WFDiF (Poland)

Background: The name stands for "Wytwornia Filmow Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych" which means "Documentary and Feature Film Studio". It is one of the oldest Polish film companies formed in 1949 as the documentary unit of Film Polski.

1st Logo

(1990's-2012)

Nicknames: "Polish Prism", "Dark Side Of Poland's Moon"

Logo: On a dark blue/black background we see a very shiny prism. A blue light beam appears and points to the left of it, causing the shiny particles of the prism to go off and refract red/white light. As the blue beam dissapears the red beam shrinks so it can only be shown at the right side of the prism. After most of the particles go away, a row of blue squares appears behind the prism and moves to the bottom of the front of it, which then stops to make brighter holes. The prism also appears a bit more bright. "WFDiF" shines in below and turns into a metallic bexel. The finished logo zooms out and gives space to the fading blue subtitles:

WYTWORNIA FILMOW DOKUMENTALNYCH I FABULARNYCH

FILM STUDIO

FX/SFX: Everything.

Variants: Music/Sounds: A 3-note ascending string fanfare, with a piano flourish when the last note begins.
 * Background color was eventually changed to blue.
 * In 2009 the studio celebrated 60 years. During the animation the counter appears and begins to count decades until "60 lat" is formed.

Availability: Appeared, through rarely, in late 90's on some fims such as Wtorek. Later became much more common.

Scare Factor: Low, as the dark nature of the logo can give someone the chills.

2nd Logo

(2012-)

Logo: We see a dark blue pyramid which opens, revealing white light. Then it rotates several times and closes again into the triangle, with a light still emitting at the right of it. It then spins and forms the white/red reflection rays of the logo. "WFDIF" appears below the logo, accompanied by the complete Polish name below.

Variant: In it's early lifetime, the logo was darker.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: A trumpet fanfare.

Availability: Current and fairly common.

Scare Factor: None.