Film Production Logos
The first Warner Bros. logo hails all the way back to the 1920's. As seen in films such as 1927's The Jazz Singer, it establishes the basic motif of the Warner Bros. logo for the next 90 years: a shield with the initials "W.B." stamped on it. Yet unlike future iterations, the original logo crushed the studio's initials into the lower third of the shield, so as to reveal the company's Burbank film studios.Through the 1920's and 1930's, the W.B. initials eventually grew to take over the rest of the shield, and by 1935's Captain Blood, the Warner Bros. logo had settled into a more elongated but otherwise similar version of the design it has used, with small iterations, for the past 80 years. But there are exceptions. In November, 1966, Jack Warner sold control of Warner Bros. to Seven Arts, Inc. The studio was then renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.This design lasted only four years. In 1970, Kinney Services bought Warner Bros. and changed the logo to resemble almost a gas station's version of the historic mark: a beveled W and B over a crimson shield with gold outlines. Time Warner seems to want to expunge this logo from the historical record. Although it was originally seen at the beginning of 1971's Dirty Harry and A Clockwork Orange, in recent DVD and Blu-ray releases, the company either replaces it with its current logo or edits it out of the film entirely.After an eight-month return to the classic Warner Bros. logo, Saul Bass was hired in 1972 to re-brand the famous film studio. It's easy to see why Bass's design—very much of its time and slightly, well, Nazi-like—was quickly phased out by the mid-1980's in favor of the classic Warner Bros. logo.
The unique Paramount Pictures logo depicting a pyramidal mountain has been the main emblem of the company since its existence. The emblem is the oldest surviving and the most eminent Hollywood film logo in history. It is evident that the mountain is inspired by a sketch drawn by W.W Hodkinson during a conference with Adolph Zukor. The pyramidalmountain in the logo is said to be a depiction of the memories of his early life in Utah. It is also said that the mountain drawn by Hodkinson is the Utah’s Ben Lomond Mountain, and that Peru’s Artesonraju is the mountain in the live-action emblem.The Paramount Pictures logo was initiated as a charcoal representation of the mountain surrounded by twenty-four stars. The logo was reformed into a dull canvas in 1953. In the 1970s, it was made simpler and the numberof stars was reduced to twenty-two. The logo was redesigned yet again in 1987 on Paramount’s 75th Anniversary, in collaboration with Apogee, Inc. With lake and stars, the design utilized computer technology for the first time. In 2002, a fresh new computer-generated logo was produced for the second time, commemorating the 90th anniversary of Paramount Pictures.
. It was founded in 1919 and named Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, which got changed to Columbia Pictures in 1924.To know the origin of the name Columbia we have to travel back all the way to 1738 when it was published in the weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament. It was forbidden to print the debates and to camouflage this they were published as Reports of the Debates of the Senate of Lilliput. Fictional names were thought up for other countries and Columbia was the one used for America, the one responsible for this is most probably Samuel Johnson. The name finally became the female personification of America and was chosen to be the name and logo of the company. It is not completely clear however on which woman Columbia has been based. Several women have claimed to be the inspiration, but a conclusive answer was never found.
Universal was founded by Carl Laemmle. He moved to the US in 1884 and had a job as a manager. He was fascinated by the nickelodeons and saw how many people visited them and decided to start purchasing them. In 1909 he founded the Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP). In 1912 a contract was signed with other studios (Powers Picture Company, Champion Films and American Éclai) and this resulted in the founding of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company in 1914 with Laemmle as its president.
Filmmaking in Russia appeared immediately after the invention of the cinema (after the first Lumiere brothers' short came to the screen in Paris in 1895, Russia had become acquainted the cinema in 1896, and in the same year was made the first Russian movie). The "Cinematograph", as movies were called, was very taken by Tsar Nicholas II and through his patronage of this novelty, it was rapidly spread in Russia.
Mosfilm doesn't need special introduction because it was the largest association in film industry in the whole world for many decades. The history of this huge "city" situated on the Vorobyov Hills began a long ago, in 1920.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, Russia already had several cinema ateliers, among which the most famous was the company, established by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Joseph Yermolyev.
In 1923, after the nationalization and renewal, Khanzhonkov's cinema atelier became the First GOSKINO cinema factory. Another cinema factory - Third - was located in the former Yermolyev's studio in the Bryansk Lane, near Kiev railroad station. Their union in 1923 was the foundation of future "Mosfilm". In November 1923, on a new enterprise work began with shooting "On the wings up" movie by director Boris Mikhin. The movie was issued on big screen in January 1924. Since that, the studio began working as a formed creative team and that date is considered as the studio birthday.
Mosfilm doesn't need special introduction because it was the largest association in film industry in the whole world for many decades. The history of this huge "city" situated on the Vorobyov Hills began a long ago, in 1920.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, Russia already had several cinema ateliers, among which the most famous was the company, established by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Joseph Yermolyev.
In 1923, after the nationalization and renewal, Khanzhonkov's cinema atelier became the First GOSKINO cinema factory. Another cinema factory - Third - was located in the former Yermolyev's studio in the Bryansk Lane, near Kiev railroad station. Their union in 1923 was the foundation of future "Mosfilm". In November 1923, on a new enterprise work began with shooting "On the wings up" movie by director Boris Mikhin. The movie was issued on big screen in January 1924. Since that, the studio began working as a formed creative team and that date is considered as the studio birthday.
Whistling Woods International was founded in the year 2006 by Filmmaker Subhash Ghai. Since then, the institute has diversified into Animation, Media & Entertainment, Communication and Fashion. Till date, more than 1000 media and entertainment professionals have graduated from the school. Whistling Woods International has also been accepted as a full member of CILECT (Center International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television). The institute has established several academic partnerships with over 14 international universities, which gives its students opportunities to work on international co-productions.
The Institute has affiliations with global film schools, including international student co-productions and credits transfer. Some of the affiliations are with Deakin University and Griffith University in Australia, Bradford College in the UK, Syracuse University in the United States and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Asia.
The Institute has affiliations with global film schools, including international student co-productions and credits transfer. Some of the affiliations are with Deakin University and Griffith University in Australia, Bradford College in the UK, Syracuse University in the United States and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Asia.