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Background

Golden Gate Film Co. was a film production company from Taiwan.

1st Logo (December 22, 1977)

Visuals: Over a marble background, the logo starts with some pinging stars forming a constellation. Then, the Golden Gate logo (a capital "G" with a smaller "G" inside it and filmstrip holes at the right corner) in yellow with a shadow zooms in, making the stars disappear. It zooms out to the left. On the right side, the company name in Cantonese zooms from the bottom with the English name (and a smaller "PRODUCTION" downside it).

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A screeching fanfare.

Availability: Seen on The Golden Gate (a.k.a. The Brightening Day).

2nd Logo (July 8, 1978)

Visuals: Same as before, but the background has been changed into an abstract fluorescent blue tunnel (with decreasing rectangular shapes on the vertical sides), and the Golden Gate logo draws itself instead of zooming in.

Variant: On VHS prints of Young Lovers, the logo was stretched up to fit into 4:3.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio:

On Birds Are Singing Everywhere, it's silent.
On Young Lovers, there is a dramatic fanfare that would be used in the next logo, which is actually "Ancient Fanfare #51" by Harry Bluestone, also used in some episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Availability: Appeared on Birds Are Singing Everywhere and Young Lovers.

3rd Logo (July 4, 1979; August 27, 1981)

Visuals: On a black background, several outlines of the Golden Gate logo (without filmstrip holes) in red, cyan and green zooming out by trail effects from the right-corner. Then, the regular logo fills in a reddish tint, and the English (in the Eurostile Bold Extended font) and Cantonese names wipe from left and right, respectively, and "PRESENTS" appears (all of them in cyan).

Variant: On The Choice of Love, the logo have a slight green-tone.

Technique: Rostrum camera.

Audio: The fanfare used in the Young Lovers variant of the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on The Choice of Love and The Women Soldiers.

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-''Logo descriptions by BlueMickey634 <br> Video captures by Logo Archive, Promoción Film Servicio, olga753896 and Helen Jiang <br> Editions by SnowflakesOmega''
+===Background===
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a film production company from Taiwan.
-st Logo <br> (December 22, 1977)
+===1st Logo (December 22, 1977)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1977).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=gr4LZbLAGKw}}
+'''Visuals:''' Over a marble background, the logo starts with some pinging stars forming a constellation. Then, the Golden Gate logo (a capital "G" with a smaller "G" inside it and filmstrip holes at the right corner) in yellow with a shadow zooms in, making the stars disappear. It zooms out to the left. On the right side, the company name in Cantonese zooms from the bottom with the English name (and a smaller "PRODUCTION" downside it).
+'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
-<u>Logo</u>: On a marble background, we see some pinging stars forming a constellation. Then, the Golden Gate logo (a capital G with a smaller G inside it and filmstrip holes at the right corner) in yellow with a shadow zooms in, making the stars disappear. It zooms out to the left. On the right side, the company name in Chinese zooms from the bottom with the English name (and a smaller <nowiki>''PRODUCTION''</nowiki> downside it).
+'''Audio:''' A screeching fanfare.
-<u>FX/SFX</u>: The choppy animation.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''The Golden Gate'' (a.k.a. ''The Brightening Day'').
-<u>Music/Sounds</u>: A screeching fanfare.
+===2nd Logo (July 8, 1978)===
-<u>Availability</u>: Seen on ''The Golden Gate'' (a.k.a. ''The Brightening Day'').
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1978).png
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1978_Stretched).jpeg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/6PspwkkL1_4}}
+'''Visuals:''' Same as before, but the background has been changed into an abstract fluorescent blue tunnel (with decreasing rectangular shapes on the vertical sides), and the Golden Gate logo draws itself instead of zooming in.
+'''Variant:''' On VHS prints of ''Young Lovers'', the logo was stretched up to fit into 4:3.
-<u>Editor's Note</u>: The choppiness of the logo accompanying the bombastic fanfare could scare most. The zooming G doesn't help matters.
+'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
+'''Audio:'''
-nd Logo <br> (1978)
+* On ''Birds Are Singing Everywhere'', it's silent.
-<u>Logo</u>: Same as before, but the background has been changed into an abstract blue tunnel (with decreasing rectangular shapes on the vertical sides), and the Golden Gate logo draws itself instead of zooming in.
+* On ''Young Lovers'', there is a dramatic fanfare that would be used in the next logo, which is actually "Ancient Fanfare #51" by Harry Bluestone, also used in some episodes of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''.
+'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''Birds Are Singing Everywhere'' and ''Young Lovers''.
-<u>Variant</u>: In VHS prints of ''Young Lovers'', the logo was stretched up to fit into 4:3.
+===3rd Logo (July 4, 1979; August 27, 1981)===
-<u>FX/SFX</u>: Again, choppy animation.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1979).png
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1981_Stretched).png
+Golden_Gate_Film_Co._(1981).jpg
+</gallery>
+{{youtube|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vwxrJ5Eyc|id2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSB26yG6Na0|id3=https://youtu.be/6Qq_9yZhgg8}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, several outlines of the Golden Gate logo (without filmstrip holes) in red, cyan and green zooming out by trail effects from the right-corner. Then, the regular logo fills in a reddish tint, and the English (in the Eurostile Bold Extended font) and Cantonese names wipe from left and right, respectively, and  "PRESENTS" appears (all of them in cyan).
+'''Variant:''' On ''The Choice of Love'', the logo have a slight green-tone.
-<u>Music/Sounds</u>:
+'''Technique:''' Rostrum camera.
-* In ''Birds Are Singing Everywhere'', it's silent.
-* In ''Young Lovers'', there is a dramatic fanfare that would be used in the next logo.
-<u>Availability</u>: Appeared on ''Birds Are Singing Everywhere'' and ''Young Lovers''.
+'''Audio:''' The fanfare used in the ''Young Lovers'' variant of the previous logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''The Choice of Love'' and ''The Women Soldiers''.
-<u>Editor's Note</u>: None.
+[[Category:Taiwan]]
+[[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Taiwanese film logos]]
-rd Logo <br> (July 4, 1979; August 27, 1981)
+[[Category:Logos with library music]]
-Logo: On a black background, several outlines of the Golden Gate logo (without filmstrip holes) in red, cyan and green zooming out by trail effects from the right-corner. Then, the regular logo fills in a reddish tint, and the English (in Microgramma Bold font) and Chinese names wipe from left and right, respectively, and the <nowiki>''PRESENTS"</nowiki> text pops in (all them in cyan).
-<u>Variant</u>: In ''The Choice of Love'', the logo have a slight green-tone.
-<u>FX/SFX</u>: The zooming, the trails and the wiping.
-<u>Music/Sounds</u>: The fanfare used in the Young Lovers variant of the previous logo.
-<u>Availability</u>: Seen on ''The Choice of Love'' and ''The Women Soldiers''.
-<u>Editor's Note</u>: The animation is still simple, but not as rushed as the previous logos.
-[[Category:Movie Logos]] [[Category:Taiwanese Logos]] [[Category:Taiwanese Movie Logos]]