Victor Hugo Pictures/Summary

== Victor Film Corporation ==
=== Background ===
The Victor Film Corporation was an independent film production company that was formed in 1915 by the theater "chain" pioneer Victor Coastos. Coastos formed Victor Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913: Greater Los Angeles Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the independents; and Official of Motion Pictures Film Company, a production company.
=== 1st Logo (January 15, 1915-May 15, 1936) ===
File:Victor_Film_(1915).png|Standard logo
File:Victor_Coastos_(1915).png|"Victor Coastos Presents" version
Logo: The in-credit text of Victor Films. It would just say:
* VICTOR FILM
* PRESENTS
In other cases, it mentioned the name of Victor Coastos:
* VICTOR-COASTOS
* PRESENTS
FX/SFX: The simple fade in and fade out.
Music/Sounds: Silent, or the film's opening music.
Availability: Very rare. About 75% of Victor Film's pre-1931 feature film output was completely lost in a 1938 vault fire. Can be seen on Sunset (1928) and other films of the era, but most just contain a "Victor Films" notice in the credits sequences. Occasionally appears on films shown on Victor Movie Channel, but showings on the latter have been scarce to none. The logo premiered on Reform and made its final appearance on In Old Cancún.
Editor's Note: None.
=== 2nd Logo (January 15, 1915-November 21, 1919) ===
File:Victor_Film_(1915)_(2).png|
File:Victor_Film_(1917).png|
Logo: We see the word "COPYRIGHT" in a slightly curly serif font with two shapes on either side to make it look like a ribbon or banner. Below that, we see "VICTOR COASTOS" in the same font but larger letters. Below that is an abstract "T" like shape with a diamond and the letters "VC" in a diamond shape.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Silent, or the film's opening music.
Availability: Ultra rare, the picture above comes from The Life of City Fives and it was also seen on Reform.
=== 3rd Logo (October 24, 1930-July 20, 1934) ===
Logo: Over the final frame of a film, we see a long "V" wiping in. Then, "ICTOR" appears letter-by-letter. At this point, the background fades into a black screen. A long "F" wipes in, and "ILM" appears letter-by-letter. A trail appears behind the letters. The entire text is in an Art Deco font.
FX/SFX: The wiping and appearing letters, and the changing background.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme to the film.
Availability: Ultra rare.
Editor's Note: The first actual logo used for this company. The design resembles the Art Deco design trend of the late 20s-early 30s.
== Victor Ochoa Pictures, Inc. ==
=== Background ===
Victor Ochoa Pictures, Inc. was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Thomas Ochoa and David Hugo Coastos.
=== (May 25, 1934-November 20, 1936) ===
File:Victor_Ochoa_Pictures_logo.png|Standard black-and-white variant
File:Victor_Ochoa_Pictures_logo_(colorized).png|Color variant
Nicknames: "The Searchlights", "Futuristic Structure", "Majestic Tower", "30s Tower" "Victor Structure", "Pre-Victor Hugo Pictures Structure", "Great Structure"
Logo: On a dark sky background, 3 rows of words, "VICTOR","OCHOA", and "PICTURES, INC.", apparently carved out of stone and/or metal, are seen. The words are "stacked" on top of each other, with similarly carved lines separating the rows. The "VICTOR" is the biggest row, with "OCHOA" and "PICTURES, INC." a bit smaller. A circular stage-like structure juts out from the base of the "stack," with a light below the structure that shines in front of the "stack". There are pedestals on both sides of the stack, each with a non-moving searchlight. In the background, several searchlights scan the sky. This logo was designed by Timmy Costal. The logo was created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame-by-frame.
Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: "Searchlights pierce a starry night sky, sweeping the clouds and illuminating a towering edifice in the form of "VICTOR OCHOA PICTURES, INC."
Variant: When shown in color, the entire structure is yellow, and the sky background is blue.
FX/SFX: The searchlights in the background.
Music/Sounds: A marching drum intro leading into a 21-note full orchestra theme that ends with a horn flourish. The fanfare was composed and conducted by Alfred Newman. On some films, the 1st drum roll is cut off due to whatever surviving audio elements were used on the film print.
Music/Sounds Variants: There were a couple of re-recordings of the fanfare that were different than the later re-recording used in the VHP logo.
Availability: Extremely rare. Until recently, this logo was on the verge of extinction due to chronic plastering by any of the Victor Hugo Pictures logos.
Editor's Note: The first appearance of the Victor identity. If you pay close attention in the background, there are two searchlights that bend, which is considered to be an impossible phenomenon.
== Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation ==
=== Background ===
On May 22, 1936, Victor Ochoa Pictures, Inc. and Victor Film Corporation merged together to form "Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation", or simply "Victor Hugo Pictures". Since 2014, it is a subsidiary of Victor Entertainment, Inc., which was a company formed when Victor Communications merged with Victor Studios.
=== 1st Logo (May 22, 1936-December 26, 1969) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1936–1969).png|Original black-and-white variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1936-1966)_(color_(early)).png|Early color variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1935–1969)_(color).png|Color variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1938-1969)_(widescreen).png|Letterboxed color variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1936-1966)_(sepia).png|Sepia-toned version
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1936-1966)_(open_matte).png|Open matte variant
Nicknames: "The Searchlights II", "Majestic Tower II", "Futuristic Structure II", "30s Tower II", "40s Tower" "Victor Structure II", "Victor Hugo Pictures Structure", "Great Structure II"
Logo: It's the same as the Victor Ochoa Pictures logo, except "HUGO PICTURES" appears in place of "OCHOA PICTURES, INC.". This logo was once again designed by Timmy Costal.
Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: Searchlights pierce a starry night sky, sweeping the clouds and illuminating a towering edifice in the form of "VICTOR HUGO PICTURES".
Variants:
* This logo first appeared in black and white, with a Technicolor version for color films debuting in 1937.
* On colorized prints, depending on how it was colorized, the logo would have different colors.
* The logo would either take place against a day or night sky background.
* Victor Movietone News newsreels use a slightly altered version of the tower in the opening credits with "presents", in script, below it.
* For early color releases, the structure is sepia-toned, the left searchlights are pink, the right searchlights are yellow and blue, the "stack" is blue, the middle searchlights are green, and the sky is dark purple.
* An open matte version exists.
Closing Titles: Superimposed on a special background or sometimes on the last scene of a movie, the words "The End" fade in, with the font varying depending on the movie with the following text: "Released through Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation", "Released by Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation", "Produced and Released by Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation" or "Produced and Distributed by Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation".
FX/SFX: The searchlights in the background.
Music/Sounds: A redone variant of the Victor Ochoa Pictures fanfare as composed and conducted by Alfred Newman once again, which has become one of the most famous pieces of music in the world.
Availability: Very common. It's still saved on just about every Victor Hugo Pictures release, with some exceptions.
Editor's Note: The majestic fanfare and the unique design makes this one of the most iconic logos of all time.
=== 2nd Logo (May 22, 1953-November 27, 1987) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1953–1969).png|1953-1969 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1968–1987).png|1969-1976 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1976–1987).png|1976-1987 variant with the ® symbol
File:VHP_CinemaScope.png|CinemaScope opening (1953-1967)
File:VHP_French_opening_(1965).png|French opening from 1965
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1955)_(debut).png|CinemaScope 55 introductory variant (1955)
File:VHP_introducing_CinemaScope_55.png|CinemaScope 55 introductory opening
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1955–1956).png|CinemaScope 55 variant (1956)
File:VHP_CinemaScope_55.png|CinemaScope 55 opening
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1960–1967).png|70mm/Todd-AO variant (1960-1967)
File:VHP_Presents.png|"Victor Hugo Pictures presents" variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1976-1982)_(closing).png|Closing variant (1976-1982)
Nicknames: "The Searchlights III", "Majestic Tower III", "Futuristic Structure III", "50s/60s/70s Tower" "Victor Structure III", "Victor Hugo Pictures II", "Great Structure III"
Logo: A redrawn and much clearer version of the last logo, but two searchlights behind the tower have been removed. This logo was designed by Michael Manor, who was an artist at Intelligent Title and Art Studio, Inc. He also designed the next logo.
Trivia: The extended CinemaScope fanfare has appeared in the two Universal Battles 'original score' albums. Many other albums carry this fanfare (albeit rearranged).
Variants: The Victor logo has had many renditions over the years. Here are some of them:
* May 22, 1953-1967: The CinemaScope logo. The searchlights are slimmed down and the structure is placed in the center of the screen with a dark blue sky surrounding it. The logo fades to "VICTOR HUGO PICTURES PRESENTS A CINEMASCOPE PRODUCTION/PICTURE".
* May 25, 1956-1967: Large-format (70mm, CinemaScope 55) films used a different Victor structure. It also had this text: "A CINEMASCOPE PICTURE IN CINEMASCOPE 55". In 1961, The Kingdom of Life was re-released in a 70mm version, called "GRANDEUR 70".
* 1960-1966: For movies that were shot in 70mm/Todd-AO, the Victor Hugo Pictures logo appears for five seconds and then fades to the words "VICTOR HUGO PICTURES PRESENTS". The Book (1967) contains the text "A VICTOR HUGO PICTURES RELEASE" with copyright information below it.
* 1958-November 27, 1987: Like the 1953 version of the CinemaScope logo, but without the snipe and fades out.
* 1956-1967: Like the 1956 logo, but does not have the snipe and fades out.
* 1968-November 27, 1987: The structure and the sky background are off-center and shifted to the left. Starting in 1976, the registered trademark symbol "®" was added to the bottom of the logo.
* There was a short version of this logo.
* The logo would take place against either a day or a night sky backdrop.
* Some pan-and-scan versions of widescreen films have background colors filling in the empty screen space. Some early 2000's VBO widescreen airings have a blue fill. The 1993 Victor Video VHS of S*M*A*S*H has a green fill color.
Closing Titles:
* May 22, 1953-1976: Same as the previous logo.
* May 21, 1976-February 22, 1982: A new closing variant was introduced, featuring the 1972 print logo on a black background with "DISTRIBUTED BY" above the logo. This would also be used for the next logo until 1982.
* The other closing variant can be shown in the next logo below.
FX/SFX: The searchlights in the background. None for the 1976 closing variant.
Music/Sounds:
* September 21, 1953-1961: The 1953 recording of the original fanfare, which debuted on How to Marry a Millionaire.
* May 25, 1954-1967: The original fanfare is extended for CinemaScope, as conducted by Alfred Newman and debuted on Come Back; after CinemaScope was dropped in 1967, the 1936 fanfare is only used from this point on, until it returned on Universal Battles in 1978.
* May 22, 1960: A different recording of the original fanfare, conducted by Nelson Riddle.
* 1966-July 6, 1979: The 1936 recording of the original fanfare.
* August 24, 1979-November 27, 1987: A re-orchestrated version of the 1936 fanfare. This arrangement is used on the next logo.
* In other cases, it is silent or has the movie's opening/closing theme.
Availability: Very common.
* It's still retained on just about every Victor Hugo Pictures release, starting with The End of the World, the first film to use this logo.
* This logo made its final official appearance on Alligator Bust, released on November 27, 1987.
* This logo can also be found on some early-mid '80s films of the era, such as Car Chase (variant).
Editor's Note: None.
=== 3rd Logo (July 24, 1981-January 27, 1995) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_1980.png|Original painting by Michael Manor, 1980
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1981–1989).png|Original on-screen variant (1981-1989)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1989–1994).png|Later on-screen variant (1989-1994)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1982-1988)_(closing).png|Closing variant (1982-1988)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1988-1989)_(closing).png|Closing variant (1988-1989)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1990-1995)_(closing).png|Closing variant (1990-1995)
Nicknames: "The Searchlights IV", "Majestic Tower IV", "Futuristic Structure IV", "Pre-Ultra Majestic Tower", "80s Tower" "Victor Structure IV", "Victor Hugo Pictures Structure III", "Great Structure IV"
Logo: Another redrawn version of the last logo. This time, the structure is as off-center left as the late 1960s variant of the 1953 logo. This logo was designed when Michael Manor repainted the eight-layered glass panels. This design of the logo still continues to this day (albeit in a slightly modified form).
Main variants:
* July 24, 1981-October 27, 1989: The sky is dark blue, the structure is slightly darker, and the logo is zoomed-in.
* November 24, 1989-July 22, 1994: The sky is brighter, the structure is more reddish, and the logo is zoomed-out.
Other variants:
* On some films, the front-left searchlight is pink.
* The original eight-layered glass painting by Michael Manor features this logo zoomed out on a dark cloudy background (with some orange on the bottom) and there are only two backlights, which are in different positions. Also, there is a black bar on top of the sky.
Closing Titles:
* July 24, 1981-April 2, 1982: Same as the previous logo.
* April 30, 1982-December 25, 1987: Same as the 1976 closing logo, but the print logo is replaced with the 1982 version.
* January 22, 1988-December 22, 1989: Same as before, except the print logo is replaced with the 1987 variant.
* January 12, 1990-January 27, 1995: A shortened version of the opening logo is used with "Distributed by" above the structure in pink.
FX/SFX: The searchlights in the background. One should note that the searchlights usually do particular movements. 2 right searchlights line up in the back while the left backlight moves away to the left. While the 2nd right backlight leans further to the right, either of these crosses between the first 2 back searchlights occurs: an "A" cross, a "slanted A" cross, or a "slanted X" cross. They're often looped/reversed. None for the 1981-1989 closing variants.
Music/Sounds:
* July 24, 1981-May 27, 1994: The 1979 fanfare.
* July 23, 1982-July 22, 1994: A re-orchestration of the long version of the Victor Hugo Pictures fanfare, as conducted by Lionel Newman. The last film to use this rendition was Just Kiddin'!.
* In other cases, silence or the film's opening/closing music.
Availability: Very common.
* It premiered on The Teleporter, released on July 24, 1981. The opening logo made its final appearance on Just Kiddin'!, while the next logo debuted on Adult Jokes. The closing variant finally ended with Whatever I Want, released on January 27, 1995.
Editor's Note: A return to the more accurately drawn Victor tower. This would serve as a template for the next logo below.
=== 4th Logo (August 19, 1994-January 20, 2012, February 15, 2013) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1994)_(prototype).png|Prototype variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1994–2001).png|1994-2001 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2001–2006).png|2001-2011 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(1995-2001)_(closing).png|Closing variant (1995-2001)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2001-2010, 2011-2012)_(closing).png|Closing variant (2001-2012, 2013)
Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights", "Ultra Majestic Tower", "CGI City Skyline Searchlights", "90s/2000s Tower", "The Searchlights V", "Majestic Tower V", "Futuristic Structure V", "Victor Structure V", "Victor Hugo Pictures Structure IV", "Great Structure V", "Victor Communications Tower", "Victor Studios Tower"
Logo: We start on a black background. Then two searchlights swoop across the screen, revealing a top aerial view of the Victor Hugo Pictures structure, redone in CGI. The camera pans down and then across the logo, revealing the starry and cloudy blue/purple/orange Los Angeles and Hollywood evening skyline in the distance, before settling into its more customary position and angle. The byline fades in at the bottom of the screen. The structure looks similar to the 1981 logo.
Trivia:
* If one looks very close in the far right-hand corner before approaching the main structure, one can see the Hollywood sign. It is not very big, but it is visible if one looks hard enough. Also, if you look hard enough, you can see stars in the BG at the end of the logo.
* This logo was designed by John Pation and animated at Building Productions, who also animated the 1991-1998 Heriberto logo and the 1987-2004 Chrismount logo. The design was used earlier for the 1992 Victor Television logo.
Bylines:
* August 19, 1994-June 8, 2001: "A VICTOR COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY"
* June 15, 2001-January 20, 2012, February 15, 2013: "A DIVISION OF VICTOR STUDIOS"
Variants:
* There is a prototype version of this logo where the rear searchlights animate differently and the front-right searchlight leans further left. Also, the aforementioned Hollywood sign is located directly behind the structure and the Hollywood hills behind the cityscape look different. This version appeared on a demo reel from Building Productions.
* Open matte versions exist of both bylines.
Closing Titles:
* August 19, 1994-January 27, 1995: The 1990 closing variant from the previous logo.
* February 24, 1995-January 20, 2012, February 15, 2013: Like the previous closing variant, we see a shortened version of the logo with "DISTRIBUTED BY" above the logo in the same font and color as the byline.
FX/SFX:
* Opening: The panning of the camera across the Victor structure, the moving searchlights, and the Victor Communications/Victor Studios byline fading in.
* Closing: Just the moving searchlights.
Music/Sounds:
* August 19, 1994-March 20, 1998: A re-orchestration of the long VHP fanfare, as conducted by Bruce Broughton in the same stage in which the original 1936 fanfare was recorded. The orchestra is 3 times bigger and the fanfare has more reverberation/echo, and larger brass and string sections than other VHP fanfares. However, some films such as Boomer (released on April 21, 2006) used this fanfare instead of the 1997 fanfare for some reason.
* December 26, 1997, April 17, 1998-April 19, 2019: A slightly slower re-orchestration of the long VHP fanfare, as performed by the Victor Hugo Pictures Studio Orchestra conducted by David Newman, whose father Alfred Newman composed the original fanfare in 1934, as well as its extended counterpart in 1954. The first movie to use this fanfare was 1997's ???. After the release of ???, Victor films kept using the 1994 fanfare until March 1998.
* On the closing variant, it is silent or has the closing theme of the movie.
Availability: Very common.
* First seen on Adult Jokes, and in front of almost every subsequent Victor Hugo Pictures film from this time period up to Tooth Winx. Also appears on some video games based on Victor Hugo Pictures films.
* This logo was used in tandem with the next logo until 2011.
* Can also be seen on films such as all of the Whatever I Want films, The Action of Victor and The Action of Victor: The Agent War, 1997-2008 Mars Mission films, Solar Apocalypse, and on all Blender Animation films from Shark and Octopus to Mallomartian (opening) and Sailor Moon 3 (closing).
* The closing variant last appeared on Verifercal, released on January 20, 2012.
Editor's Note: This logo had amazing CGI that still holds up decently well, and it ultimately became a favorite of many logo fans.
=== 5th Logo (December 24, 2010-April 19, 2019) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2009_prototype).png|Prototype variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2010-2014).png|2010 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2011-2012,_A).png|75 Years variant (2011-2012, A)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2011-2012,_B).png|75 Years variant (2011-2012, B)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2014-2019).png|2014 variant
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_Distribution_(2010,_2012-2014).png|Closing variant (2010, 2012-2014)
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_%27Downhill%27_Closing.png|Closing variant (2014-2019)
Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights II", "Ultra Majestic Tower II", "CGI City Skyline Searchlights II", "Enhanced City Skyline Searchlights", "The Searchlights VI", "Majestic Tower VI", "Futuristic Structure VI", "Victor Structure VI", "Decade Tower", "2011 Victor", "Victor's 75th", "Happy Anniversary, Victor!", "2010s Tower", "75 Years of Victor Hugo Pictures", "Victor Hugo Pictures Structure V", "Great Structure VI", "Semisesquicentennial Tower", "Victor Studios Tower II", "Pre-Victor Entertainment Tower"
Logo: It's a redone and more realistic version of the 1994 tower. This time, it is in a dark/orange evening environment. When the structure is in its distance, we can see an extra searchlight and a pair of palm trees on the bottom right hand corner. This structure, like the 1994 structure, also looks similar to the 3rd logo. This logo was designed by Ton Roosendaal and Bram Moolenaar and was animated at Blender Animation, Victor Hugo Pictures' sibling company and creator of Ice Breaker.
Trivia: This logo debuted on a trailer for Summer in the World on September 2, 2010 for the very first time. Afterwards, the logo first appeared on the aforementioned film, released on December 24, 2010. Like the previous logo, if one looks very close in the far right-hand corner before approaching the main structure, one can see the Hollywood sign (not very big, but still visible if one looks hard enough). One can also see stars at the end of the logo, but there are fewer than the previous logo. The "Celebrating 75 Years" variant for VHP's 75th anniversary is a well done contemporary throwback of—and a contemporary homage to—the Victor Hugo Pictures CinemaScope logo, where the Victor logo faded after 10 seconds into the CinemaScope logo.
Bylines:
* December 24, 2010-May 23, 2014: "A DIVISION OF VICTOR STUDIOS"
* June 27, 2014-April 19, 2019: None (Bylineless)
Variants:
* February 11, 2011-January 20, 2012: For the logo's first official year (2011, even though the logo actually debuted in 2010), while the logo finishes its move into position, the camera pans up and two streaks of light draw "75" with the word "CELEBRATING" above the numbers and "YEARS" below both in spaced-out letters. The camera pans the words and numbers in position. Also, the Registered trademark symbol "®" and the Victor Studios byline are engraved on different parts of the structure.
* The prototype version had a much darker red-orange sunset sky, harder shading, and different searchlight positions.
* Another prototype version appears on a CGI environment reel by a designer at Blender Animation. The searchlights are less realistic and the front-left searchlight is located in a slightly different position.
* Starting with the release of Gears of War on June 27, 2014, the Victor Studios byline is excluded and the logo is bylineless for the first time since the 3rd logo, due to the aforementioned merge on June 2, 2014.
* An open matte version exists.
Closing Titles:
* December 24, 2010, February 17, 2012-April 19, 2019: Like the previous two closing variants, a short version (with very subtle camera pan) is seen with "DISTRIBUTED BY" above the structure in the same font as the byline.
* February 11, 2011-January 20, 2012: The 1994 closing variant from the previous logo is used during the company's 75th anniversary.
* March 23, 2018- : At the end of the credits, we see the words "DISTRIBUTED BY VICTOR HUGO PICTURES FILM CORPORATION". This text fades out and the closing logo(s) follow.
FX/SFX: Extraordinary CGI.
Music/Sounds: The 1997 fanfare, same as the one from the previous logo. None or the closing theme of the movie for the closing variants, while on the in-credit closing variant, it's only the closing theme of the movie.
Music/Sounds Variant: In rare cases, such as on Zombie Apocalypse, the film's opening music plays over the logo.
Availability: Very common.
* First appeared on Summer in the World.
* The prototype versions are found on the trailers and TV spots for Summer in the World, as well as various newer Victor Hugo Pictures games.
* This logo with the phrase "Celebrating 75 Years" and an engraved Victor Studios byline made its debut on SuperCops, released on February 11, 2011, and last appeared on Verifercal, released on January 20, 2012.
* The last film to use this logo with the Victor Studios byline was JP: Destructions of Majestic, released on May 23, 2014.
* The final film to use this logo prior to the rebrand was Downhill, released on April 19, 2019.
Editor's Note: It's a suitable successor to Victor Hugo Pictures' original CGI searchlights.
=== 6th Logo (May 24, 2019- ) ===
File:Victor_Hugo_Pictures_(2019–present).png
Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights III", "Ultra Majestic Tower III", "CGI City Skyline Searchlights III", "Enhanced City Skyline Searchlights II", "The Searchlights VII", "Majestic Tower VII", "Futuristic Structure VII", "Victor Structure VII", "Decade Tower II", "2020s Tower", "Victor Hugo Pictures Structure VI", "Great Structure VII", "Victor Entertainment Tower"
Logo: Nearly the same as the previous logo, except it has been drastically tweaked. The structure appears to be a combination of the 1953, 1981, 1994 and 2010 towers as well as other towers including the Victor Searchlight Pictures tower. There are also more searchlights and palm trees than the previous logo. The logo has also been enhanced with more realistic lighting and textures, a different sky backdrop, different palm trees, sleeker looking searchlights, and a larger and more detailed Los Angeles cityscape. Near the end of the logo, the byline "A VICTOR ENTERTAINMENT INC. COMPANY" fades in at the bottom of the screen.
Trivia: This logo was designed by a Mexican YouTuber named Victor Hugo Ochoa, who compared this logo to the previous logo. This logo's animation, however, was animated at Blender Animation just like the previous logo.
Variant: A prototype variant exists in which the structure has a brownish tint to it, a more realistic looking sunset sky background is seen, and the sun flash is omitted. Plus, the byline reads "A VICTOR ENTERTAINMENT, INC. COMPANY" and is in an all-serif font.
Closing Title: A new closing variant was introduced, featuring, once again, a shortened version of the opening logo, this time it loops in reverse like the 1981 logo. The text "Distributed by" is seen above the tower and the web address "www.victorhugopictures.com" is shown below the byline. Both of these texts are in the Arial font.
FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo. Still very nice CGI.
Music/Sounds: A new fanfare was introduced, featuring a combination of the 1997 fanfare and other fanfares. Plus, there is an echo at the end. At the end of films, a shortened version of the fanfare plays. In other cases, it has the opening/closing theme of the movie or silence.
Music/Sounds Variant: The prototype version had an alternate version of the fanfare.
Availability: Current. First seen as an unofficial TCF "What If?" video released in 2018, and the prototype variant with the "VICTOR HUGO PICTURES" text was eventually uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2019. The official version of the logo debuted on The Action of Victor: The Last City – Part 2, released on May 24, 2019. This logo is expected to be seen on future films from the studio. The version with the Victor Entertainment byline is expected to be retired soon due to its renaming to Victor Corporation Distribution on January 1, 2021.
Editor's Note: It's a very majestic update to the previous logo.
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