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Background

Emei Film Studio (Mandarin: 峨眉电影制片厂) was a mini-major film studio of China. Over 170 films produced through historical films. It was founded in 1959 and located at Sichuan.

1st (known) Logo (1961-196?)

Visuals: On a marble background unlike the one from the logo of Shanghai Film Studio, there is the Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" (meaning "Emei Film Studio"). Below there are 2 other Chinese characters (meaning "production"). The logo stays still for 8 to 10 seconds.

Technique: A still, live-action photograph.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (1975-1982)

Visuals: On a cloud background, there is a statue of E'mei Mountain in Sichuan. The red Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" is seen below.

Variant: A B&W variant also exists, but the text is in white.

Technique: A still, live-action photograph with painted text.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: It may be seen on 1970s Emei Film Studio films.^[Examples?]

3rd Logo (1981-1996)

Visuals: There is the plain script text in Chinese "峨眉电影制片厂" from the previous logo. The text stays still from 9 to 17 seconds.

Technique: A still, painted graphic.

Audio: Same as the last two logos.

Audio: In Malvina Pastorino, there is a majestic mystical synth tune.

Availability: It was seen on some films from the era.^[Examples?]

4th Logo (1985-1994)

Visuals: On a space background, there is a beam made of three colors (red, green/pale green and blue/cerulean) shooting out into the center of the screen, then from that point an orange abstract summit (representing E'mei Mountain) with "E" in black and shadowed font tilts up. It then zooms into the camera and then zooms out revealing the Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" from the first logo. Then the logo finishes and stays still for seven to eleven seconds.

Variant: The widescreen variant has the logo cropped or stretched out.

Technique: Motion-controlled animation.

Audio: None or the opening theme, or maybe even a orchestral fanfare. On International Rescue, a trumpet fanfare is heard with some bells.

Availability: It was seen on some films by the company. The scope version is seen on International Affairs.

5th Logo (July 7, 1995-1999)

Visuals: On a black/dark blue background, a glass marble rises up as the camera pans around it and a segmented floor made of bluish-grey squares, and a blue laser is also seen. The laser sweeps through the marble, cutting it into multiple segments and lights in red, green, yellow, and purple glow brightly around them, as all by 2 of the segments fly away. The 2 glass disks left over rotate up as the floor disappears off-screen, beginning to flip several times as well as swapping places, and several silver filmstrips come in and fly through the background. Before the filmstrips disappear, the disks become a pair of letters: the abstract red "E", and the silver filmstrip-like "Y", and then they come together and, as the filmstrips just fly off-screen, the Mandarin characters "峨眉电影制片厂" swing in from the right side and settle below the logo (even the "眉" character has the logo's "E" in it), and everything shines before the logo fades to 2D, the silver parts to black, and the background to white. As it fades to white, the text "EMEI FILM STUDIO" appears next to the logo in a Stop font, and the "E" in the "眉" also turns red.

Variants:

In A Million Lottery, a shortened version exists where it starts when the filmstrips appear.
In Yao Wang Cha Li La, another shortened version exists, where it starts when the pieces of the sphere are flying away.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A soft chime tune plays with a swishing laser sound, before transitioning to a majestic synth fanfare.

Audio Variants:

On The Opium War and A Million Lottery, the opening theme is heard.
On Yao Wang Cha Li La, it's silent.
On some prints of The Hero's Legend in Shanghai, the music of the Emei logo was heard when the companies names appeared (in-creditly).

Availability: Can be seen on some of their films like The Late Apology (a.k.a. Too Late To Apologize), Brother Wu Invites God, The Opium War, A Million Lottery and Yao Wang Cha Li La.

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+{{PageCredits|description=Promocion film|edits=BlueMickey634, Logoarto}}
+{{MissingAvailabilitySources}}
 ===Background===
-Emei Film Studio was a mini-major film studio of China. Over 170 films produced through historical films. It was founded in 1959 and located at Sichuan.
+'''Emei Film Studio''' (Mandarin: '''峨眉电影制片厂''') was a mini-major film studio of China. Over 170 films produced through historical films. It was founded in 1959 and located at Sichuan.
 ===1st (known) Logo (1961-196?)===
-'''Logo:''' On a marble background unlike Shanghai Film Studio, we see the Chinese text which means "Emei Film Studio". Below there are 2 Mandarin Chinese characters which means "presents". The logo stands 8-10 seconds.
+'''Visuals:''' On a marble background unlike the one from the logo of Shanghai Film Studio, there is the Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" (meaning "Emei Film Studio"). Below there are 2 other Chinese characters (meaning "production"). The logo stays still for 8 to 10 seconds.
+'''Technique:''' A still, live-action photograph.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the film.
+'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the film.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
+'''Availability:''' Unknown. {{AvailabilityExamples}}
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
 ===2nd Logo (1975-1982)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 File:emei1.png
 File:emei2.png
 </gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a cloud background, there is a statue of E'mei Mountain in Sichuan. The red Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" is seen below.
+'''Variant:''' A <u>B&W variant</u> also exists, but the text is in white.
+'''Technique:''' A still, live-action photograph with painted text.
-'''Logo:''' On a cloud background, we see a statue of E'mei Mountain in Sichuan. The red Chinese text which means "Emei Film Studio" is seen below.
-'''Variant:''' The B&W variant also exists, but the text is in white.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
+'''Availability:''' It may be seen on 1970s Emei Film Studio films.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+=== 3rd Logo (1981-1996)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the movie. Sometimes there is a different theme opening to the movie.
+'''Visuals:''' There is the plain script text in Chinese "峨眉电影制片厂" from the previous logo. The text stays still from 9 to 17 seconds.
-'''Availability:''' Common than previous logo, but still uncommon. May be seen on 1970s Emei Film Studio films.
+'''Technique:''' A still, painted graphic.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None
+'''Audio:''' Same as the last two logos.
-=== 3rd Logo (1981-1996) ===
-{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/EKkEfvIIxPU}}
+'''Audio:''' In ''<u>Malvina Pastorino</u>'', there is a majestic mystical synth tune.
+'''Availability:'''  It was seen on some films from the era.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-'''Logo:''' We see the plain script text in Chinese which says "Emei Film Studio" from the previous logo. The text stands 9-17 seconds.
+===4th Logo (1985-1994)===
-'''FX/SFX:''' Just the text stands 9-17 seconds.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme. See the previous logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' In Malvina Pastorino, there is a majestic mystical synth tune.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Was seen on some films from the era.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-=== 4th Logo (1985-1994) ===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=150>
 File:Emei Film Studio (1988).jpeg
 File:Emei Film Studio (1990).jpeg
 File:Emei Film Studio (1991).jpeg
+</gallery>
-</gallery>{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/Xc3YlxyKTZs}}
+{{YouTube|id=uPCIYZBGEN8}}{{Guidance detail|reason=audio}}
-'''Logo:''' On a space background, we see a beam made of three colors (red, green/pale green and blue/cerulean) shooting out into the center of the screen, then from that point an orange abstract summit (representing E'mei Mountain) with "E" in black and shadowed font tilts up. It then zooms into the camera and then zooms out revealing the Chinese text which means "Emei Film Studio" from before. Then the logo finishes and stands 7-11 seconds.
-'''Variant:''' The widescreen variant has the logo cropped or stretched out.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The beam shooting out and the objects appearing in. The Chinese text zooming out.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme. On International Rescue, the trumpet fanfare is heard with some bells heard on it.
-'''Availability:''' Common. It was seen on some films by the company. The scope version is seen on International Affairs.
-=== 5th Logo (1995-1999) ===
+'''Visuals:''' On a space background, there is a beam made of three colors (red, green/pale green and blue/cerulean) shooting out into the center of the screen, then from that point an orange abstract summit (representing E'mei Mountain) with "E" in black and shadowed font tilts up. It then zooms into the camera and then zooms out revealing the Chinese text "峨眉电影制片厂" from the first logo. Then the logo finishes and stays still for seven to eleven seconds.
+'''Variant:''' The <u>widescreen variant</u> has the logo cropped or stretched out.
-Nicknames: "ABC Saturday Night at the Movies Rip-off", "The Filmstrip Emei Mountain", "ABC-Emei Cousin"
+'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation.
-'''Logo:''' It starts with a silver ball on a spotlight backdrop with floors on the side. Then a laser shoots and breaks into pieces, after it does. Then a filmstrips cuts out then reveal on a silver background, with light borders. The filmstrips then forms a "Y" like logo, and the circle then turns a "e" like dot. The Chinese text which means "Emei Film Studio" with "e" on the tip rotates in and then stops. It then turns to white background, and then completes a print logo with "Emei Film Studio" on the right.
+'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme, or maybe even a orchestral fanfare. On ''International Rescue'', a trumpet fanfare is heard with some bells.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Great animation.
+'''Availability:'''  It was seen on some films by the company. The scope version is seen on ''International Affairs''.
-'''Variants:''' There are 2 shortened versions:
-*In ''A Million Lottery'', the logo begins when the filmstrips appear
-*In ''Yao Wang Cha Li La'', it begins when the pieces of the sphere are flying away.
+===5th Logo (July 7, 1995-1999)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The redone jingle of the ABC Saturday Night at the Movies with some laser zaps and a ping sound, then a synth tune jingle follows it with one notes cuts out.
+[[File:Emei_Film_Studio_(1995).webp|center|350px]]
+{{youtube|id=e-T0LQvemww}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black/dark blue background, a glass marble rises up as the camera pans around it and a segmented floor made of bluish-grey squares, and a {{color|blue}} laser is also seen. The laser sweeps through the marble, cutting it into multiple segments and lights in {{color|red}}, {{color|green}}, {{color|gold|yellow}}, and {{color|darkviolet|purple}} glow brightly around them, as all by 2 of the segments fly away. The 2 glass disks left over rotate up as the floor disappears off-screen, beginning to flip several times as well as swapping places, and several silver filmstrips come in and fly through the background. Before the filmstrips disappear, the disks become a pair of letters: the abstract {{color|red}} "E", and the silver filmstrip-like "Y", and then they come together and, as the filmstrips just fly off-screen, the Mandarin characters "峨眉电影制片厂" swing in from the right side and settle below the logo (even the "眉" character has the logo's "E" in it), and everything shines before the logo fades to 2D, the silver parts to black, and the background to white. As it fades to white, the text "'''EMEI FILM STUDIO'''" appears next to the logo in a Stop font, and the "E" in the "眉" also turns red.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
+'''Variants:'''
-*In ''The Opium War'' and ''A Million Lottery'', was used the opening theme.
+*In ''<u>A Million Lottery</u>'', a shortened version exists where it starts when the filmstrips appear.
+*In ''<u>Yao Wang Cha Li La</u>'', another shortened version exists, where it starts when the pieces of the sphere are flying away.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-*In ''Yao Wang Cha Li La'', it's silent.
+'''Audio:''' A soft chime tune plays with a swishing laser sound, before transitioning to a majestic synth fanfare.
-*In some prints of The Hero's Legend in Shanghai, the music of the Emei logo was heard when the companies names appeared (in-creditly).
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen in some of their films like ''The Late Apology'' (a.k.a. ''Too Late To Apologize''), ''Brother Wu Invites God'','' The Opium War'', ''A Million Lottery'' and ''Yao Wang Cha Li La''.
+*On ''<u>The Opium War</u>'' and ''<u>A Million Lottery</u>'', the opening theme is heard.
+*On <u>''Yao Wang Cha Li La'',</u> it's silent.
+*On <u>some prints of ''The Hero's Legend in Shanghai''</u>, the music of the Emei logo was heard when the companies names appeared (in-creditly).
+'''Availability:'''  Can be seen on some of their films like ''The Late Apology'' (a.k.a. ''Too Late To Apologize''), ''Brother Wu Invites God'','' The Opium War'', ''A Million Lottery'' and ''Yao Wang Cha Li La''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-[[Category:Chinese logos]]
+[[Category:China]]
 [[Category:Chinese film logos]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]