Xi'an Film Studio (China)

Background: Xi'an Film Studio was an Chinese production company.

1st (known) Logo (1976)

Logo: On a sky background with some monuments and temples of Xi'an. We see a statue made of brown marble. The red text translates to "Xi'an Film Studio" is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A peaceful extended fanfare.

Availability: Rare. May be seen on 1976-78 Xi'an films.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1975-1981?)



Logo: On a red background, the Chinese characters from the last logo is in a generic font with "Xi'an Dianying Zhipianchang" in a capital letters. Sometimes the background is orange or black depending on the film.

FX/SFX: None.

Variant: On rare cases, the picture of pagoda is seen and the background is green.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo. On other films it's silent.

Availability: Very common. Seen on 1975-1981 Mainland China films by the company.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo (1980's?)

Logo: We see a three horses riding a wheel on a red background with pedestal. The chinese text and english text appears below. Then continues statue to moving.

FX/SFX: The statue moving.

Variant: The rare 1986 version use a gold Chinese text and statue does not moving.

Music/Sounds: 2 gong notes.

Availability: Very rare.

Editor's Note: Medium to high.

4th Logo (Mid 1980s)

Logo: Superinposed over a screen is a Chinese text in a sealed font. We see the company name just appearing over the frame.

Variant: Yellow River Bends Here has a white background with lion standing on a filmed pedestal. The "XI'AN FILM STUDLO" is seen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Common. Seen on 80's Mainland print of The Yellow River Bends Here.

Editor's Note: It's kinda funny that a rather unexpecting typo is seen on the Yellow River Bends Here variant, the typo is that "STUDIO" is misspelt as "STUDLO"

5th Logo (1991-1993)

Logo: On a black background, the same Chinese text from the 2nd and 4th logo is seen with the English text in an Arial Narrow font. The screen stands 7 seconds.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common than previous logo.

Editor's Note: None.