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Lo Wei Motion Picture Co., Ltd. (羅維影業有限公司) was a Hong Kong film production company active from 1975 to 1988. It was founded by director Lo Wei who had previously left Golden Harvest in 1974. This company is known for launching the career of Jackie Chan, through the 1976 film New Fist of Fury.

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1st Logo (April 4, 1974-1970s)	2nd Logo (1970's?-1982)	3rd Logo (May 21, 1980-1985)	4th Logo (1986-1988)

1st Logo (April 4, 1974-1970s)

Visuals: On a lavender background with a faint animated sunburst, there is a red triangular shield with a yellowish-white film reel and "LW" in the script font. There is also Chinese translation of "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD." which is above it and the English translation is arched.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio: A majestic fanfare.

Availability: Possibly appeared on first few films, such as the Trans-Global Pictures VHS release of The Killer Meteors.

2nd Logo (1970's?-1982)

Visuals: On a colorful wet glass background, there is an outlined abstract "LW", the red Chinese text, and the English translation "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO PRESENTS".

Technique: A still printed image, with the text drawn and the other aspects being taken from a live-action photograph.

Audio: Same as before. On Magnificent Bodyguards, a different majestic and flourish fanfare was used.

Availability: Appeared on Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin, Magnificent Bodyguards and Half a Loaf of Kung Fu.

3rd Logo (May 21, 1980-1985)

Visuals: On a black background, a white (or bluish-white, depending on the film deterioration) trail of the "LW" from before, but more abstract, is close up. It zooms out and flashes, turning red. It glows, the red Chinese text and the English translation in white appear letter-by-letter, and they all sparkle.

Technique: Backlit animation.

Audio:

A whoosh at first, then an ascending dramatic synthesizer.
There is also a second variant, where it uses a bombastic fanfare.

Availability: It was seen on some films like Energetic 21, Fearless Hyena 2, and Walking Beside Me, which can be viewed it on Youku, Tencent Video, iQIYI or LeTV. The variant with the fanfare appeared on later films from the period such as Taoism Drunkard. Dragon Lord does not have this logo, just replacing an opening title credits after Golden Harvest logo on the Fortune Star/Joy Sales DVD release.

4th Logo (1986-1988)

Visuals: On a blue/black gradient space background, a fluorescent yellow light is seen in the center. It grows bigger and bigger before flashing, leaving behind an outline of the "LW" from before. The outline moves to the left with a trail that also moves to the left and flashes again, turning it gold. The "LW" shines twice and the Mandarin translation appears one by one in cyan, with "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE COMPANY LIMITED" zooming out with a cyan light trail.

Technique: Backlit animation.

Audio: A deep whooshing synth, followed by descending bells when the logo shines, then a bombastic fanfare (the KPM track "Fanfare (1)" by Neil Richardson).

Availability: Seen on their last films.

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-===1st Logo (1975?-????)===
+===Background===
+'''Lo Wei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.''' (羅維影業有限公司) was a Hong Kong film production company active from 1975 to 1988. It was founded by director {{W|Lo Wei}} who had previously left [[Golden Harvest]] in 1974. This company is known for launching the career of Jackie Chan, through the 1976 film ''New Fist of Fury''.{{ImageTOC
-[[File:Lo Wei 1.jpg|center|350px]]
+|Lo Wei Motion Picture Co Ltd (1976).png|1st Logo (April 4, 1974-1970s)
-{{Youtube|id=CkoUnKJZTAc}}
+|Lo_Wei_2.jpg|2nd Logo (1970's?-1982)
+|Lo_Wei_3.jpg|3rd Logo (May 21, 1980-1985)
+|Lo_Wei_4.jpg|4th Logo (1986-1988)
+}}
+===1st Logo (April 4, 1974-1970s)===
-Note: The logo appears at 5:07
+[[File:Lo Wei Motion Picture Co Ltd (1976).png|center|frameless|400x400px]]
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/-OpYwQmeyio}}
-'''Logo:''' On a grayish-white, we see a red triangular shield with a yellowish-white film reel and "LW" in the script font. There is also Chinese translation of "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD." which is above it and the English translation is arched.
+'''Visuals:''' On a lavender background with a faint animated sunburst, there is a red triangular shield with a yellowish-white film reel and "LW" in the script font. There is also Chinese translation of "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO., LTD." which is above it and the English translation is arched.
-FX/SFX: None.
+'''Technique:''' Traditional animation.
-Music/Sounds: A majestic fanfare.
+'''Audio:''' A majestic fanfare.
-Availability: Extremely rare. Possibly appeared on first few films.
+'''Availability:'''  Possibly appeared on first few films, such as the [[Trans-Global Pictures]] VHS release of ''The Killer Meteors''.
-Editor's Note: None.
+===2nd Logo (1970's?-1982)===
+[[File:Lo Wei 2.jpg|center|400px]]
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/A-yKYPiU6RI|id2=https://youtu.be/9z5xPm8tSNM}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a colorful wet glass background, there is an outlined abstract "LW", the red Chinese text, and the English translation "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO PRESENTS".
+'''Technique:''' A still printed image, with the text drawn and the other aspects being taken from a live-action photograph.
-===2nd Logo (1970's?-????)===
-[[File:Lo Wei 2.jpg|center|350px]]
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Chinese LW", "Glass LW"
+'''Audio:''' Same as before. On ''Magnificent Bodyguards'', a different majestic and flourish fanfare was used.
-'''Logo:''' On a glass background pretty unlike Shaw Brothers', we see an outlined designed "LW", the red Chinese text, and the English translation "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE CO. PRESENTS". It's possibly hard to see the dot in "CO." because the glass is wet and that's on the screen.
+'''Availability:'''  Appeared on ''Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin'', ''Magnificent Bodyguards'' and ''Half a Loaf of Kung Fu''.
-FX/SFX: None; same as the previous logo.
+===3rd Logo (May 21, 1980-1985)===
+[[File:Lo Wei 3.jpg|center|400px]]
+{{YouTube|id=xwHR2g28zYQ|id2=pgh8LhMHLVo}}<center></center>
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a white (or bluish-white, depending on the film deterioration) trail of the "LW" from before, but more abstract, is close up. It zooms out and flashes, turning red. It glows, the red Chinese text and the English translation in white appear letter-by-letter, and they all sparkle.
-Music/Sounds: Same as before. On Magnificent Bodyguards, a different majestic and flourish fanfare was used.
+'''Technique:''' Backlit animation.
-Availability: Very rare. Appeared on Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin, Magnificent Bodyguards and Half a Loaf of Kung Fu.
+'''Audio:'''
-Editor's Note: None.
+*A whoosh at first, then an ascending dramatic synthesizer.
+*There is also a second variant, where it uses a bombastic fanfare.
+'''Availability:'''  It was seen on some films like ''Energetic 21'', ''Fearless Hyena 2'', and ''Walking Beside Me'', which can be viewed it on Youku, Tencent Video, iQIYI or LeTV. The variant with the fanfare appeared on later films from the period such as ''Taoism Drunkard''. ''Dragon Lord'' does not have this logo, just replacing an opening title credits after Golden Harvest logo on the Fortune Star/Joy Sales DVD release.
+===4th Logo (1986-1988)===
+[[File:Lo Wei 4.jpg|center|350px]]{{YouTube|id3=https://youtu.be/5495JHcl_3g}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a blue/black gradient space background, a fluorescent yellow light is seen in the center. It grows bigger and bigger before flashing, leaving behind an outline of the "LW" from before. The outline moves to the left with a trail that also moves to the left and flashes again, turning it gold. The "LW" shines twice and the Mandarin translation appears one by one in cyan, with "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE COMPANY LIMITED" zooming out with a cyan light trail.
-===3rd Logo (Early 1980's-198?)===
-[[File:Lo Wei 3.jpg|center|350px]]
-{{Youtube|id=YLojwtF00n0|id2=o_alYDOzwaA}}
+'''Technique:''' Backlit animation.
-'''Nicknames:''' "Red LW", "Whoosh LW of Doom", "Sparkly LW of Doom", "The Sparkly Logo From Hong Kong", "Keep Sparkling!", "The Chinese LW II"
+'''Audio:''' A deep whooshing synth, followed by descending bells when the logo shines, then a bombastic fanfare (the KPM track "Fanfare (1)" by Neil Richardson).
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, a white (or bluish-white, depending on the film deterioration) trail of the "LW" from before, but more abstract, is close up. It zooms out and turns the logo is formed, filled red. It glows, the red Chinese text and the English translation in white appear letter-by-letter, and they all sparkle.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on their last films.
-FX/SFX: Cheap Scanimate effects.
+[[Category:Hong Kong]]
+[[Category:Film logos]]
-Music/Sounds: A whoosh at first, then an ascending dramatic synthesizer. There is also a second variant, where it uses a more less scary bombastic fanfare.
+[[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]
+[[Category:Logos with library music by Neil Richardson]]
-Availability: Uncommon, bordering on rare. Was seen on some films like ''Energetic 21'' and ''Walking Beside Me'', which can be viewed it on Tencent Video, iQIYI or LeTV. ''Dragon Lord'' does not have this logo, just replacing a opening title credits after Golden Harvest logo on the Fortune Star/Joy Sales DVD release.
-Editor's Note: The whoosh is loud, the synth is also too bombastic, and the overused sparkling is also creepy with the added darkness, so it would scare many people.
-===4th Logo (198?-1988)===
-[[File:Lo Wei 4.jpg|center|350px]]
-Nicknames: "The Chinese LW III", "Golden Chinese LW"
-'''Logo:''' On a blue/black gradient space background, a fluorescent yellow light is seen in the center. It grows bigger and bigger before flashing, leaving behind an outline of the "LW" from before. The outline moves to the left with a trail that also moves to the left and flashes again, turning it gold. The "LW" shines twice and the Mandarin translation appears one by one in cyan, with "LO WEI MOTION PICTURE COMPANY LIMITED" zooming out with a cyan light trail.
-FX/SFX: The flashes and zooming.
-Music/Sounds: A deep whooshing synth, followed by descending bells when the logo shines, then a bombastic fanfare (the KPM track "Fanfare (1)" by Neil Richardson).
-Availability: Uncommon, seen on their last films.
-Editor's Note: The creepy sounds and first half would catch someone off-guard. But, this is much brighter and the sounds are less scary in the logo above.
-<center>
-Here is a logo history of the company, except with the 1st logo and the 3rd logo's second fanfare.<br>
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-[[Category:Movie Logos]] [[Category:Hong Kong Logos]] [[Category:Hong Kong Movie Logos]]