Producciones Matouk S.A.

Credits

Compiled by
Cattotld and Tabit

Background

Producciones Matouk, S.A. was the production company of Mexican film producer Antonio Matouk.

Matouk Films, S.A.

Contents 1st Logo (10 February-September 20, 1956) 2nd Logo (25 April-23 October 1957)

Producciones Matouk, S.A.

Contents   (20 April 1961-1984)

Matouk Films, S.A.

1st Logo (10 February-September 20, 1956)

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Logo: It starts with a picture of a mountain fading in. The company's name "Matouk Films S.A." in cursive and in a stacked format fades in against the picture not so long after.

Variant: On El Inocente, "presenta a" is seen underneath the company name.

Technique: Fading effects.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic trumpet fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variant: Los Gavilanes uses the film's opening theme.

Availability: Seen on Los Gavilanes and El Inocente.

2nd Logo (25 April-23 October 1957)

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Logo: Another picture of a mountain is shown with "Matouk Films S.A." in red, having a shadow underneath it. "Presenta" in a handwritten format is seen underneath.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic orchestral fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variant: Pablo y Carolina uses the film's opening theme.

Availability: Seen on Pablo y Carolina and Tizoc (Amor Indio).

Producciones Matouk, S.A.

(20 April 1961-1984)

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Logo: On a black background, there is an outlined quadrilateral comprising of 4 overlapping white lines with "producciones" sitting on top, "Matouk, s.a." sitting within the quadrilateral, and "presenta a" sitting on the bottom-right side of the screen.

Variants:

• In-credit variants exist there the outline has no color filled within it.
  • The logo on Las aventuras de Juliancito is colored white. "presenta" is seen in a serif font.
  • On El coyote emplumado, the logo abruptly appears against a purple drawing of an ancient Aztec temple against a red background. "presenta" is seen in serif typeface.
  • On La india María, the logo is colored yellow.
  • The logo takes place on a black background on Un hombre llamado el diablo.
• A custom variant was seen on Sexo y Crimen where copies of a solidified version of the quadrilateral are appearing on random parts of the screen five times, changing its color from yellow to blue, to dark blue, to purple, and back to yellow, sitting on the far left. "Producciones" appears above the quadrilateral, followed by "MATOUK, s.a." with a white outline appearing against the quadrilateral, and lastly a small "Presenta a" appearing on the bottom-right.

Technique: Mainly none. The custom variant uses stop-motion.

Music/Sounds: The film's opening theme or none.

Availability: Rare.

• The standard variants were seen on El duende y yo, Suicídate mi amor, Guantes de oro, Tlayucan, Cuanto vale tu hijo, Tiburoneros, and Un hombre llamado el diablo.
• The in-credit variants were seen on Las aventuras de Juliancito, Un hombre llamado el diablo, El coyote emplumado, and La India María.
• The custom variant was only seen on Sexo y Crimen.