Roundtable Film and Video
Logo descriptions by: NitroG
Editions by: NitroG
Background: Roundtable Film and Video (Formerly Roundtable Productions) was a American Educational Company based in Beverly Hills, California, that lasted from something in the 1950s to sometime in 1990s.
Roundtable Productions
1st Known Logo (1962?-1970?)
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: The circles disappearing In a random order.
Music/Sounds: Some Xylophone noice
Variant: there’s a variant without the giant R in the middle
Availability: Extinct, Seen on their films from the time.
Editors Note: TBA
2nd Known Logo (1970?-198?)
Logo: The logo starts with "ROUNDTABLE PRODUCTIONS" stacked and in white on a black background, then the colored circles start popping up around the text in a clockwise direction. The text fades out and "presents" fades in. The closing is the same but backwards.
FX/SFX: The circles popping up
Music/Sounds: A flute like soundtrack
Availability: Extinct, Likely seen on films from the time.
Editors Note: TBA
Roundtable Film and Video
1st Known Logo (1984?-19??)
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Nicknames: "Rainbow Disks"
Logo: Centered on a black background is a leveled circular platform, outlined in a bluish gray. Then one by one, disks of various colors come flying from the top of the screen onto the western portion of the platform (in order: magenta, hot pink, red, scarlet, orange,yellow, lime, chartreuse, green, sea green, teal, cyan, sky blue, blue, indigo, purple). They circle around the center continuously while the platform changes its angle to face the screen. In the center appear the words (in yellow) ROUNDTABLE FILM & VIDEO. The logo then fades out.
Variant: The only footage that exists is filmed, but a videotaped version might exist too.
FX/SFX: The disks flying and circling. Excellent CGI animation for the time.
Music/Sounds: A synth accompanied with a series of whooshes when the disks fly onto the platform, followed by a series of chimes when the text appears. It sounds warped but it's likely from film deterioration.
Availability: Extremely Rare, Seen on films from the time.
Editor's Note: The dark background with the animation could bother a few (combined with the warped audio if the logo is filmed), but it's a great logo nonetheless.
