames: "The Ringed F V", "The Primitive F"

Logo: We see the company logo with yellow five-pointed star outline around the stylized "f", dashing slightly sideways and turning to for a better view. The grayish "AINUTLAATUINEN" wipes in below the flashing logo, as it then forms into a speech bubble with three smaller ones seen behind it, the stylized "f" remaining in it and the word is changed to "PUHUTTELEVA". The logo then changes with smaller speech bubbles hiding behind the main one, as outlines around the bubble cut off, forming rings of Saturn around the Finnkino logo with the word now changed to "VALTAKUNNALLINEN". The yellow rocket is seen flying around the logo before Saturn rings merged back to the round logo, which then becomes a map marker used in social with a couple of same looking clones landing behind it and word changed to "PAIKALLINEN". The logo then becomes yellow gun sight moving drastically around the "f" with word wiped to one stating "KOHDENNETTAVA". The gunsight settles down to its original position and changes to the pumping heart (Word is changed to "VAIKUTTAVA") and then it changes into the company logo with the word "ELOKUVAMEDIA" seen below before it then becomes "FINNKINO MEDIA".

FX/SFX: 2D animations of the logo and the text, with minor lightning effects, and the 3D rocket.

Music/Sounds: A low ambient tune with the regular sounds of the subdued whoosh, rocket dashing, a plunk, the gun sight moving, and the heart pumping heard respectively.

Availability: Current.

Editor's Note: Not as amazing as the previous logo due to the corporate aesthetics, but it's understandable as Finnkino wanted to modernize itself with the more simplistic-looking design trends from the time.