A.D. Matalon (Israel)

1st Logo (Late 1970's-Mid 1980's)
Nicknames : "The Matalon Circle" "Zebra-Styled Circle"

Logo : On a red background, a white circle zooms in, with a Hebrew letter appearing in on a different style, till it repeats 2 times with a different Hebrew letter. Another white circle zooms in, forming an outlined circle containing 5 arch-like shapes. 3 Hebrew letters appear by each letter. Hebrew text is being wiped in, which is the company's name. Another italic Hebrew text "Presents" is being wiped in below. The whole logo disappears.

Variant : Releases from Globus Group/United King Video contains the logo flying over, all in pink, after the logo is complete, the logo slides out.

FX/SFX : The circles, the letters, the forming and the typing.

Music/Sounds : An xylophone-like tune.

Availability : Extinct.


 * It may have seen on some old releases produced by the company.
 * The variant may be found on some Globus Group/United King Video releases.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (Mid-Late 1990s)
Nicknames : "The Matalon Circle II" "Zebra-Styled Circle II" "Spotlighted Circles"

Logo : On a red moving carpet-like background, three spotlights in blue, pink and orange, with the Hebrew letters from the company appear, fusing together, as the spotlight turns into a red circle while the Hebrew letters turn into white, blasting out 5 outlined circles below. The whole logo zooms out, A spotlight rotates and moves to the left, forming the company's name. The Hebrew text "Presents" appears below it.

FX/SFX : The spotlights, the forming of the logo.

Music/Sounds : An rearranged version of the previous logo's theme.

Availability : Rare. This logo can be spotted on some VHS releases produced by the company.

Editor's Note : None.

3rd Logo (2009?-present)
Nicknames : "The Matalon Circle III" "The Simplified Zebra-Styled Circle"

Logo : On a moving space background, a moving red aurora is being formed on while a red circle containing the same Hebrew text from the previous 2 logos, in a more-modern style with one arch-like shape rotating in 180º degrees. 2 arch-like shapes zoom out, with another arch-like shape zooming out as it spins over 720º degrees. The logo glows in, as the company's name is being formed in a rotating style. Everything fades out in a few seconds.

FX/SFX : CGI animation.

Music/Sounds : A orchestrated theme of the previous 2 logos.

Availability : Common. The logo can be currently found on some Israeli cinemas.

Editor's Note : None.