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Background

IFD Films and Arts Limited is a company from Hong Kong, founded in 1973 by Joseph Lai, which specializes in B-movies, especially the movies of Godfrey Ho.

1st Logo (Mid 1980s)

Visuals: On the top of a cliff, there is a woman in white pants and top, with a long white veil on her head, holding a torch with a bright light at the end. The sky is very dark. The camera zooms in and the words:

IFD Films and Arts Limited

presents
a Joseph Lai release

slide in from the bottom, and the last line slides in from the left.

Trivia: The footage from this logo comes from the 1982 film Pink Force Commando.

Technique: Live-action and camera-controlled animation.

Audio: The music is directly taken from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (from the part when the Devastator, Darth Vader's Star Destroyer, first appears), with the end cut off and replaced with some different fanfare, closed by some drums.

Availability: Mostly seen on movies made by Godfrey Ho. It's preserved on Ninja the Protector and Ninja of the Magnificence.

2nd Logo (1980s-2000s?)

Visuals: On an animated black background with a bokeh effect, the words:

IFD Films and Arts Limited

presents

a Joseph Lai release

fade in with the company name in Chinese below it. After a while, the text fades out, ending off with the bokeh background.

Technique: Motion-controlled animation.

Audio: A triumphant fanfare.

Availability: It can be found on copies of Space Thunder Kids, Beauty & Warrior, and Ali Baba and the Gold Raiders.

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-Logo descriptions by Lazlow and MegaAveron25
-Logo captures by Lazlow, MegaAveron25, and DreamMechanic
-Editions by DreamMechanic
-Video capture courtesy of Peakpasha
+===Background===
-Background: IFD Films and Arts is a company from Hong Kong, founded in 1973 by Joseph Lai, which specialized in B-movies, especially the movies of Godfrey Ho.
+'''IFD Films and Arts Limited''' is a company from Hong Kong, founded in 1973 by Joseph Lai, which specializes in B-movies, especially the movies of Godfrey Ho.
+===1st Logo (Mid 1980s)===
+[[File:IFD Films and Arts.jpg|center]]
+{{YouTube|id=E91bJJz0qK8}}
+'''Visuals:''' On the top of a cliff, there is a woman in white pants and top, with a long white veil on her head, holding a torch with a bright light at the end. The sky is very dark. The camera zooms in and the words:
-st Logo
-(1980s)
-IFD Films and Arts
+<center>{{color|orange|{{font|artdeco|'''IFD Films and Arts Limited'''
-Nickname: "Hong Kong Torch Lady"
+'''presents<br>a Joseph Lai release'''}}}}
+</center>
-Logo: On the top of a cliff, we see a woman in white pants and top, with a long white veil on her head, holding a torch with a bright light at the end. The sky is very dark. The camera zooms in and the words, that are in orange and in the art-deco font:
-IFD Films and Arts Limited
-presents
-a Joseph Lai release
 slide in from the bottom, and the last line slides in from the left.
+'''Trivia:''' The footage from this logo comes from the 1982 film ''Pink Force Commando''.
-FX/SFX: The zooming in and the sliding in of the text. The woman is in live action. The whole logo is an obvious knockoff of the Columbia Pictures logo.
-Music/Sounds: If ripping off the Columbia logo wasn't enough, the music is directly taken from Star Wars (from the part when the Death Star blows up), with the end cut of and replaced with some different fanfare, closed by some drums.
-Availability: Very rare. Mostly seen on movies made by Godfrey Ho. It's preserved on Ninja the Protector and Ninja of the Magnificence.
+'''Technique:''' Live-action and camera-controlled animation.
-Editor's Note: None.
+'''Audio:''' The music is directly taken from ''Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'' (from the part when the Devastator, Darth Vader's Star Destroyer, first appears), with the end cut off and replaced with some different fanfare, closed by some drums.
+'''Availability:''' Mostly seen on movies made by Godfrey Ho. It's preserved on ''Ninja the Protector'' and ''Ninja of the Magnificence''.
-nd Logo
+===2nd Logo (1980s-2000s?)===
+<gallery mode="packed" widths="300" heights="225">
-(1980s/2000s?)
+File:IFD Films and Arts Limited.png
+File:IFD Films and Arts (Variant).jpg
+</gallery>
+<center><youtube width="270" height="205">N3KSveAboWI</youtube></center>
-_IFD Films and Arts (Variant)IFD Films and Arts Limited
+'''Visuals:''' On an animated black background with a bokeh effect, the words:
+<center>{{color|purple|{{font|artdeco|'''IFD Films and Arts Limited'''
-Nicknames: "Focus Features' Ancestor", "IFD Bokeh"
+'''presents'''
+'''a Joseph Lai release'''}}}}</center>
-Logo: On an animated black background with a bokeh effect, the purple words:
+fade in with the company name in Chinese below it. After a while, the text fades out, ending off with the bokeh background.
-IFD Films and Arts Limited
-presents
-a Joseph Lai release
+'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation.
-fade in with the company name in Chinese below it. After a while, the text fades out, leaving us with the bokeh background before the logo ends.
+'''Audio:''' A triumphant fanfare.
-FX/SFX: The animated bokeh background, text fading in and out.
+'''Availability:''' It can be found on copies of ''Space Thunder Kids'', ''Beauty & Warrior'', and ''Ali Baba and the Gold Raiders''.
-Musics/Sounds: A triumphant fanfare.
-Availability: Common, it can be found on copies of the infamous Space Thunder Kids, Beauty & Warrior, and Ali Baba and the Gold Raiders.
-Editor's Note: None.
-[[Category:Movie Logos]] [[Category:Hong Kong Logos]] [[Category:Hong Kong Movie Logos]]
+[[Category:Hong Kong]]
+[[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]
+[[Category:IFD Film Arts and Services]]
+[[Category:Logos with film and television footage]]
+[[Category:Logos with film and television music]]
+[[Category:Logos with music by John Williams]]
+[[Category:Logos with music from Star Wars]]