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{{Distinguish|Studio Ramsay|Studio Ramsay Global}}
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===Background===
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'''Ramsay Films''' was an Indian film company founded by brothers Shyam and Tulsi '''Ramsay''', specializing in horror movies. Shyam Ramsay is credited with pioneering the horror film industry in India with this company.


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|Ramsay1972.png|1st Logo (December 30, 1972)
|Ramsay1972.png|1st Logo (December 30, 1972)
|Ramsay Films.png|2nd Logo (August 1, 1975-January 21, 1978)
|Ramsay Films.png|2nd Logo (April 8, 1975-January 21, 1978)
|Screenshot_2022-04-26_211855.png|3rd Logo (1979-June 1, 1990)
|Ramsay Movies.png|3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)
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|Ramsay Movies.png|4th Logo (May 3, 1991)
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===Background===
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Ramsay Films was an Indian film company founded by brothers Shyam and Tulsi '''Ramsay''', specializing in horror movies. Shyam Ramsay is credited with pioneering the horror film industry in India with this company.


===1st Logo (December 30, 1972)===
===1st Logo (December 30, 1972)===
[[File:Ramsay1972.png|center|250px]]
[[File:Ramsay1972.png|center|300px]]
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{{YouTube|id=GCY7V8NjIJ0}}


'''Logo:''' On a foggy {{color|red}} background, there's a sculpture of a woman trying to escape from a man. Above it, there is curved text (in the form of an arch): "RAMSAY FILMS". The camera zooms out and the sculpture is fully revealed along with the rest of the background, which is a sunset.
'''Visuals:''' On a foggy red background, there's a sculpture of a woman trying to escape from a man. Above it, there is curved text (in the form of an arch): "'''RAMSAY FILMS'''". The camera zooms out and the sculpture is fully revealed along with the rest of the background, which is a sunset.


'''Trivia:''' The statue used in the logo is "The Rape of Proserpina" by Gianlorenzo Bernini, depicting the abduction of Proserpina by the Roman god of hell Pluto.
'''Trivia:''' The statue used in the logo is "The Rape of Proserpina" by Gianlorenzo Bernini, depicting the abduction of Proserpina by the Roman god of hell Pluto.


'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation is used for the zooming effect. The other graphics shown are live-action with the text being a hand-drawn graphic.
'''FX/SFX:''' The zoom out.


'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
'''Audio:''' None.


'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche''.
'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche''.


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===2nd Logo (April 8, 1975-January 21, 1978)===
'''Editor's Note:''' The statue may be off-putting, but it's mostly a beautiful logo with the sunset.

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===2nd Logo (August 1, 1975-January 21, 1978)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a sunset background, the statue from the previous logo appears from the right and moves to the left side of the screen. Right after the statue stops moving, "{{color|crimson|{{font|Arial Black|RAMSAY FILMS}}}}" appears with a moving {{color|red|blood-red}} color to it.
'''Nicknames:''' "Sunset/Statue From H---", "Statue of Final Judgement", "Stop! Hey! What's That Sound?", "Caesar disapproves of this statue!", "The Statue in the Sunset", "[[Ismail Production (Pakistan)|Ismail Productions]] of India"


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'''Variant:''' On ''Darwaza'', the text instead says "{{color|gold|{{font|Impact|RAMSAY BROTHERS'}}}}" and is plain gold.
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'''Logo:''' On a sunset background, the statue from the previous logo appears from the right and moves to the left side of the screen. Right after the statue stops moving, "{{color|crimson|RAMSAY FILMS}}" appears with a moving {{color|red|blood-red}} color to it.


'''Technique:''' Sliding effects combined with live-action (for the text effect in ''Andhera'').
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'''Variant:''' On ''Darwaza'', the text instead says "{{color|yellow|RAMSAY BROTHERS'}}" and is plain {{color|yellow}}.


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'''Audio:''' The howl of a wolf, with two bangs of a drum and a kind of roar from a panther. After this, there are more drums pounding along with another roar of a panther, with another howl of a wolf. There is the sound of a horn playing throughout.
'''FX/SFX:''' The statue appearing and moving, the text appearing, the color moving in the text.


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'''Audio Trivia:''' The music in this logo is heard at the beginning of ''Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche''.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The howl of a wolf, with two bangs of a drum and a kind of roar from a panther. After this, there are more drums pounding along with another roar of a panther, with another howl of a wolf. There is the sound of a horn playing throughout.


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'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''Andhera'' and ''Darwaza''.
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'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The music in this logo is heard at the beginning of ''Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche''.


'''Legacy:''' It is widely considered one of the scariest Indian logos by the community due to the dark atmosphere, the statue and the loud audio. However, as this is a horror company, this was likely intentional.
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'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''Andhera'' and ''Darwaza,'' which are all horror movies.


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===3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)===
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is known to be infamous among the logo community for the off-putting statue from the previous logo, dark atmosphere, sounds (especially the extremely loud panther roars) and the bloody text in the original version. However, the scariness of it is likely intentional, considering that it appeared on horror films.
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[[File:Ramsay Movies.png|center|300px]]

===3rd Logo (1979-June 1, 1990)===
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'''Logo:''' An in-credit logo, where we see the producer's name "F. U. RAMSAY PRESENTS" against either the opening scene of the movie or a superimposed background, and then the company name appears depending on the film:

*''Aur Kaun?'' and ''Dahshat'': "RAMSAY PICTURES"
*''Tahkhana'': "RAMSAY INTERNATIONAL"
*''Shaitani Ilaaka'': "RAMSAY MOVIES"
*''Bandh Darwaza'': "RAMSAY FILMS COMBINE"
*''Kali Ganga'': "RAMSAY MOTION PICTURES"

'''FX/SFX:''' Depending on the film, but normally the text fades in and out or pops out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the movie.

'''Availability:''' Seen on films from this period, starting with ''Aur Kaun?'' and lastly with ''Kali Ganga''.

'''Editor's Note:''' Although intentional like with the 2nd logo, the ''Bandh Darwaza'' version is one of the scariest (in-credit) Indian logos, thanks to the imagery of the vampire, darkness, the lightning (the stock lightning from the [[Bahry Films (India)|Bahry Films]] logo), and the blood.

===4th Logo (May 3, 1991)===
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[[File:Ramsay Movies.png|center|250px]]
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{{Youtube|id=uOO6LsGxcJ4}}


'''Logo:''' On a space background with a galaxy on the leftwards side of the screen, including a starfield which shines rapidly, we see a cyan, white-striped square, with a red Christian cross with the white crescent-and-star emblem and a white Om symbol on it, and the texts "R-M" on green-yellow, the text "RAMSAY" on its black shadow and in the bottom of it, the text "MOVIES", zooming right at us. It stops at the middle of the screen and then zooms out and goes out of the screen, leaving only the background, causing the logo to cut.
'''Visuals:''' On a space background with a galaxy on the leftwards side of the screen, including a starfield which shines rapidly, there is a cyan, white-striped square, with a red Christian cross with the white crescent-and-star emblem and a white Om symbol on it, and the texts "<span style="font-size: 14px; color: white; -webkit-text-stroke: 0.25px black; background:linear-gradient(180deg,#9eff00,#fffb00,#fffb00); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">'''{{font|Impact|R-M}}'''</span>" on {{color|#9eff00|green}}-yellow, the text "<span style="background:linear-gradient(#ffffff,#ffffff,#fffb00,#ffac00); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">{{font|Eurostile Black|RAMSAY}}</span>" on its black shadow and in the bottom of it, the text "{{font|Eurostile Black|MOVIES}}", zooming right at us. It stops at the middle of the screen and then zooms out and goes out of the screen, leaving only the background, causing the logo to cut.


'''Technique:''' Cel animation combined with chroma-keyed animation.
'''FX/SFX:''' The starfield shining and the striped square zooming in and out.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Some ascending and at the same time beeping sounds and an alert long-beep repeat, all in conjoint with a loud drumroll and a very loud synth whoosh (to the point of being titanic)
'''Audio:''' Some ascending and at the same time beeping sounds and an alert long-beep repeat, all in conjoint with a loud drumroll and a very loud synth whoosh (to the point of being titanic).


'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Aakhri Cheekh''.
'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Aakhri Cheekh''.


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'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is tamer than the 2nd logo, thanks to its calmer atmosphere and the rather tame design of the logo, though the animation on the logo sliding is very rough.
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 29 September 2024

Not to be confused with Studio Ramsay or Studio Ramsay Global.

Background

Ramsay Films was an Indian film company founded by brothers Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, specializing in horror movies. Shyam Ramsay is credited with pioneering the horror film industry in India with this company.


Contents

1st Logo (December 30, 1972) 2nd Logo (April 8, 1975-January 21, 1978) 3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)
1st Logo (December 30, 1972) 2nd Logo (April 8, 1975-January 21, 1978) 3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)


1st Logo (December 30, 1972)


Visuals: On a foggy red background, there's a sculpture of a woman trying to escape from a man. Above it, there is curved text (in the form of an arch): "RAMSAY FILMS". The camera zooms out and the sculpture is fully revealed along with the rest of the background, which is a sunset.

Trivia: The statue used in the logo is "The Rape of Proserpina" by Gianlorenzo Bernini, depicting the abduction of Proserpina by the Roman god of hell Pluto.

Technique: Camera-controlled animation is used for the zooming effect. The other graphics shown are live-action with the text being a hand-drawn graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen only on Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche.

2nd Logo (April 8, 1975-January 21, 1978)



Visuals: On a sunset background, the statue from the previous logo appears from the right and moves to the left side of the screen. Right after the statue stops moving, "RAMSAY FILMS" appears with a moving blood-red color to it.

Variant: On Darwaza, the text instead says "RAMSAY BROTHERS'" and is plain gold.

Technique: Sliding effects combined with live-action (for the text effect in Andhera).

Audio: The howl of a wolf, with two bangs of a drum and a kind of roar from a panther. After this, there are more drums pounding along with another roar of a panther, with another howl of a wolf. There is the sound of a horn playing throughout.

Audio Trivia: The music in this logo is heard at the beginning of Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche.

Availability: Only seen on Andhera and Darwaza.

Legacy: It is widely considered one of the scariest Indian logos by the community due to the dark atmosphere, the statue and the loud audio. However, as this is a horror company, this was likely intentional.

3rd Logo (May 3, 1991)


Visuals: On a space background with a galaxy on the leftwards side of the screen, including a starfield which shines rapidly, there is a cyan, white-striped square, with a red Christian cross with the white crescent-and-star emblem and a white Om symbol on it, and the texts "R-M" on green-yellow, the text "RAMSAY" on its black shadow and in the bottom of it, the text "MOVIES", zooming right at us. It stops at the middle of the screen and then zooms out and goes out of the screen, leaving only the background, causing the logo to cut.

Technique: Cel animation combined with chroma-keyed animation.

Audio: Some ascending and at the same time beeping sounds and an alert long-beep repeat, all in conjoint with a loud drumroll and a very loud synth whoosh (to the point of being titanic).

Availability: Seen only on Aakhri Cheekh.

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