Yerevan Studio (Armenia)

1st logo

(1975)

Logo: It has two varitants of the logo:

The Russian version of the logo has the text in cyan background:

СТУДИЯ

ТЕЛЕФИЛЬМОВ

„ЕРЕВАН”

The Armenian version of the logo has the text in blue background:

ՀԵՌՈՒՍՏԱՏԵՍԱՅԻՆ ՖԻԼՄԵՐԻ

„Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն”

Ս Տ Ո Ւ Դ Ի Ա

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: Rare. Only seen before A Bride from the North (Невеста с севера / Հարսնացու հյուսիսից)both in Russian and Armenian versions.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd logo

(1975-1983)

Nicknames: "Armenian Eagle"

Logo: We see the eagle. Then the camera moves away and we see the text in Armenian (the lettersո and ւ are shown as a ligature for representing sound [u]):

ՀԵՌՈՒՍՏԱՏԵՍԱՅԻՆ

ՖԻԼՄԵՐԻ

„Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն”

ս տ ու դ ի ա

Trivia: TBA

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Eagle, camera moving, text fading. Simple animation (even for its years)

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon, seen on some films of that era.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. The eagle may unsettle some viewers, but it's not scary as VID (ВИD).

3rd logo

(2007-present)

Nicknames: "The MGM Thief", "3D Lion from the seal of Yerevan"

Logo: We see the lion walking and roaring like Leo the Lion of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Then the text in Armenian under the lion appears:

Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն

Ս Տ Ո Ւ Դ Ի Ա

Trivia: This logo is created by Triada Studio based in Yerevan.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: 3D animation. This lion looks like it's taken from the seal of Yerevan.

Music/Sounds: Lion roaring sounds stolen from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer intro 1987-2008.

Availability: Currently seen on films produced by Yerevan Studio.

Scare Factor: It depends on how you feel about roaring lion. High for those who afraid of Leo the Lion.