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*A blue background variant exists, it's unknown where it was taken from. | *A blue background variant exists, it's unknown where it was taken from. | ||
*A brighter variant exists, it's also unknown where it was taken from. | *A brighter variant exists, it's also unknown where it was taken from. | ||
*Some film prints have the logo highly distorted to fit the entire screen. The inverted version also falls under this. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The Scanimate merging effect, which is similar to the Marvel Productions logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' The Scanimate merging effect, which is similar to the Marvel Productions logo. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Spinning ☆E", "Rotating ☆E" | '''Nicknames:''' "Spinning ☆E", "Rotating ☆E" | ||
'''Logo:''' Over a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, | '''Logo:''' Over a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, 2 large white pieces, consisting of a large white E with a triangle cote-out, and a strange-looking "C" zoom out while rotating clockwise. They slowly move together during this, in which they meet up to form the Embassy logo, a boldface "E" in Futura Medium Bold BT extended to feature a star cut-out. The text "'''EMBASSY'''PICTURES" in the same font as the logo, fades in underneath, as well as a registered trademark symbol under it. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This logo was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York, who also designed the 1984 PBS logo. | '''Trivia:''' This logo was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York, who also designed the 1984 PBS logo. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*Starting in 1984, the logo appears without the "EMBASSY PICTURES" text and the registered trademark symbol | *Starting in 1984, the logo appears without the "EMBASSY PICTURES" text and the registered trademark symbol is shifted to the logo. This is when the film division was referred to as "Embassy Films Associates". | ||
* | *Depending on the film, the color of the blue background may differ, and the "☆E" may be gray. | ||
* | *Some films lack the registered trademark symbol. | ||
*Current prints of ''This is Spinal Tap'' have the colors highly saturated, making it resemble the Embassy Television logo. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The spinning of the "☆E" and the text fading in. | '''FX/SFX:''' The spinning of the "☆E" and the text fading in. | ||