Zoke Culture

Credits

Captures by
Camenati, n0ah

Video captures courtesy of
TLMA V1.0, n0ah

Background

Zoke Culture was the largest home video distributor in China, having access to 100000 outlets around the country. In 2006, 20th Century Home Entertainment would sign a deal with the company to challenge China's pirate video distributors.

1st Logo (1998-2001)

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Visuals: Over a zooming-in starfield with various colorful spheres shown, a blue letter "Z" having segments behind it and a rounded cut-out in the right flies in from the right with three purple nozzles behind it, later flying off-screen. The letter zoon flies in from the lower-left portion while leaving colorful rays and facing the top, later facing the screen as the rays die down and the background shatters. A red dot zooms out to the cut-out, and an orange wavy line brightens up below to leave light rays, later abruptly changing to the silver text "中凱音像". The background fades to yellow, as the "Z" letter and the text fade to black.

Variants: A slowed down version exists.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The end of the Fitto Mobile Laser Distribution Co. Ltd. audio, accompanied with whooshes, a boom and sparkles.

Availability: Seen on karaoke and art VCDs, like Chinese Calligraphy of Ancient Poems.

2nd Logo (2001-2003)

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Visuals: Over a huge wave splashing footage with a bird flying across the screen, the logomark from before in a glass structure having the text "ZOKE CULTURE" underneath rises up and zooms out to the top later.

Variant: Sometimes, 2 copies of the text "荣誉出品" would slide in from the left & right and collide below.

Technique: Live-action with video editing.

Audio: The sound of waves crashing accompanied by a seagull sound, followed by a majestic orchestral fanfare. An announcer is heard sometimes.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

3rd Logo (2003-)

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Visuals: The sequence starts off with several steel objects sliding away, opening a footage of the water rippling along with two rings made out of copies of the white "ZOKE CULTURE" text zooming in, as well as the logomark in gray later. The screen flashes, revealing the logomark being on a blue gradient background along with several copies of the text from before, with one of them leaving light rays and the camera panning around them. The footages fades to an "O" letter on a close-up facing the screen along with the white text in the center leaving light rays and copies of the text shown "unfolding" in various places of the screen. 3 copies of the logomark (with the dot being red) later zoom out while fading in. The footage fades to a water droplet falling into a pool of water, as the silver text "中科文化" with the text "ZOKE CULTURE" below zooms in and leaves light rays.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A majestic orchestral fanfare accompanied by a clang, whooshes, a descending laser zap and a water droplet sound effect.

Availability: Seen on the Chinese version of Kiki’s Delivery Service and other films.