Constantin Film (Germany)

Constantin Film is a German film production & distribution company founded on April 1, 1950 in Munich, Germany by Waldfried Barthel & Preben Philipsen. The company is best known for producing Der Untergang (Downfall), the Resident Evil film series, and the Fantastic Four movies.

1st logo (1962-1980's, 2011) Nickname: "The Sunburst", "The Proud Sunbeams", "The Bombastic Sunbeams", "Sunburst of Doom" (for later variant: "The Sunburst 3D")

Logo: On an animated cerulean and gray sunburst background (a la Toho), with one set rotating clockwise and the other rotating counterclockwise. After a few seconds, the syllables "Сon", "stan", and "tin" zoom up rapidly in sync with the fanfare. "FILM" and "bringt"fade in below after that.

Variants: Later Variant: The bluish-white flare of light appears in the black background before the gray, black, and white sunburst background fading in. The logo is redone in HD. "bringt" is removed, "FILM" part is now in the similar fashion as "Constantin", and "3D" is seen growing quickly underneath "Constantin FILM". When the logo fades out, "3D" leaves visible for a half second before fading out.
 * On an early B&W variant, "Constantin" is written in a more graffiti-like form of cursive, and "bringt" is in cursive, as well.
 * In another B&W variant the "Constantin" seems more shinier than usual.
 * Sometimes, the background is shown in a darker tint, though this might be due to film deterioration.
 * For later releases of Constantin Film, "neue" is shown above "Constantin".

There is another variant where the logo is still for a few seconds, then the logo shakes in a stop motion manner.

FX/SFX: The rotating sunbeams, the syllables zooming up.

Cheesy Factor: The shaking effect on the other variant was badly done! It looks just like someone printed out the same sheet of paper of the logo (or repainted the logo) and they simply done it in stop motion! Making it look like it was done by a 10 year old who did not know how to special effects.

Music/Sounds: A long drumroll (changing the pitch higher) following a bombastic fanfare (which has a couple different variants), or silence. The later variant has the different, more calmer fanfare.

Availability: Very rare in the United States, but Uncommon in Europe and Germany. Seen on distributed or produced films of the time. As for the later variant, it was only seen on the German 3D theatrical print and 3D Blu-Ray of Resident Evil: Retribution.

Scare Factor:
 * Original Variant: Medium to high, because of the fanfare and the "in-your-face" zooming.
 * Earlier versions may range from high to nightmare because of the more different text.
 * Medium to nightmare for the silent variant, as we still have the text zooming in.
 * Later Variant: Low to high. Since the zooming concept is still there, it may still give people bad dreams, but at least the fanfare used on here is different and tamer. It is a worthy successor to the classic variant.