Bryanston Pictures: Difference between revisions

<u>Logo:</u> Against a black background, two yellow letters "BP" zoom out. Then, we see a series of small multicolored lines waver in the center, followed by a yellow multilined cross shape with the same "BP" in the middle, which leaves several multicolored residue trails. Then, the cross shape shifts a little taller while "'''BRYANSTON'''" and "'''PICTURES'''" in Eurostile Bold Extended in yellow appear above and below, respectively. Then, all of a sudden, they dissolve, and forms the word "'''PRESENTS'''" in the same font, also in yellow.

*A rare version exists where the background is blue and the logo is white, either intentional or film deterioration. Also, "PICTURES" is barely visible.

<u>Music/Sounds:</u> A series of random, warbly synth-like sounds produced by a Moog synthesizer: starts with an ascending whoosh, then descending beeping sounds, a loud descending chirp, an array of fast-paced ominous music with a sound that resembles the descending voices of the THX Deep Note, then warbly sounds that end with a droning synth hum and continuous synth beats and chirps. On ''Lord Shango'' and ''The Black Gestapo'', drumming can be heard under the logo.

<u>Availability:</u> Near extinction. Appeared on films such as ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', ''The Devil's Rain'', Bruce Lee's ''Return of the Dragon'', Andy Warhol's ''Dracula'' and Andy Warhol's ''Frankenstein''. All current DVD releases and TV prints of these films plaster this logo over or go straight to the opening scene; the VCI VHS of ''Dark Star'' also skips this logo. It does, however, appear on the United Home Video VHS, the UK Fabulous Films Blu-ray release of ''Dark Star'', and the Goodtimes DVD release of ''Return of the Dragon''. Interestingly, most recent versions of the latter under the title ''Way of the Dragon'' utilize Golden Harvest's "international" print featuring the 1978 GH logo at the front (the previous CBS/FOX laserdisc and the 2001 DVD release feature the GH logo with a blue background and the Bryanston fanfare underneath!).