Medusa Film: Difference between revisions

===Background===  

===1st (known) Logo (1973-1988)===

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|cyan}} background, a silhouette of a head is shown to the left. A light is then turned on over it, revealing that it is a {{color|gold}} sculpture of the head of Medusa. Then, "MEDUSA DISTRIBUZIONE" flips in to the right of the screen in a decorative bronze stone font, and more light is shown on the head and text.

* A scope variant exists, where the text is white and is smaller.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A quaint string theme, followed by an orchestral fanfare.

===2nd Logo (1994-1998)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black/{{color|blue}} gradient background, the {{color|gold|golden}} words "MEDUSA FILM" slide up in the middle. Below it is a mirrored shadow reflecting the text.

===3rd Logo (1996-1997)===

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'''Logo:''' We see a still picture of a logo similar to the 1997 logo. There is a {{color|gold|yellow}} box with a stylized version of Medusa's head inside in {{color|blue}}, with her hair made of several semicircles (representing filmstrips), and her features represented by ovals. The word "{{color|gold|MEDUSA}}" is below, also in {{color|gold|yellow}}. All of this occurs on a shady glaucous {{color|blue}} background.

===4th Logo (late 1998-2008, 2009)===

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'''Logo:''' On a starry background, a {{color|gold}} filmstrip runs across the screen. Then, more {{color|gold}} filmstrips run across the screen, in which they twist and turn in many directions. They eventually form the hair of the Medusa face, and 4 stars flash in to form Medusa's facial features. The Medusa face zooms out and shines, and the {{color|gold}} letters "{{color|gold|MEDUSA}}" fall inside the logo one by one. The words "M O T I O N P I C T U R E" then zoom up from the bottom and hit the bottom of the Medusa logo. The comet flies in from the top of the screen, and to the left of the caption, turning into the letter "E", to form "E M O T I O N P I C T U R E". The logo then flashes and shines. The logo looks similar to before, but the entire logo is in {{color|gold}}, the text being surrounded in {{color|gold}} lines, and the Mediaset logo can be seen on the bottom line.

'''Variant:''' During the logo's early years, the product looks exactly like the previous logo. "EMOTION PICTURE" had a different zooming animation; and the logo brightens.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An uplifting and majestic orchestral fanfare with a few laser zaps. Sometimes silent.

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'''Logo:''' We see a body of water. Then we move up and see two more realistic-looking {{color|gold}} filmstrips moving and flying about on a seascape. The filmstrips stop moving, and we suddenly head up toward the clouds. Then, a faster and enhanced version of the animation in the fourth logo appears, with several differences: the animation is all at once, there is no box, the Medusa looks more stylized (having only its eyes on the logo), the word "MEDUSA" moves up toward the logo, all of it flashes red, and the Mediaset Group logo appears. After this, a halo flashes around the logo, which makes the logo's background black instead of starry, and a evening sky fades in behind it. The logo shines once.

'''Trivia:''' This was designed by Frame by Frame.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A very majestic/uplifting orchestral fanfare that has some elements of the 4th logo's fanfare.

===6th Logo (2017-)===

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'''Logo:''' An enhanced version of the 5th logo. Flying over a body of water, a {{color|gold|golden}} ribbon flies in producing sparkles. While the camera flies upwards, another ribbon comes in and intertwines with the other ribbon (a small light can be seen in the distance). When the ribbon flies upwards into the clouds, the camera goes with it and sparkles follow along. Many more ribbons then appear in the mass and start to form the Medusa hair from the previous few logos, while the letters in "MEDUSA" fade and rotate in one by one. The eyes then flash in with the halo and the byline "MEDIASET GROUP". As it zooms out a bit, the space inside the halo fades to black and the entire logo shines, and the end result is similar to the 5th logo, except that the background is still a cluster of stars.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A mysterious, but beautiful rendition of the 5th logo's music, piano and string instruments being mainly heard, alongside clean shimmers as the lights shine, all done by Smider.

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