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Russle 1.5

## Overview:

Russle 1.5 is the second installment in the Russle Series, but the 1.5th in the entire overrarching series. This is one of two episodes not uploaded to Kevin Tarini's channel, instead uploaded to Keane Cummings' channel. The official channel name is Blaziki (@SiphonShine). It was uploaded on May 27th, 2023, and is 4 minutes and 22 seconds long. It has amassed an astounding 42 views and 5 likes.

## Plot:

The main character is Keane Cummings who does not show his face or talk. The video starts when he walks into his basement and finds a paper with a drawing of a character named Russle on his refridgerator door. He grabs it and walks back upstairs and throws it out. He walks back to his basement and opens the refridgerator and finds the paper back on a box. He runs back up and throws it out again, but as soon as he does, static noises are heard and the screen is obscured with a dark vignette and turns a shade of gray in the center.

He walks back to the basement and hears someone say, "Russle, Russle!" He looks back into another room in his basement, and the light suddenly turns on and a strange ghostly voice is heard. He then walks over and finds the paper back on a table. He runs back up and grabs a knife, as he goes back downstairs, hellish voices appear and the screen turns red. He starts poking the knife into it as the static and dark vignette return. He eventually slams the knife down and fully stabs through the paper.

He then hears the Russle voices again and looks up to see a different paper with Russle on it on the wall. The red screen and hellish voices return. He stabs at it but is knocked back. it ends with a jumpscare of Russle.

## Cast:

Keane Cummings - Keane Cummings

Russle - Matthew Montini (the voices were snippets from the original Russle 1, not original voice lines from Matt)
Entities

Entities are the main obstacles and elements of Liminal Rooms, which can vary from passive to hostile. They can spawn from the door or lobby, and rush to the other rooms, or rebound, or even check lockers. There are also minion spawners, which can be hard to deal with.

List of Entities

Five entities first added to the wiki:

1. A-248
Ethan Dick Panella (EDP)

## Overview:

Ethan Dick Panella is a minor protagonist in the Russle series and made his first appearance in Russle 2. He is a close friend of Kevin, Keane, and Max. Rumor has it that Ethan was kicked from the series for unironically making a Skibidi Toilet joke in Russle 4.

## Appearance:

Ethan is tall, skinny, very pale, with short blond hair and a high pitched voice.

## Powers and Abilities:

Ethan's powers are unknown but he is clearly a fast runner with high stamina, being able to successfully outrun Russle for a long while. He was also able to withstand Russle's torture.

## Plot:

### Russle 2:

Ethan makes his first appearance in the series at the beginning of Russle 2. He fears over Russle's capabilities, especially after Max going missing in the woods. Ethan later goes missing too.

### Russle 4:

In Russle 4, Kevin and Keane are told by the ghostly spirit of Carl Wheat to go to the Ussle Dungeon to search for Ethan and Yiannis. Elder Ussle later reveals that he imprisoned both of them as mistake, not being able to trust them without knowing they were friends with Keane and Kevin. After Elder Ussle sends Kevin to Ethan, he talks about being tortured by Russle before escaping and outrunning Russle, at one point asking a civillian for a gun for protection, until Elder Ussle found him and imprisoned him.
The Carl Wheat Dimension

Keane (Temporarily)

Yiannis (Temporarily)

## Overview:

The Carl Wheat Dimension is an alternate world in the Russle series that was created by Carl Wheat and the Three Progenitors.

## Location:

The link between the real world and the Carl Wheat Dimension is in a decayed tree in the Woods of New Hampshire. It is unknown what the Carl Wheat Dimension looks like.

## Story:

### Before Russle 1:

Following the creation of Russle, he battled Carl Wheat and it resulted in Carl trapping Russle in the woods of New Hampshire. The Corrupted would appear before Carl could defeat Russle and sealed him in the shadow realm. Papa Wheat then contacted the Three Progenitors to help Carl. They ventured in and turned the shadow realm into the Carl Wheat Dimension, unfortunately, Carl would remain sealed.

### Russle 3:

Keane would appear in the woods to help Kevin defeat Big Bad Russle. He reveals that he had disappeared because Carl wanted to see the person who defeated Russle, and Keane had re-entered through the decayed tree. Keane then uses a chant to summon Carl Wheat which is the only thing that is capable of freeing Carl from his banishment.

### Russle 4:

After Elder Ussle sends Kevin to see Yiannis, he reveals that Carl took him to the Carl Wheat Dimension to protect him from Russle offscreen during the events of Russle 3 after Ryan had poisoned Yiannis and Kevin.
Elder Ussle

Carl Wheat (Brother)

The Corrupted (Brother)

Russle (Projection)

Russle 4

## Overview:

Elder Ussle is one of the most important characters in the series. He was created by the Three Progenitors alongside The Corrupted and Carl Wheat. He is the original Ussle and creator of all Ussle's.

## Apeearance:

Elder Ussle is light green with short legs and giant ears and arms and giant eyes. He has a deep, raspy voice.

## Powers and Abilities:

Elder Ussle is the strongest known character as of right now in the series. He is the only known being capable of defeating Russle's true form, as he was able to defeat him with only losing an ear, and is even relied on by Carl Wheat himself. He is also quite literally the incarnate of knowledge and power.

## Plot:

### Pre-Russle 1:

The FInal Boss Of New Hampshire had demanded the Three Progenitors to create three beings to maintain balance. Initnom created Ussle. Ussle could make projections of himself, but one projection was turned evil by The Corrupted and became Russle. Ussle became the Elder Ussle as he grew stronger and created the Ussle species.

### Russle 2:

Elder Ussle was summoned by Keane at the end of Russle 2 by a lesser Russle chant. His appearance was invisible but his presence was enough to defeat Russle which reversed the effects that he caused which brought Kevin back to life.

### Russle 3:

In Russle 3, Keane and Kevin attempted his summoning chant but it wasn't strong enough to effect Big Bad Russle. They tried it again with Carl Wheat which didn't summon Elder Ussle but did weaken Russle. Carl Wheat then performed a stronger Elder Ussle summoning chant and Elder Ussle appeared. Big Bad Russle went into his true form and battled Elder Ussle and tore his ear off, but ultimately, Elder Ussle defeated Russle and imprisoned him in the Ussle Dungeon.

### Russle 4:

When Tussle and Fussle find Keane and Kevin and prepare to kill them, Elder Ussle appears and stops their attack. He then reveals that Ethan disappeared because after escaping Russle's torture, Elder Ussle mistook Ethan for a Russlist and imprisoned him in the Ussle Dungeon. He also mistook Yiannis as a prisoner after Yiannis met Carl Wheat. He then sends Keane back home and sends Kevin to reunite with Ethan and Yiannis
A-710

A-710 is a unique entity that acts like A-170

difference is he is in the room watching you and two extra door are there

to choose the right door he have a red line around the fakes

if you use fake door he jumpscare you

A-170 and A-710 can't spawn in same room

sound is A-170 but pitched and slower

A-710 jumpscare
Idioms

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 **New Canon** *Path of Vengeance*, Chapter 6, by Cavan Scott
2. ↑ **New Canon** *Path of Vengeance*, Chapter 9, by Cavan Scott
3. ↑ **New Canon** *Path of Vengeance*, Chapter 17, by Cavan Scott
4. ↑ **New Canon** *Path of Vengeance*, Chapter 25, by Cavan Scott
5. ↑ **New Canon** *Path of Deceit*, Chapter 24, by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
6. ↑ **New Canon** *Midnight Horizon*, Chapter 40, by Daniel José Older
7. ↑ **New Canon** *Tempest Runner*, Part 4, by Cavan Scott
8. ↑ **Legends** *Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment*, Chapter 12, by Jude Watson
9. ↑ *Star Wars*: Episode III *Revenge of the Sith*
10. ↑ **New Canon** *Tempest Runner*, Part 5, by Cavan Scott
11. ↑ **New Canon** *The Fallen Star*, Chapter 14, by Claudia Gray
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 **New Canon** *The Fallen Star*, Chapter 16, by Justina Ireland
13. ↑ **New Canon** *Out of the Shadows*, Chapter 23, by Justina Ireland
14. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 14, by Cavan Scott
15. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 19, by Cavan Scott
16. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 24, by Cavan Scott
17. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 21, by Cavan Scott
18. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 26, by Cavan Scott
19. ↑ **New Canon** *The Rising Storm*, Chapter 14, by Cavan Scott
20. ↑ **New Canon** *From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi*, "The Veteran", by Adam Lance Garcia
21. ↑ **New Canon** *From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi*, "Trooper Trouble", by Laura Pohl
22. ↑ **New Canon** *Young Jedi Adventures* Season 1, Episode 6: "Squadron".
23. ↑  **Fanwork** Panic\_CelestialInk: "Hidden in the Desert". *Archive of Our Own*. (Archived on January 13, 2024).
24. ↑ *Solo: A Star Wars Story*
25. ↑ **New Canon** *Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016)*, issue #26, "Worst Among Equals, Part I", by Simon Spurrier. Published 2018-11-14
26. ↑ **New Canon** *The Mandalorian* Season 3, Episode 2: "The Mines of Mandalore".
Itala Film (Italy)

### Background

Itala Film was an Italian production company founded by industrialists Carlo Rossi and William Remmert in 1905. The company would enjoy major growth over the years with film pioneer Giovanni Pastrone joining and reorganizing the company and establishing an office in New York City. At this point, the studio produced successful historical epics such as *Cabiria* (1914). However, in 1918, Pastrone lost control of Itala and in 1930, it was folded into the Unione Cinematografica Italiana.

(1908-Mid 1910's)

Visuals: On a black background, the fancy, cursive words "Italia Film" are in an arc and above the word "TORINO", all while inside a thin circle.

Variant: Depending on the film, the logo is seen in sepia, a light purple tint, or entirely in bronze.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The cursive text looks a bit decent but tacky.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was seen on short films from this period such as *The Monkey Race*, *Le due innamorate di Cretinetti*, *Per l'onore della marmitta*, and *Battaglione di sciatori Alpini*. Dutch releases at the time or Eyefilm's restored prints may retain this logo or replace it with a different end card or a black screen.

Scare Factor: None.
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Focus Pictures (Ethiopia)

(2017)

Visuals: On a white vintage background, a red light moves across leaving a trial of red triangles. The trail leaves text saying "Focus Pictures" in all caps with a crystal color inside it.

Technique: The light moving and the text fading.

Cheesy Factor: Which is very cheap, and dated.

Audio: A high accordion note which gets louder before stopping.

Availability: Seen on *እስኪነጋ ሙሉ ፊልም*.

Scare Factor: Minimal to low.
Artistry Media (South Africa)

(2010's)

Visuals: Next to the Red Fox logo, is a white square with a red camera with "ARTISTRY" and "MEDIA" next to colored red. Under it is some unreadable text.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it was made for a Logo Design website, and you can read the text because of how small it is.

Audio: The music from the Red Fox Pictures logo.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: Medium.
Vitagraph Studios (United States)

### Background

Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a film studio founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, originally titled the American Vitagraph Company. In the late 1900s, Vitagraph was one of the most prolific American film studios. However, World War I would mark a decline for the company thanks to the rise of the Studio system. This led Albert E. Smith to sell the company to Warner Bros. Pictures on April 20, 1925. The Vitagraph name had a revival in the 1960s, appearing on the end titles of *Looney Tunes* shorts between 1960 and 1968, while *Merrie Melodies* would use the Vitaphone name; both names were switched in 1968 (with *Looney Tunes* using Vitaphone and *Merrie Melodies* using Vitagraph) until the series' end in 1969.

1st Logo (February 23, 1907)

Visuals: On a black background, an image of an eagle with its wings up is standing on a globe with the words "VITAGRAPH" in an arc when overlapped with it.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it was from the 50’s or 60’s.

Audio: The ending theme of the film.

Availability: Was recently discovered on *The Haunted Hotel*.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo (December 25, 1911-1925?)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a white print of an eagle standing on an emblem with a "V" on it. The text "THE VITAGRAPH CO." arcs above the eagle, whereas the words "TRADE" and "MARK" are next to it and "LONDON" is underneath.

Variant: A version for Paris productions exist where the bottom text is replaced with "PARIS", the "O" in "CO." is smaller and aligned to the top as well as the period being omitted, the eagle and the "V" have clearer details as well as fill, and the logo is closer to the screen.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was seen on *The Greater Love*, *Aunty's Romance*, and *The Helpful Sisterhood*.

Scare Factor: None.
K.O.K. Pathé (France)

(December 1911-1910's)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a rooster on the top of the word "K.O.K.", and below that are the words "MARQUE DÉPOSÉE" in the middle. Wrapped around it is the word "PATHÉ FRÈRES".

Variant: A brighter variant exists.

Technique: None.

Audio: The closing theme of the film.

Availability: Like before, it was used in tandem with many other Pathe logos at the time and as of now, only a few films are known to use this logo. One of them includes *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1911).

Scare Factor: None.
Union of Creators and Enterpreneurs of the Cinema and Audiovisual Industries of Western Africa (Mali)

(2000's)

Visuals: On a black background, we see blue-black gradient African nations falling (starting from Zaire and ending at Benin). After that, a blue poker-like shape zooms in from Mali. Below is the blue-black gradient letters "UCECAO".

Technique: Pretty good 2D animation for it's era but...

Cheesy Factor: ...Pretty dated, you can't see Africa when the background fades out, and poker shape doesn't look like it's forming Mali

Audio: Some wind sounds.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: Low to high.
Wudase Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2015)

Visuals: Over a fast-zooming space background, a curly filmstrip stretches in as green/yellow/red Amharic text stretches in with a blur effect. Then "Wudase Film Production" colored gray and in a typewriter font transition in with the same effect as two lights moves across the screen forming some green/yellow/red lines. While this is happening, a green/yellow/red gradient pair of hands slowly blurs in. Then a green/yellow/red line then appears before moving away.

Technique/Cheesy Factor: The filmstrip and texts stretching, with a blur effect on the texts, the lines being formed, with the hands slowly blurring in during this. All in very cheap animation, the animation of the logo is way too fast for your eyes. And could they stop using the colors on the Ethiopian flag.

Audio: A whoosh at the start, followed by a loud bell gong which was repeated two times.

Availability: Seen on *የአርበኛው ልጅ*.

Scare Factor: Medium to high.
Red Fox Pictures (South Africa)

(2010's)

WARNING: Do not watch this video if you're prone to seizures.

Visuals: TBA

Technique: 2D animation all done by a computer...

Cheesy Factor: ...Which is unnecessary for the South African logo in the 10's. You can even see the logo because of how small it is, and the music also is way too loud for this logo. And the animation is very glitchy, which can cause seizures to many, but at least the logo is much better when it bigger (and next Artistry Media logo).

Audio: An African ukulele theme, which sounds way to loud for some reason.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: High, due to the flashing animation and the loud music.
Studio Éclipse (France)

### Background

Studio Éclipse (or Société Générale des Cinématographes Eclipse) was a French production company founded on August 30, 1906 by George Rogers. Initially, it was a subsidiary of the Charles Urban Trading Company. The company would cease operations in 1914 when World War I began

(1906-1914)

Visuals: On a black background, there are two moons surrounded by clouds and a few stars scattered around with. The word "ECLIPSE" in an arc is placed over these two moons.

Variants:

* An alternate version of this logo has it more closer to the screen with more puffy clouds and no stars.
* The logo may appear in a red hue.
* On the title card of their films, the standard logo is smaller and appears above the title of the movie.
	+ Starting in 1912, a print version of the logo is used with the left moon now being a globe and the right a crescent moon.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The two circles looks more like they are forming a butt, which can be unsuitable for a very old logo, and the whole design looks a bit tacky line most logos.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was seen on many of their releases such as *Arthéme avale sa clarinette*, *Promenade sentimentale*, and *La Crue de la Seine*. Similar with other companies, their catalogue has been subject to deterioration or in the public domain, resulting in this logo being completely removed in some films or edited out and end with a black screen. That, or be replaced with reconstructed openings and endings that do not contain this logo, which is the case for most of Eyefilm's restored prints of their films or even international releases of their films. However, the title card variant can be seen on said company's prints of *Arthème Dupin échappe encore*, *Polyte esclave de la consigne*, and *La Journée de Fifi*.

Scare Factor: Minimal, due to the design, but it’s not that bad.
Solomani Sise (Mali)

(2000's)

Visuals: On a black background, a line forming a V then draws in, and then another one but upside down then draws. And then the text "*Salamani Sise*" then wipes in.

Technique: The lines drawing, and the text wiping in.

Cheesy Factor: The animation looks a but decent but still cheap looking.

Audio: None.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: None, bordering on minmal.
Eclair Scientia (France)

(January 24, 1913)

Visuals: Inside a box consisting of a thick and thin border is the word "SCIENTIA" inside an oval with four curved, very thin triangle borders surrounding it. Underneath it are the words "ÉCLAIR" and "PARIS".

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The logo resembles like the Du Mont logo.

Audio: None.

Availability: Its only known appearance so far was on *Moeurs des araignées des champs*. Like with said company, either Eyefilm's or old Dutch prints may preserve this logo but may end up cutting the logo out entirely.

Scare Factor: None.
Pathé-Baby (France)

### Background

The Pathé Baby is an amateur cinema system invented by Victor Continsouza, manufactured and marketed by the French company Pathé Frères between 1922 and 1946, which stood out for being one of the first cinematographic systems conceived and designed to bring the cinema home.

1st Logo (1916-1924?)

Visuals: Over a black background is the white, abstract rooster that crows again, which is written in a graffiti-like style, albeit with a fluorescent white drawing. Underneath is "Pathé - Baby" with underlined below the rooster, and the "-" is inside the leg of rooster.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on some Pathé-Baby 9.5mm films, such as *La Bonne Cuisinière* (*The Good Cook* in English) and *Félix Le Chat* (*Felix The Cat*).

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo (1918-1922)

Visuals: On a black background, there is an oval with a picture of a cracked egg and a baby chick, with the text "Pathé-Baby" in a fancy font underlined.

Variant: A red tinted version exists.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was seen on *Le Châteaux de Chambord* (*The Castle of Chambord*) and *L’infernal Contorsionniste* (*The Infernal Contortionist*).

Scare Factor: Low.
S Production (Gambia)

(2010's)

Visuals: On a black background, there is white moving dust with it red on it. Then the dust moves as the red color disappears, during this, some text can be faintly seen before disappearing. Then the text "S PRODUCTION" in a impact font colored blue with a golden outline with two lights on them then appears after when the dust is almost moves away.

Technique: The dust moving and the text appearing.

Cheesy Factor: Like many African film logos, this one is really cheap and goes off the charts! The dust looks like something from a stock footage. And the text looks a bit cheap.

Audio: A wind noise when the dust moves, and then a explosion sound.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: Low to medium.
Artcraft Pictures (United States)

(November 5, 1916-1921)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a circle with the words on top "ARTCRAFT" and on the bottom "PICTURES" respectively with two wave lines in the center.

Variants:

* Sometimes, the logo is seen in the opening credits.
* On *The Blue Bird*, the logo is aligned to the top right corner.
* On *Blue Blazes Rawden*, there is the Thomas H. Ince Productions logo at the top left corner of the screen.
* On *Don't Change Your Husband*, there is a logo on the bottom of the screen with the text "AN ARTCRAFT PICTURE" above.

Technique: None.

Audio: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: It was seen on *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm*, *Romance of the Redwoods*, *The Poor Little Rich Girl*, *Old Wives For New*, *Stella Maris*, *Blue Blazes Rawden*, and *The Blue Bird*, *Don't Change Your Husband*, and *Wagon Tracks*.

Scare Factor: None.
Mandargue Production (Chad)

(2010's)

Visuals: On a black background, big red colored text "Mandargue" moves at the right side of the screen. The text then turns gray halfway before zooming out as the text then turns gray again. Then the text "*P R O D U C T I O N*" then slides from the right very fast before stopping and moves very slowly at the end of the logo before fading out.

Technique/Cheesy Factor: The texts moving, which are CGI. But this logo is very cheap looking because of the fact of how the text moves, and the text at the end moves way too slow when the logo ends.

Audio: Some dramatic music that sounds like it came from a movie, followed by a whoosh as the text slides in.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: Minimal to low.
Out Of Africa Entertainment (South Africa)

(2010's)

Visuals: On a black background, a golden filmstrip with "AFRICA" in a impact-like font zooms out as a blank filmstrip with just the small squares with "OUT OF" colored gold and in the same font rises up from the filmstrip. Then the logo starts shining as a black transparent filmstrip is seen moving and then stops a little while as then the shine then dies out as "Entertainment" flashes in letter-by-letter.

Technique: Neat CGI.

Audio: A prasher synth theme with the sounds of a film projector running and a weird sound.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: None, it's a neat-looking African logo.
P. D. Production (Bhutan)

(2000s)

Nicknames: "The UTV Motion Pictures Thief (Not the 6th Logo)" "P.D. Motion Pictures" "The Most Blatant Bhutan Logo Ever" "What Where The Bhutanese Film Makers Were They Thinking!?" "India Will Not Be Happy With This" "FADYO Bhutanese Cousin" "The Bhutanese Edition Of Pioneer Films and Enterprises Producciones S.A"

Visuals: It starts out the same as the 3rd UTV Motion Pictures logo, but while "UTV" is being revealed, the screen fades back to the shot where the camera zooms into the light, and then plays back and freezes as a sacred Bhutanese/Tibetan Buddhist object appears growing in at the center, with "P D PRODUCTION" on an orange/black gradient below. A light appears glowing in at the center of the object.

Technique: Computer animation....

Cheesy Factor: ...Which is done in the most horrible way ever. The animation is clearly stolen from the 3rd UTV Motion Pictures Logo, not only that, but you can still see the UTV text being revealed before we fading back the beginning of the logo! Perhaps the worst Bhutanese logo ever made.

Audio: Same as the 3rd UTV Motion Pictures logo.

Availability: Seen on *My Beloved*.

Scare Factor: Low, thanks to the sudden appearance of the Buddha along with the animation. But you just laugh during this badly done logo.
Slovak Film Institute (Slovakia)

(February 15, 1963)

Nicknames: "Dull Film Institute" "Slovakia Dull Institute" "The Boring Czechoslovakia Logo" "The Slovak Personification of All That's Boring" "Why Old Logo Are Boring" "Slovak Film Institute of Boredom"

Visuals: Just text on a black background saying "filmova tvorba a distribucia V Bratislave".

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: This is perhaps the dullest and most boring logo ever in Czechoslovakia, nothing is worth effort is this logo. You can't see anything moving in this logo at ALL!

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on *Slnko V Sieti*.

Scare Factor: None, this logo is just boring.
Heron Studio (Ethiopia)

(2015)

Visuals: On a beige gradient background, there is a blue silver ring spinning as two yellow filmstrips moves across the screen before forming an flipped S. Then red Amharic text and "*HERON STUDIO*" in blue with a yellow glow then fades in. Then the logo fades out as blue Amharic text on the top and red Amharic text at the bottom fades in as the background then blurs into another version of the logo (a flame and some Amharic text behind it and two dark red line sandwiching it, there is the sane text but with no glow this time).

Technique/Cheesy Factor: All the animation in this logo, which is cheap and choppy for 2015, and dated to because of the 4:3 ration of the logo.

Audio: A dramatic orchestral fanfare.

Availability: Seen on *ዘኪዮስ*.

Scare Factor: None to low.
Teevision (South Africa)

(1984)

Visuals: On a space background, we zoom past planets like Saturn and Mars until we stop at Earth. As Earth rotates, 7 glowing red lines draw themselves in from the other sides of it and join around South Africa. Earth stops spinning and the red lines move completely into the red light created from them joining. Then, we suddenly fade to a yellow light trail in the shape of an uppercase "T" on a black background moving upwards to the center of the screen and facing us. The light trail quickly turns into a solid yellow-orange gradient "T", then yellow letters saying "TEEVISION", with their shadows extending down slightly, zoom up from behind the T and rest above it. A yellow border fades in around the whole things and sparkles until the logo fades to black.

Technique: The planets zooming and rotating, the red lines joining, the light trail coming up, the "TEEVISION" letters zooming up, and the border fading in and sparkling.

Cheesy Factor: Choppy animation in some areas, as to be expected with video companies from this time. Also, the first half of the logo seems pointless and is probably there just for aesthetics.

Audio: A catchy stereotypical 80s synth pop tune, with twinkling sounds throughout. To end this, the music is same as before, but with a flute, and the final note gets held.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on 1980s pornography videos from the company.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. The sudden transition from the first half to the second, the ominous light trail and the overall darkness of the logo will make some feel uneasy. However, it's more cheesy than scary.
Dixon Talent, Inc. (United States)

(January 16, 2024-)

Visuals: Essentially just the following words in a typewriter font on a black background:

dixon talent, inc.The logo cuts in (from the preceding Spartina Productions logo). After a few seconds, it cuts to the CBS Studios logo. Beyond the cut-in and out, the logo is still.

Technique: Cutting effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on *After Midnight*.

Scare Factor: None, it's just a boring logo.
Rish Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2016)

Visuals: TBA

Technique/Cheesy Factor: CGI, which looks very slow for some reason, and the ratio makes the logo dated for 2016.

Audio: Some eerie ambiance with a metalic whoosh when the camera moves to the gate and the logo. Then an explosion sound which causes the music to turn into a creepy long synth note with another explosion sound, and then the music fades out.

Availability: Seen on *Kalkidan*.

Scare Factor: Medium to high.
Studio Films (Spain)

### Background

Studio Films was a short-lived film company founded in 1915 by Joan Solà Mestres and Alfredo Fontanals Solé in Barcelona. The company focused on serial films (after the success of Los Misterios de Barcelona, produced by Hispano Films in 1915), being the most important Las Máscaras Negras, produced in 1919 and released in 1920. This company also created a magazine called Revista Española or Revista Studio, which published 50 numbers between 1915 and 1920 (when the magazine disappeared). The company closed down in 1922.

(1915?-1922?)

Visuals: Over a dark background is the head of a lion (with its left half shadowed), which looks like it is roaring. A stylized "Studio" in white is projected out the mouth of the lion, while from there a dark "Films" is projected outside.

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: The only film it is known to survive on is the Spanish serial *Las Máscaras Negras*. Furthermore, it was seen on a poster of the film *El Otro*, produced in 1919, and on the cover of some of the publications of the company's magazine.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare, even it's a still logo. The lion, darkness, still nature, and vintage quality could be disturbing for some people.
Tarik Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2017)

Visuals: On a white background, there is three big Amharic text saying "ታሪክ" with some images of films inside it. There is also a metal rectangle with some Amharic text inside it. Under it is "ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን" with a line under with "Tarik Film Production". The whole logo zooms out before stopping and staying at the screen.

Technique: The zooming.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on *Yehilm Enat*.

Scare Factor: None.
Milano Films (Italy)

### Background

Milano Films was a film company that was founded on December 30, 1909 by Pier Gaetano Venino, Paolo Airoli, and Giovanni Visconti and was based in Milan, Italy. They were known as one of the leading film companies in Italy during the 1910s. They would close down in 1926.

(March 10, 1911)

Visuals: Inside a circle, there is a woman happily operating a film camera with the company name arced on top of the lady and the camera. While filming, the woman looks and points at the text a few times.

Variant: A yellow-green-tinted variant exists.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: This was so far seen on *L'Inferno*.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.
Lois Weber Productions (United States)

### Background

Lois Weber Productions was a film production company owned by Lois Weber, active from May 1, 1916 to December 31, 1926.

(May 22-November 13, 1921)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a stone tea with the genie's lamp inside the center of the circle. Surrounding it are the words "LOIS WEBER" and "PRODUCTIONS", all inside the circle. Below that are the words "TRADE MARK" embossed.

Technique/Cheesy Factor: A carved model illuminated by a spotlight, which looks tacky for the 1920's.

Audio: The opening or the closing theme of the film.

Availability: It was seen on *The Blot* and *Too Wise Wives*.

Scare Factor: None.
V.V. Pictures (India)

(1987)

Visuals: On a blue background, there is a purple colored child goddess (possibly a Shiva) with peacock feathers behind her. Under the child goddess is Gujarat text saying "V.V Pictures" with the "Pictures" text small.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The goddess design look tacky a bit, and the music is way too loud.

Audio: A stock loud swarmandal track.

Availability: Seen on Preet Ghela Manvi.

Scare Factor: Medium to high, the loud music and the child god staring at us can give chills to many veiwers.
Cool Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2015-2017)

Visuals: Over a background consisting of a dark blue moving water, a red line moves at the right side if the screen before stopping. Then a circle with a blue weird texture rolls in on the circle and stops before spinning rapidly and then explodes, revealing a C with the end sliced and a circle split into four parts with light rays coming out of them for some while before dying out, turning it into a dark green. Then the line moves down as a yellow square then appears under it. The squares then turns around, only to reveal "Cool Film Production".

Technique: Everything in this logo...

Cheesy Factor: ...Al in cheap animation for it's era. What does the texture on the circle represents!? a stone or a close up of a dragons skin? we don't know.

Audio: A African drum theme with a explosion when the circle explodes.

Availability: Seen on *የፍቅር ABCD* and *Mieraf Hulet*.

Scare Factor: Low, because of the weird texture design on the circle.
Retro Afrika Bioscope (South Africa)

(2010's)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a theater sign with:

RETRO

AFRIKA

BIOSCOPE

The lights on the sign stars to turn on and flicker, first the text, and then the two outlined squares begin to flicker before turning a yellow color, and then the dotted lights around it then turns on, revealing it to be in a teal color. The logo stays on screen for a while before the whole thing flickers out.

Technique: The logo flickering in and out.

Cheesy Factor: Could they put more animation here then just the logo flickering in and out.

Audio: The sounds of light buzzing followed by a whoosh and silence for a mere second before the buzzing started again.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: Low, due to the buzzing.
Nahom Records (Ethiopia)

Nahom Records Inc. is an Ethiopian film, video, & music producer headquartered in Washington, DC that was founded around the 2000's. It is one of the largest distributors in the music industry of Ethiopia.

1st Logo (2009?-2020)

Visuals: Beneath a red tint background with a strip of sparkling musical sheet notes flying is crystals & music notes, we then see yellow & white lights move left to right, the company's name in English then rotate transitionally. It then cuts to the company's name in Amharic and the logo. Beneath is a dark aqua background with light turquoise lights and white musical notes flying towards the screen. It then cuts to a peaceful yellow background with a copyright logo on it. On it shows the disclaimer: "ይሀንን ፊልም የስባስቤቱ ፈቃድ ማሳተምም ሆነ አባዝቶ መስጥ በህግ ያስቀማል። (Publishing or reselling this film without the owner's permission is prohibited by law.) in red". The scene is then changed to the red-tint background in it's full opacity, it then shows the website & executive producer name in white. The words "ETHIOPIA - USA - CANADA - UK - AUSTRALIA - ISRAEL" in yellow fade from the right, and the telephone numbers fade from the left.

Technique: Computer animation combined with CGI.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks cheaply rendered by using a cheap video editing software. Also, the backgrounds are stock looking as well, looking like they were downloaded from a stock video website. And the animation of the text is a bit cheap, but not that bad.

Audio: A brave trumpet & drum fanfare, and then a happy upbeat violin & piano tune.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on multiple movie CDs made throughout the 2010's.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.

2nd Logo (2020-)

Visuals: On a rusty metal black oval with small squares inside of it is green and white lines surrounding them, grey lines then appear beneath the black background. Multiple squares that make up the company's logo pop up individually on the oval as more lines surround the oval, diamonds then zoom in individually to finally make up the company logo. Squares that make up the words "NAHOM RECORDS INC. seen in white & grey gradient then also zoom out individually. The logo shines and slightly zooms out.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: A piano & trumpet fanfare.

Availability: Seen in some films previously distributed by the company.

Scare Factor: None.
MB Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2016)

Visuals: Over a purple space background with a bright red light on top of the screen. There is the earth spinning as the screen rotates, and then the text

MB FILM

PRODUCTION

Rises up from the earth as the camera zooms out as the text slowly moves. Then the camera zooms in as the text splits and moves away as the logo fades out.

Technique: CGI...

Cheesy Factor: ...But not that big cheesy.

Audio: A dramatic string/drum fanfare.

Availability: Seen on *Banchi Yemeta*.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.
Anjbara Entertainment (Ethiopia)

(2015)

Visuals: On a black background with many circles in various colors and sizes is the Amharic text "Anjbara Entertainment" in yellow with some Amharic text and a phone number "0912-134119" and "0911-391512".

Technique: The circles moving.

Cheesy Factor: Which is cheap looking, made in some video editor or something.

Audio: A catchy Ethiopian theme.

Availability: Seen on *Temarekulesh*.

Scare Factor: None.
Moses Digital (South Africa)

(2010's)

Visuals: In a dim room with moving smoke and two light rods, there is a circle with "*MOSES DIGITAL*" inside it and a flat circle under it; the logo slightly zooms in.

Technique: The zooming.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it was done on some template.

Audio: A soft gentle piano tune.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: None to minimal
Office National pour le Commeree et l'Industrie Cinematographique (Algeria)

(1980's)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a "ONCIC" formed as a circle. On the bottom right side of the scree is "Presents" in French.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The design looks tacky for it's era.

Audio: A strange beeping noise.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: None to low, the noise and the design can get to some.
Master Sound (Ethiopia)

(2016)

Visuals: On a blue gradient background, there is a close-up of two orange moving rings as "ዋና ድምጽ" and "Master Sound" zooms out into place at the rings stops moving. Then two red flashes appears as a drawing of a bird and a microphone then zooms in inside the ring and the same text under it fades in.

Variant: On *Fikirna Poletica*, the logo is on a blue background with a drawing inside a yellow circle, and the text is also different.

Technique/Cheesy Factor: CGI, which is a bit cheap-looking, and the animation copies Amaco Production. The variant is not that bad, but the colors copies the Film Ramusn logo in the *Fikirna Poletica* variant.

Audio: A soft synth child-ish rock theme.

Audio Variants: On *Fikirna Poletica*, just the sounds of cheering is heard.

Availability: Seen on *Chombe* and *Fikirna Poletica*.

Scare Factor: Low.
Lotus Film (Egypt)

(1963)

Visuals: In some room, there is a weird looking three flowers, which froms an "ark". Overlapping the image is "LOTUS FILM" and "فيلم اللوتس", with "*presents*" both in English and Arabic for each text.

Technique: None.

Cheesy Factor: The logo hardly stands up for 1963, because of it's tacky nature in it. Also, the logo is unusual to be in color because most Egyptian logo in 1960's is in B&W.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen only on *Al Nasser Salah El Din*.

Scare Factor: Low, because of the flower design and the fact of how tacky the logo is.
Aromantic Films (Ethiopia)

(2010's)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a blue glowing circle drawing Africa. Then another light appears drawing "A romantie" and another one then draws a big cursive F but flipped as "ilms" then fades in under it. The country of Madagascar with a filmreel inside it fades in as another filmreel is seen moving on the F.

Technique: The continent being drawn, and text being drawn and the filmreels moving.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like something made from a video game logo but from africa.

Audio: A long synth note held with some sparking noises.

Availability: TBA.  [Examples?]

Scare Factor: None.
Whisper North (United Kingdom)

(January 1, 2024-)

Visuals: Set on a black background is this:

WHISPER

N O R T H

The I is in magenta and bent to look like a right chevron whilst the rest of the text is in white. Above the logo is the Sony Pictures Television and Paramount Global Content Distribution logos and underneath is small text reading "FOR" placed atop the ITV logo with the Albert Certified Productions logo on the left.

Technique: None.

Audio: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the 2024 ITV revival of *Jeopardy! UK* and *Wheel of Fortune UK*.

Scare Factor: None.
Tele Sahel (Niger)

Télé Sahel is the national broadcaster of Niger operated by ORTN, short for the Office of Radio and Television of Niger. Télé Sahel launched in 1964 as an educational television channel under the name Télé-Niger. On April 6, 1979, following the success of their broadcast of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the channel was converted into a national television network adopting its current name and launching its color broadcasts the same day.

1st ID (1982-2006)

Visuals: On a grayish-blue background is part of a trumpet. It then zooms out, revealing a man with a trumpet riding a horse. A television outline draws in on the right of the horse. A large "O" with a symbol forms in the television outline. The letters of "rtn" fade in separately in the "O". It then zooms to the television.

Technique: Camera controlled animation...

Cheesy Factor: The animation is way too tacky for it era, but also dated when it reached 2006.

Audio: A loud trumpet noise. It then repeats on the zoom out, the forming of the television and O. More loud trumpet noises are made when the letters fade in.

Scare Factor: Medium to high.

2nd ID (2017-)

Visuals: On a white background, there is a green outlined square pop up on the floor and briefly rotates 90 degrees, as two orange vertical lines nearly slide into it and a green vertical line slides through the outlined square. The words "INFORMER EDUQUER DISTRAIRE" slide from the right standing on the floor while two black outlined squares on top of each other with green and orange squares on the lower left and upper right corners respectively with the words "Télé Sahel" set in a green Impact font inside the two outlined squares pop up. The camera pans around the background while the two intersecting outlined squares rapidly rotate 90 degrees once at a time, while a symbol - a stylized shield with a portion of the coat of arms of Niger, the black portion of the stylized "O", the television outline - technically a rounded rectangle, and the remaining orange and green portions of the stylized "O", one by one, respectively. The letters "RTN", set in the Cooper Black typeface, zoom out from the top of the screen forming the ORTN logo. The camera in the background moves back to its original position and the background fades to white. The ORTN logo then zooms into a position where it would appear on top of the orange words "Télé Sahél" set in the Arial Black typeface, which fade in almost immediately after the logo would form.

Technique: Computer animation.

Cheesy Factor: If you look closely at the top and bottom thirds of the screen, there are bars colored in a slightly darker shade of white, making it apparent that the stock background in this logo is 16:9, and when the ORTN logo is formed, the bars fade instantly to a pure white color when the background animation is finished.

Audio: A potentially stock corporate tune possibly from the early 2010s or the late 2000s.

Scare Factor: Low.
Galaxy Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2010's)

Visuals: The camera zooms out of many planets & comets over a galaxy background, the camera zooms out to reveal stacked text saying "GALAXY FILM PRODUCTION" slowly spinning before the whole logo stops but still slowly zooms out.

Technique: CGI, which is not a bit bad.

Audio: A soft brass fanfare.

Availability: Seen on *Rebuni*.

Scare Factor: None, it's a good looking logo.
Decla Film (Germany)

### Background

Decla Film was a German film production and distribution company that was originally founded in 1911 as a German branch of the French company Laboratoires Eclair under the name Deutsche Eclair, which during The Great War, had to be taken into German ownership by 1915 (alongside with other French film companies in Berlin, like Pathé Frères, under Literaria Film, and Gaumont, under Deutsche Gaumont), with the German film producer Erich Pommer and film distributor Fritz Holz forming Decla-Film-Gesellschaft Holz & Co. in the following year. Under Pommer's leadership, Decla became one of the leading film companies in the early period of the Weimar Republic, with famous movies such as *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler*, *Die Nibelungen* and specially the 1920 expressionist horror film *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*. In the same year, it merged with its rival Deutsche Bioscop to form Decla-Bioscop, which was eventually bought by UFA in 1923 and then absorbed by the later, despite, due to Decla's previous success, some UFA productions were released under Decla-Bioscop label as late as 1924.

(February 26, 1920)

Nickname: "Offended Eagle"

Visuals: On a black background, an outlined eagle comes flying from the right along with five forms, which flip to reveal letters. As the letters "EDCLA" take their place at the bottom of the screen, the eagle lands between the "L" and the "A". Then it takes the "D" and places it its correct position, as the "E" moves to the right and morphs into a fish, which the eagle grabs with its beak.

Variant: A green-tinted variant exists.

Technique: Early traditional animation, which is really choppy, even for 1920. Moreover, it looks off-center, but then again, it's all Delca could afford back then.

Audio: Silent, or the opening theme of the film.

Availability: Only seen on the aforementioned horror film *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*.

Scare Factor: High, The general weirdness of the logo, its choppy animation, and its ominous atmosphere are sure to give goosebumps to many first-time viewers. But it may vary for those who used to it.
Abyssina Film Production (Ethiopia)

(2017)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a silver brown landmass of Ethiopia with a filmstrip around it spinning. Then orange Amharic text then emerges from the filmstrip, and then "Abyssina Film Production" then emerges under it.

Technique/Cheesy Factor: CGI, which is a bit cheap looking for 2017.

Audio: Some sets of wind a beeping noise's.

Availability: Seen on *ኑርልኝ*.

Scare Factor: None.