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{{about|the British documentary company|the American film production company|October Films}}

===Background===
'''October Films''' is a production company that mainly produces documentary TV movies/series since the 1990's.

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|October Films (1998) (From - The Outsiders).png|1st Logo (October 10, 1998-December 31, 2001)
|October Films (2002) (From - The Lost Boys Of Sudan).png|2nd Logo (May 15, 2001-2006)
|October Films (2008) (From - Rude Tube).png|3rd Logo (June 1, 2006-2012)
|October Films and BBC (2012) (From - Tormented Lives).png|4th Logo (2012-2015)
|October Films (2016) (From - 2016 Showreel).png|5th Logo (2015-July 8, 2022)
|Brutal Media and October Films (2020) (From - The End of the Storm).png|6th Logo (2019-2020)
|October Films (2022) (From - Building The Impossible Oil Rig, capped from SBS On Demand).png|7th Logo (October 28, 2022-)
}}

===1st Logo (October 10, 1998-December 31, 2001)===
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October Films (1998) (From - The Outsiders).png
October Films and BBC (2001) (From - Nobody's Perfect The Making of Some Like It Hot).png
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'''Visuals:''' Just an in-credit logo where the text "'''OCTOBER''' FILMS", with "FILMS" in a tall font and "PRODUCTION" underneath, is present.

'''Variants:'''
*On ''<u>The Outsiders</u>'', "PRODUCTIONS" is replaced with "Production for Channel Four". Plus, "An" is added on top of the logo.
*On ''<u>Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot</u>'', this logo shares the screen with the 1997 [[BBC Productions|BBC]] logo.

'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.

'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the programme.

'''Availability:''' 
*Most of their programmes from this period use a simple in-credit text and only a few are known to use this logo.
*These include ''The Outsiders'' and ''Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot'', neither of which are available on home media but can be seen through old video recordings.

===2nd Logo (May 15, 2001-2006)===
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October Films (2002) (From - The Lost Boys Of Sudan).png
October Films and Lodestar Productiosn (2004) (From - Pilate The Man Who Killed Christ).png
October Films and Discovery Networks Europe (2004) (From - the True Horror with Anthony Head episode Vampires).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2001) (From - the Cutting Edge documentary 57 Screaming Kids).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2002) (From - The Real Captain Bligh).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2003) (From - Sotd The Coldest March).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2003) (From - Inside The Mind Of The Suicide Bomber).png
October Films, Special Edition Films, and Channel 4 (2003) (From - Arnold Schwarzenegger Made In Britain).png
October Films and 24 7 (2001) (From - 24 July 2001 Channel 4 airing of an unknown programme).png
October Films (2005) (From - Mary Seacole The Real Angel of the Crimea).png
October Films (2005) (From - The End Of The World As We Know It).png
October Films and Exploration Productions (2004) (From - the Warrior Women episode on Joan of Arc).png
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October Films and Discovery Networks Europe logo (2004) (From - the True Horror with Anthony Head episode Vampires).mp4
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'''Visuals:''' The same logo from before is now colorized with "'''OCTOBER'''" in {{color|#96a9bf|nepal}} and the rest in gray. Additionally, the background is of a white-{{color|#86a0ce|sky blue}} gradient.

'''Variants:'''
*On ''<u>Arnold Schwarzenegger: Made In Britain</u>'', the logo is moved to the left and is accompanied with the Special Edition Films and [[Channel 4 Television|Channel 4 Television]] logos.
*On ''<u>Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ</u>'', "PRODUCTIONS" is replaced with Lodestar Productions' text notice and the copyright notice is that of Channel 4's.
*On ''<u>True Horror with Anthony Head</u>'', the Discovery Networks Europe logo appears underneath the October Films logo with "AN" added above the latter and "FOR" with the former. Discovery Networks' copyright notice also appears on the bottom rather than October Films'.
*On ''<u>The End Of The World As We Know It</u>'', the logo without "PRODUCTIONS" is inside a box and is superimposed within the end credits.
*On ''<u>Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea</u>'', the logo is in a split-screen format with the logo squished and "PRODUCTIONS" removed and a "for Channel 4" text notice added underneath.
*On ''<u>Warrior Women</u>'', the print logo, excluding "PRODUCTIONS", is inside a white box.

'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.

'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the program.
 
'''Audio Variants:''' On ''<u>True Horror with Anthony Head</u>'', a bong sound is heard.

'''Availability:''' 
*Seen on documentaries from this period.
*The normal on-screen variant was seen on ''The Lost Boys of Sudan'' whereas the ones with co-producers was on ''True Horror with Anthony Head'', ''Arnold Schwarzenegger: Made In Britain'', and ''Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ'', among others.
*The superimposed variant can be seen on ''The End of the World As We Know It''.

===3rd Logo (June 1, 2006-2012)===
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October Films (2008) (From - Rude Tube).png
October Films (2008) (From - Restless Flights The Literature of JMG Le Clézio).png
October Films and BBC (2006) (From - Samuel Johnson The Dictionary Man).png
October Films, Taglight Media, and BBC (2009, still) (From - Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry).png
October Films (2008) (From - the Cutting Edge documentary Shannon Matthews The Family's Story).png
October Films (2007) (From - Dirty Dali A Private View).png
October Films (2008, split-screen) (From - The Man Inside Dame Edna).png
October Films (2007) (From - Fighting The Taliban).png
October Films (2008) (From - My Boyfriend The Suffolk Strangler).png
October Films (2010, Bravo logo) (From - PickTV airing of Sun, Sea and A&E S03E01).png
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October Films and Nobel Media logos (2008) (From - Restless Flights The Literature of JMG Le Clézio).mp4
October Films and BBC logo (2006) (From - Samuel Johnson The Dictionary Man).mp4
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'''Visuals:''' Several letters are seen being sucked into a {{color|blue}} electric light with some of them forming the word "'''october'''" in white and a rounded font.

'''Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the logo is <u>still</u>.
*On ''<u>Restless Flights: The Literature of JMG Le Clézio</u>'', the bottom text reads "An October Films Production for Nobel Media".
*On ''<u>Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man</u>'', the logo has a bottom notice reading "an October Films Production".
*On ''<u>Dirty Dali: A Private View</u>'', the logo appears within the split-screen credits of the documentary, is superimposed, and has a top text notice reading
<center>An October Films Production<br>for Channel 4</center>
*Similarly, ''<u>My Boyfriend, The Suffolk Strangler</u>'' has the the text notice on the bottom, with "Production" in lowercase and on the second row rather than the first.
**''The <u>Man Inside Dame Edna</u>'' has a split-screen variant similar to said documentary except the logo is on a black screen. 
**On ''<u>Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry</u>'', the logo is to the left of the Taglight Media logo.
*On season 3 of ''Sun, Sea and A&E'', the logo is black and appears with the 2010-2011 [[Bravo Television|Bravo]] background.

'''Technique:''' Solid 2D animation of the letters falling and the lightning effect.

'''Audio:''' None or the ending theme of the program.

'''Availability:'''
*Documentaries that have this logo include ''Restless Flights: The Literature of JMG Le Clézio'', ''Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man'', ''Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry'', and many more.
*The split-screen variants was seen on ''Dirty Dali: A Private View'', ''My Boyfriend, The Suffolk Strangler'', and ''The Man Inside Dame Edna''.

===4th Logo (2012-2015)===
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October Films and BBC (2012) (From - Tormented Lives).png
October Films and BBC (2015) (From - Caravanner of the Year).png
October Films (2013, split-screen) (From - the Dispatches episode The Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop).png
October Films (2013) (From - Channel 4 HD airing of Rude Tube S06E06).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2015) (From - TV airing of Rude Tube S10E01).png
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October Films and BBC logo (2015) (From - Caravanner of the Year).mp4
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'''Visuals:''' The logo from before, now in {{color|turquoise|turqoise}} slides in letter by letter and then shines.

'''Variants:'''
*On ''<u>Caravanner of the Year</u>'', the logo has a top text notice that reads "An October Films Production".
*On ''<u>Rude Tube</u>'', the logo is superimposed alongside the Channel 4 Television logo at the time.
*On ''Tormented Lives'' and ''Caravanner of the Year'', this logo appears with the 1997 BBC logo.

'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.

'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the program.

'''Availability:'''  It was seen on ''Rude Tube'' seasons 6 to 10, which was where the superimposed variants can be seen, and several documentaries such as ''Tormented Lives'' and ''Caravanner of the Year''.

===5th Logo (2015-July 8, 2022)===
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October Films (2016) (From - 2016 Showreel).png
October Films and BBC (2022) (From - Partygate Inside the Storm with Laura Kuenssberg).png
October Films, Group M Entertainment, and Channel 4 (2015) (From - the first episode of Walking The Himalayas).png
October Films and Channel 4 (2020, Bedordshire & Cornwall) (From - The Mum Who Got Tourette's).png
Channel 5 and October Films (2018) (From - the first episode of How the Victorians Built Britain).png
October Films (2020) (From - HBO Max print of the first episode of First Ladies).png
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October Films logo (2016) (From - 2016 Showreel).mp4
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'''Visuals:''' A white light flies from the left with the previous logo, now slightly altered and more spaced out, fading and zooming out by one letter.

'''Variants:'''
*Most of the time, this logo is <u>stil</u>l.
*As with the previous logos and many other British television logos, it can be paired with <u>other co-producers</u>.
*On ''<u>How the Victorians Built Britain</u>'', a bottom text notice for the company reads
<center><font face=Arial>AN OCTOBER FILMS LTD<br>PRODUCTION<br>FOR CHANNEL 5<br>___________<br>©OCTOBER FILMS LIMITED 2018</font></center>
*On ''<u>First Ladies</u>'', the logo is superimposed within the compressed credits of the show.

'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation or a still, digital graphic.

'''Audio:''' A loud whoosh or the ending theme of the program.

'''Availability:''' 
*The animated variant can be seen on the company's 2016 showreel and ''The Mum Who Got Tourette's''.
*The still variant is the easiest to find and was seen on ''Walking The Himalayas'' and ''How the Victorians Built Britain'', among others.

===6th Logo (2019-2020)===
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Brutal Media and October Films (2020) (From - The End of the Storm).png
Altitude, Brutal Media, October Films, New Black Films, and Sky Original (2020) (From - the end of The End of the Storm).png
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Brutal Media and October Films logo (2020) (From - The End of the Storm).mp4
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the Brutal Media and October Films logos are revealed with an orange-tinted shine before fading in. The latter's logo can be seen sliding down. Then, the formed logos shines again.

'''Variant:''' An <u>in-credit</u> variant exists.

'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.

'''Audio:''' Two dramatic whooshes.

'''Availability:''' It was seen on films and TV shows the company co-produced with Brutal Media such as ''The End of the Storm'' and ''This is Football''.

===7th Logo (October 28, 2022-)===
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October Films (2022) (From - Building The Impossible Oil Rig, capped from SBS On Demand).png
Channel 5, Krempelwood, and October Films (2023) (From - Endurance Race to the Pole with Ben Fogle, capped from the RTVSLO website).png
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'''Visuals:''' It consists of "{{color|red|'''october'''}}" in a normal font. The "{{color|red|'''r'''}}" is made up of a vertical bar and a floating small circle.

'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.

'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the programme.

'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Building The Impossible: Oil Rig'' among more of the company's recent programmes.

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