Odesa Film Studio

Credits

Descriptions by
EnormousRat and AlmightyKingPrawn

Captures by
Logoarto and AlmightyKingPrawn

Video captures courtesy of
Peakpasha

Background

Odesa Film Studio (Ukrainian: Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів, Russian: Одесская киностудия; also spelled in English as Odessa Film Studio) is one of the oldest Soviet film studios. It was founded by M.Grossman as Kino-Atelier Mirograph in 1907 and got its current name in 1938. It was evacuated during WWII and returned to work only in 1954. The studio remains a major production unit in Ukraine and one of two remaining film development services (the others being Dovzhenko Film Studio and now-demised Yalta Studio). Their logo showing the copper ship has been one of the best known trademarks in the USSR.

Odesa Film Studio (first era)

Contents 1st Logo (July 30, 1969-1992) 2nd Logo (February 1989)

Odesa Film & Video Studio

Contents   (October 30, 1992-1994)

Odesa Film Studio (second era)

Contents 1st Logo (June 29, 1995-2009) 2nd Logo (2018-)

Odesa Film Studio (first era)

1st Logo (July 30, 1969-1992)

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Visuals: On a blue (or other sea-color) background, there is a copper yacht and the two curved words ОДЕССКАЯ and КИНОСТУДИЯ around the vessel. The Ukraine version is mostly the same but with the words ОДЕСЬКА and КІНОСТУДІЯ around the vessel in Ukrainian.

Variants:

• In its early years, the yacht would zoom in, followed by the text fading in.
• Sometimes, the text would be in a different typeface.

Technique: Live action combined with 2D animation. This was designed by Vsevolod Vladimirovich Schlemov.

Audio: Two bell tolls from the yacht were heard.

Availability: Can be seen on Внимание, цунами!, Третье Измерение, 4:0 в пользу Танечки, Просто ужас!, Отряд особого назначения and other films distributed by the company.

Legacy: It's a popular logo among Ukranians.

2nd Logo (February 1989)

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Visuals: Fading on a black background, there is a red circle enclosing a shiny white model of a differently styled yacht facing forward with the company's name in Russian and bolded in white and in a stacked format sitting below, all with a flash appearing for a spit second. The ship slowly turns to the left while it emits various bright shines, stopping when it fully faces left.

Technique: Live-action model work.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seeon on Узник замка Иф.

Odesa Film & Video Studio

Logo (October 30, 1992-1994)

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Visuals: On a black background, a model of the Golden Duke is illuminated from behind, followed by its front. The model zooms out towards the left and rests there. Following this is an outlined vertical white box, appearing through a flash. Next to the box is "одеська кіно відео студія" in a stacked format.

Variants:

• There is an early variant. Here, the Golden Duke statue does not move in and is fixed on its intended position. The glow on the box is left intact in the end and each individual word wipe in at a more delayed rate.
• The next year, the text is displayed in its Russian translation.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: None.

Audio Variant: On Трень-брень, the bell toll from the 1st Odesa Film Studio logo is heard when the box flashes.

Availability: Seen on several films from this timespan, which includes Голос травы for the Ukrainian variant.

• The early variant appeared on Хочу вашего мужа and Ребёнок к ноябрю.
• The Russian variant is seen on Дикая любовь and Трень-брень.

Odesa Film Studio (second era)

1st Logo (June 29, 1995-2009)

Visuals: On a black background, two beams of light merge, flashing into a gradient blue background with a CGI version of the yacht as the company name in its usual position fades in. The flags of the yacht wave.

Technique: 2D and CGI.

Audio: None.

Availability: May be seen on films from this period starting with Без нашийника and Ворожея being one of the last films to use this logo.

2nd Logo (2018-)

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Visuals: On a cloudy night with a full moon, the screen pans to the right across the ocean as a blue light also moves to the right diagonally from the sky. A shoreline is seen, which has a lighthouse with a rotating light similar to the logo for Castle Rock. The blue light arcs around and joins with the light of the lighthouse, where it is revealed that it is in fact the yacht, flying and glowing blue. The yacht lightly hits the water, causing small ripples instead of the huge splash one would likely expect. The yacht floats as the screen zooms out. A blue and white compass, with north marked in red, appears around the yacht, as the background zooms away and the yacht turns less detailed and all yellow. The white text "ODESA FILM STUDIO" zooms out below in a glow of blue light.

Variant: In 2019, a 100th anniversary variant was used, with the text "SINCE 1919" appearing alongside and below "ODESA FILM STUDIO".

Trivia: This was directed by Yuri Grinevich, the head of animation.

Technique: CGI by Odesa Animation Studios.

Audio: Composed by Eduard Tsiselsky, there is a "magical" twinkly theme, which turns more dramatic when the yacht lands on the water. We end with the famous two bell tolls.

Availability: Can be seen on recent releases such as Великий комбинатор, Реалист, and Маэстро.