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Background

North American Pictures is a production company with 30 year history of production in Canada and 16 year history in the Czech Republic. They specialize in co-productions, international productions and in service productions in all genres and budgets. The company was started by Lloyd Simandl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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1st Logo (1987-1991)	2nd Logo (1991-1998)	3rd Logo (December 22, 1998-2000s)

1st Logo (1987-1991)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a statue in a blue silhouette with blue dots surrounding the statue. Below is the text

NORTH AMERICAN

PICTURES

also in blue.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Can be found on the company's first films, including Possession: Until Death Do You Part.

2nd Logo (1991-1998)

Visuals: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure (now a silhouette standing on a big bell on one foot) appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening of the film's theme or a "whoosh" on some films. Sometimes, it will also be silent.

Availability: Can be found on its films at the time, including Xtro 2: The Second Encounter and Crackerjack.

3rd Logo (December 22, 1998-2000s)

Visuals: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure standing on a big bell appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening of the film's theme.

Availability: Can be seen on their final films since 1998, including Act of War and CrackerJack 3, among others.

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-''Logo descriptions by Gabriel Katikos and EnormousRat''
+===Background===
-Background: A Canadian-based company started by filmmaker Lloyd A. Simandl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When Lloyd was filming ''Chained Heat II'', he relocated the company from Canada to his native Czech Republic in order to save money, and he has been making movies there ever since, although films from the company are occasionally shot in B.C..
+'''North American Pictures''' is a production company with 30 year history of production in Canada and 16 year history in the Czech Republic. They specialize in co-productions, international productions and in service productions in all genres and budgets. The company was started by Lloyd Simandl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
+{{ImageTOC
-'''<big>1st Logo (1987-1990?)</big>'''
+|North American Pictures (1987).png|1st Logo (1987-1991)
-<center>
+|North American Pictures (1990s).png|2nd Logo (1991-1998)
-<youtube width="320" height="240">5LNQjOpveDU</youtube>
+|North American Pictures (1998).png|3rd Logo (December 22, 1998-2000s)
-</center>
+}}
+=== 1st Logo (1987-1991) ===
-Nicknames: "The Blue Torch Man"
+[[File:North American Pictures (1987).png|center|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=5LNQjOpveDU}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a statue in a blue silhouette with blue dots surrounding the statue. Below is the text
-Logo: TBA
+'''NORTH AMERICAN'''
-FX/SFX: None. It's a still logo.
+'''PICTURES'''
-Cheesy Factor: TBA
+also in blue.
-Music/Sounds: Silent
+'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.
-Availability: Can be found on ''Possession: Until Death Do You Part'' (1987).
-Scare Factor: None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on the company's first films, including ''Possession: Until Death Do You Part''.
-'''<big>2nd Logo (1990s-1997)</big>'''
+===2nd Logo (1991-1998)===
-Nicknames: "The Torch Man", "The Collision of Paramount and Columbia"
+[[File:North American Pictures (1990s).png|center|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hEJpYEBcg&ab_channel=retroVHStrailers}}
-Logo: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure now a silhouette standing on a big bell on one foot appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around.
+'''Visuals:''' A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure (now a silhouette standing on a big bell on one foot) appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-FX/SFX: The stars appearing and moving, the statue rotating.
+'''Audio:''' The opening of the film's theme or a "whoosh" on some films. Sometimes, it will also be silent.
-Cheesy Factor: The animation is a bit rough.
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on its films at the time, including ''Xtro 2: The Second Encounter'' and ''Crackerjack''.
-Music/Sounds: The opening of the film's theme or a "whoosh" on some films. Sometimes, it will also be silent.
+===3rd Logo (December 22, 1998-2000s)===
-Availability: Can be found on ''Chained Heat II'' (1993), ''Time Runner'' (1993), ''Xtro 2: The Second Encounter'' (1990), ''Crackerjack'' (1994) and ''Crackerjack 2'' (1997).
+[[File:North American Pictures (1998).png|center|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=iS2S3Z0uDpo}}
+'''Visuals:''' A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure standing on a big bell appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.
-Scare Factor: Low.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''<big>3rd Logo (1998-2000s)</big>'''
-<center>
-<youtube width="320" height="240">iS2S3Z0uDpo</youtube>
-</center>
+'''Audio:''' The opening of the film's theme.
-Nicknames: "The New and Improved Torch Man", "The OTHER OTHER Torch Lady Ripoff", " The Collision of Paramount and Columbia III"
+'''Availability:''' Can be seen on their final films since 1998, including ''Act of War'' and ''CrackerJack 3'', among others.
-Logo: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure standing on a big bell appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around.
+[[Category:Canada]]
-FX/SFX: The flash, the logo zooming out, the stars appearing.
+[[Category:Czech Republic]]
+[[Category:Film logos]]
-Cheesy Factor: The animation is a bit rough, and the whole thing looks like a rip-off of the Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures logos combined.
+[[Category:Canadian film logos]]
+[[Category:Czech film logos]]
-Music/Sounds: The opening of the film's theme.
+[[Category:English-language logos]]
+[[Category:Czech-language logos]]
-Availability: Can be seen on ''Act of War'' (1998) and ''CrackerJack 3'' (2000), among others.
-Scare Factor: Low.