Centron Educational Films

1st Logo (1972?-1976?)

Logo: On a black background, a red circle with a "C" in a futuristic font appears, then a blue triangle with "E" in the same font, and then a yellow square with "F" once again in the same font. Then the text fades in, consisting of "p r e s e n t e d b y" on the top and "CENTRON EDUCATIONAL FILMS" on the bottom. Variant: A B&W version exists.

FX/SFX: The letters fading in in sync with the shapes; the text fading in.

Cheesy Factor: Very simple animation, and the music sounds too similar to the NBC chimes.Music/Sounds: A 3-note synthesizer; each note is played to the notes on a music scale (C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C). They may be off-sync due to film deterioration.

Availability: Ultra rare. It was seen on the educational film, Analyzing Advertising, as well as others from the time period. Of course, films like these almost never air on TV after screening, and will only likely exist on 16mm prints, which are heavily deteriorated.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. It depends on what you think of the font and the mini-annoying synth. Medium for the B&W variant due to the darkness and absence of color. It may worsen from the film deterioration, too. 2nd Logo (1981) Logo: Against a black background, seven white outlined rounded vertical rectangles appear in a row. They then turn yellow and copies of the rectangles appear one by one, appearing at a different angle, starting at orange, then red, pink, white, purple, two blue, and finally two green, stopping at the yellow rectangles. Each row then disappears in the same order they appeared in. The words "a CENTRON FILMS" in white zoom out to above the rectangles, and "presentation" zooms out to below them. "a" and "presentation" fade to blue. The yellow outlines fade to white and within the outlines the rectangles become filled. From left to right, forest green, navy blue, red, denim, jonquil, sky blue, and hot magenta. Variant: A B&W version exists.

FX/SFX: The rotating rows of rectangles; the text. Again, simple animation, yet much better than before.

Music/Sounds: A remix of the last logo's jingle, this time with four notes: G, C and E are played note by note, then F is played after a brief pause. This somewhat contradicts its name, but at least it doesn't like the NBC chimes anymore.

Availability: Ultra rare. So far, this only appeared on Ears: Have You Heard The Latest?.

Scare Factor: Minimal to low. The synth may bother a few (combined with the slight warping at times), but this is a better logo compared to before.