Xi'an Film Studio

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Background: Xi'an Film Studio was a Chinese production company.

1st (known) Logo (1976)

Logo: On a sky background with some monuments and temples of Xi'an. We see a statue made of brown marble. The red text translates to "Xi'an Film Studio" is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A peaceful extended fanfare.

Availability: Rare. May be seen on 1976-78 Xi'an films.

Editor's Note: None.


2nd Logo (1975-1981?)

Logo: On a red background, the Chinese characters from the last logo is in a generic font with "Xi'an Dianying Zhipianchang" in a capital letters.

Variants:

  • Sometimes the background is orange or black depending on the film.
  • On rare cases, the picture of pagoda is seen and the background is green.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo. On other films it's silent.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on 1975-1981 Mainland China films by the company.

Editor's Note: TBA


3rd Logo (1980's?)

Logo: We see a three horses riding a wheel on a red background with pedestal. The chinese text and english text appears below. Then, the statue continues to moving.

Variant: The rare 1986 version use a gold Chinese text and statue does not moving.

FX/SFX: The statue moving.

Music/Sounds: 3 gong notes.

Availability: Very rare, Seen on a few movies.

Editor's Note: TBA.


4th Logo (Mid 1980s)

Logo: Superimposed over a screen is a Chinese text in a sealed font. We see the company name just appearing over the frame.

Variant: Ballad of the Yellow River has a white background with lion standing on a filmed pedestal. The "XI'AN FILM STUDLO" is seen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Common. Seen on 80's Mainland print of Ballad of the Yellow River. Also, seen on Life (1984) and Old Well (1986).

Editor's Note: It's kinda funny that a rather unexpecting typo is seen on the Ballad of the Yellow River variant, the typo is that "STUDIO" is misspelled as "STUDLO"


5th Logo (1991-1993)

Logo: On a black background, the same Chinese text from the 2nd and 4th logo is seen with the English text in an Arial Narrow font. The screen stands 7 seconds.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.


6th Logo (1992)

Logo: On a red background, we see a Chinese text "Liaoning Film Studio / Xi'an Film Studio" in white Chinese script font seen below. Then fades to a supporting company text.

FX/SFX: None

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Only appeared on "爷儿俩开歌厅".

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