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Background

In-Gear Film Production was a film company from Hong Kong. Founded by the founder of The Wing-Scope Film Production Ltd..

1st Logo (November 19, 1987-1989?)

Visuals: On a starry background, a spinning film reel fades in. The filmstrip then comes out of the film reel and slowly writes the script "Ingear", which shines. Once the filmstrip stops writing the text, and a star flashes at the end of it. "Ingear" keeps on shining, while the English and Chinese names in pink fade in below and also shine.

Variant: There exists a dark variant and a bright variant.

Technique: Practical effects and cel animation.

Audio: A slow ascending synth theme, with a high-pitched sound while the last note plays, followed by a random, sci-fi synth.

Availability: Appeared on In-Gear's earlier films, most of them where horror comedy type ones.

2nd Logo (June 8, 1988?-1994)

Visuals: On a similar starry background, several bright lights in group fade in, zoom out, and flash, bringing up a neon film reel that's different from the one from before. The film reel moves to the left with a trail and flashes, filling it up with a metallic material. The golden filmstrip comes out of the real, making the "Ingear" from before. The English name zooms out with blue lights in front, and the lights move to the text, making it flash. The Chinese characters appear below the name letter-by-letter, and also flash.

Technique: Backlit animation.

Audio: A bombastic synth fanfare with drums.

Audio Variants:

A variant featuring music from the 1st logo (but lower-pitched) exists, such an instance can be found on As Tears Go By's trailer[1].
Sometimes, only the opening music will play, as seen on As Tears Go By (1988)[2].

Availability: Seen on In-Gear's later films.

Legacy: A favorite among Hong Kong logo fans.

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-===1st Logo (1987-1989?)===
+===Background===
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a film company from Hong Kong. Founded by the founder of [[The Wing-Scope Film Production Ltd.]].
-[[File:In-Gear Film Production Company Limited (1987).png|400px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=s8qjc8tnn9Q}}
-'''Nicknames:''' "In-Gear Reel I", "In-Gear FIlmstrip Script I", "Ominous Filmreel"
+===1st Logo (November 19, 1987-1989?)===
-'''Logo:''' On a starry background, a spinning film reel fades in. The filmstrip then comes out of the film reel and slowly writes the script "Ingear", which shines. Once the filmstrip stops writing the text, and a star flashes at the end of it. "Ingear" keeps on shining, while the English and Chinese names in pink fade in below and also shine.
+<tabber>
+Images=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights=175>
+File:In-Gear Film Production Company Limited (1987).png
+File:ingear1987pink.png
+File:ingearthai1988.png
+</gallery>
+|-|
+Videos=
+{{YouTube|id=s8qjc8tnn9Q|id2=IpTtneUO7Q4|id3=IBEeW4gD9Dg}}
+</tabber>
+'''Visuals:''' On a starry background, a spinning film reel fades in. The filmstrip then comes out of the film reel and slowly writes the script "Ingear", which shines. Once the filmstrip stops writing the text, and a star flashes at the end of it. "Ingear" keeps on shining, while the English and Chinese names in pink fade in below and also shine.
 '''Variant:''' There exists a dark variant and a bright variant.
+'''Technique:''' Practical effects and cel animation.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The film reel appearing, the filmstrip coming out and writing, the word shining, the names fading in.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A slow ascending synth theme, with a high-pitched sound while the last note plays, followed by a random, sci-fi synth.
+'''Audio:''' A slow ascending synth theme, with a high-pitched sound while the last note plays, followed by a random, sci-fi synth.
 '''Availability:''' Appeared on In-Gear's earlier films, most of them where horror comedy type ones.
+===2nd Logo (June 8, 1988?-1994)===
-'''Legacy:''' The darkness and ominous synth will bother people, mostly those expecting the next logo.
+<tabber>
+Image=
-===2nd Logo (1989?-1994)===
 [[File:In-Gear Film Production Company Limited (1989).png|400px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=bJWD5i7tJY8}}
-'''Nicknames:''' "In-Gear Reel II", "In-Gear Filmstrip Script II", "Improved In-Gear Filmreel"
+|-|
-'''Logo:''' On a similar starry background, several bright lights in group fade in, zoom out, and flash, bringing up a neon film reel that's different from the one from before. The film reel moves to the left with a trail and flashes, filling it up with a metallic material. The golden filmstrip comes out of the real, making the "Ingear" from before. The English name zooms out with blue lights in front, and the lights move to the text, making it flash. The Chinese characters appear below the name letter-by-letter, and also flash.
+Videos=
+{{YouTube|id=bJWD5i7tJY8|id2=81UOBvzenqw|id3=fgC51A7K--0|t3=5}}
+</tabber>
+'''Visuals:''' On a similar starry background, several bright lights in group fade in, zoom out, and flash, bringing up a neon film reel that's different from the one from before. The film reel moves to the left with a trail and flashes, filling it up with a metallic material. The golden filmstrip comes out of the real, making the "Ingear" from before. The English name zooms out with blue lights in front, and the lights move to the text, making it flash. The Chinese characters appear below the name letter-by-letter, and also flash.
+'''Technique:''' Backlit animation.
+'''Audio:''' A bombastic synth fanfare with drums.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Everything looks like an improvement of the previous logo.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A bombastic synth fanfare with drums.
+* A variant featuring music from the 1st logo (but lower-pitched) exists, such an instance can be found on ''As Tears Go By''<nowiki/>'s trailer[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFqXPixO7Tc&ab_channel=EarlKlingi].
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' There was a sound copied from the 1st logo, but low-pitched.
+* Sometimes, only the opening music will play, as seen on ''As Tears Go By'' (1988)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVG4TxLycFk&pp=ygUbYXMgdGVhcnMgZ28gYnkgMTk4NiBvcGVuaW5n].
 '''Availability:''' Seen on In-Gear's later films.
-'''Legacy:''' The flashes and synth music are pretty startling, but this is a favorite among Hong Kong logo fans.
+'''Legacy:''' A favorite among Hong Kong logo fans.
 [[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]
 [[Category:Hong Kong]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Chinese-language logos]]