Beijing Film Studio (China)

For the infamous version, see Beijing Science Education Film Studio.

Background

Beijing Film Studio was founded in 1950 as the one of the oldest studios in the People's Republic of China. From 1956 to 1959, the studio made 50 films, including Song of Youth and New Year Sacrifce. On the 1970's, it produced its film What a Family and a 1975 film called Hai Xia. From the 1980's up to 2000, the modern era of Chinese film began to produce film with the biggest hits are Rickshaw Boy from the 1982. It is the oldest movie studio in China since the Chinese film industry began to make films in Shanghai.

1st Logo (1951-1953)

Logo: On a sky background, we see the statue is rotating on the background, and we see "Central Film Administration - Beijing Film Studio" in Chinese fades in below. The statue then stops.

FX/SFX: The statue rotating.

Music/Sounds: A pround-sounding fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon.

2nd logo (1956-1959)

Beijing Film Studio (1956)

Logo: It looks like same logo from the previous one, but is now in color. The side view of the Beijing city is added, the Chinese name is now simplified, and the sky is now in blue (possibly green due to the film quality).

FX/SFX: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Rare. Seen on New Year Sacrifice, The Girl from Shanghai and many others.

3rd logo (1957-1964)

Logo: Same as before, but the statue is different and didn't rotate. The Chinese text and the English pronouns appears below.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen on some films from the era. One example is Song of Youth. Also seen one at the beginning of the movie Kuang Deng.

4th Logo (1969?-1980)

Beijing Film Studio (1976)

Logo: On a red sunburst background, we see a golden model of the Tiananmen Square with some street lights and the ground. Underneath, "BEIJING FILM STUDIO" in Chinese on the bottom.

Variants:

• A early/still variant has a red sunbeam and a Chinese text is in slightly different font. The variant also lacks the ground.
• A CinemaScope version exists.
• Depending to the film quality, the logo might be tinted yellow or white.

FX/SFX: The sunburst moving.

Music/Sounds: A majastic triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon. It's seen on Taking Tiger Mountain by Straegy and Hai Xia. The early variant is ultra rare and probably appeared on two example of movies including Ode to the Dragon River and On the Delivery Road, which can be found on Youku and YouTube.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo (1980-2005?)

Logo: On a marble background, we see a golden sticker-like model of the Tiananmen Square carved on a marble tip. The Chinese text from the previous logos and the pronounciation like the 3rd logo appears below. The logo stands for 4 to 12 seconds.

Variants:

• A green marble background version exists. For the CinemaScope green marble variant, it's used like the previous logo than before.
• A CinemaScope version also exists, like the previous logo.
• From the later years, a marble background is different, the model of the Tiananmen Square is slightly improved, and the English text is in a Arial font.
• The 2001 variant is a different, The variant lacks the English text, the model looks slightly different, and the background is now light orange. The Chinese text that reads "BEIJING FILM STUDIO" fades to another Chinese text that reads "CHINA FILM IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION".
• From the later 2000s, the logo is different, but the text name referred to "CHINA FILM GROUP CORPORATION/BEIJING FILM STUDIO" with Chinese characters below. The prototype variant has a English name in Times New Roman-like font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film or silent.

Music/Sounds Variants: A fanfare version of this logo is also heard.

Availability: Very common so far, but uncommon in the past, like the previous logo.

• Seen on some 1980-2001 films, like Golden Dart Hero, Woman Taxi Woman, Bi xue bao dao, Zu Mao and his Daughters, Intimate Friends, The Go Masters and Rickshaw Boy.
• The 2001 variant is rare as a placeholder logo and it was seen on Legend of Ghost Xi Fangping.
• The later 2000s variant is rare and it was seen on some movies before the company closure of China Film Group Corporation and China Film Co., Ltd. It was seen on Fight for Justice.

Scare Factor: None.