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Ho caricato questo perché ha un logo della Paramount [con '' Commedia '' sul fondo del Monte]
Logo: We see a white-turned black background, which later filled by pieces of a fingerprint come out from all of directions, spinning and form themselves into a glowing white fingerprint. Then, the text "3rdsense" from the middle of the fingerprint zooms in a bit, and zooms out in order to positions itself while the background turns white again and the fingerprint dims and turns blue. After that, the borderlined URL "www.3rdsense.com" fades in.
FX/SFX: The color-changing BG, and the forming of the logo.
Music/Sounds: A thunder sound, followed by whooshes when the pieces are spinning and about to forming, and a deep (and ominous) whoosh when the texts appear. Depending on your loading time, it may be accompanied by the opening theme of the game.
Availability: First seen on Swords & Sandals III: Solo Ultratus, and possibly other games from 3rdSense during the era. Don't expect to see this on Swords & Sandals IV: Tavern Quests, as it skips the intro to the game.
Scare Factor: High to nightmare. First, viewers will be shocked by the sudden thunder sound at the beginning (like Epic Music Video), and the fingerprint would throw more people off. The sound effects won't help either. The scare factor may vary for those who used to it.
Logo: In the end titles of a film, we see an equilateral triangle pointing down with a "thunderbolt" drawn 3/4 through it. Above the logo is the text "Radio Pictures" (1929 to 1936) or "RKO Radio" with a line drawn over the triangle edge with the text "PICTURES" (1936 to 1956). The text "REG. US. PAT. OFF." is shown below.
Variants:
The "Radio Pictures" variant had "THE END" displayed, which was wiped away to allow the Radio Pictures logo to be wiped in, which had a much scragglier thunderbolt design and a different font compared to the "RKO Radio" variant that followed.
A "Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures" variant in color in various backgrounds and a byline that says "AN RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. RELEASE" appeared some pre-1954 Walt Disney Productions films that RKO Radio Pictures distributed (the byline was eliminated between 1940 and 1946), generally in the same style as the main titles instead of being at the end.The variant also appeared on Joan of Arc (1948).
Like the above-mentioned Walt Disney Productions films, films produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions had this logo at the beginning of a film in the style of the opening credits.
On Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the logo appears at the end of the film and is put on a jewel background, with the words "A WALT DISNEY FEATURE Production" overlapping it, and "IN TECHNICOLOR" below it.
On Fantasia, the logo is put on the title screen of the film, and is silver.
On a few Disney films, such as The Reluctant Dragon, Peter Pan, and Melody, the thunderbolt is mirrored horizontally.
FX/SFX: The fade in and fade out.
Cheesy Factor: The thunderbolt on the Radio Pictures version looks sloppy.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of a film. On Disney films (except Fantasia and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), the opening theme of the movie plays.
Music/Sounds Variants:
On the original release of Bambi, the opening to the song "Love is a Song" is heard, this was also seen on the 1997 laserdisc release, however, the logo is removed from most releases, although it can be heard playing underneath the shortened version of the 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo (on the 2005 Platinum DVD release) and the shortened version of the 2006-present Walt Disney Pictures logo (on the 2011 Diamond DVD release).
On Peter Pan, the opening to the song "The Second Star to the Right" is heard.
On Pinocchio, the opening to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" is heard.
On Cinderella, the opening to the song "Cinderella" is heard.
On Alice in Wonderland, the opening to the song "Alice in Wonderland" is heard.
On the Fantasia variant, the logo is silent.
Availability: Common. It's still saved on films produced by the company. Most Walt Disney Productions films had this logo plastered by the Buena Vista Pictures Distribution or the Walt Disney Pictures logo until the late 1990s (although some prints have the WDP logo playing before the RKO logo, examples being Peter Pan and Fun and Fancy Free), when it began to be restored (although some films, such as Bambi, usually have the logo removed as evidenced on the 2005 and 2011 Disney DVD releases of Bambi where it had a short version of the Walt Disney Pictures logo at the time plastered over with the fanfare playing underneath, however it appears on a laserdisc release according to YouTube user LogoLibraryInc). The variant seen on Samuel Goldwyn Productions films is often removed, although it may have been on 1980s and 1990s home media releases by Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment that were distributed by various companies.This logo also originally appeared on Song of the South, but the UK VHS release contains the Buena Vista logo (with the opening theme playing over), the Japanese laserdisc has no logo. It may have appeared on the original releases of Saludos Amigos and So Dear To My Heart. The Fantasia variant is intact on the 2010 DVD release, but is not present on the 1990 VHS release.
Scare Factor: Medium. The scary thunderbolt drawing may turn off a few, but it's mostly harmless.
Logo: On a watery dripping/burning background (very hard to describe), we see some giant letters swimming on it very fast as the animation goes They form together one by one on a soggy paper-ish form, to form an rays-like background with the texts which say "ARGENTINA" on a fancy version of Arial, "SONO FILM" on bottom, on an flat cartoon-ish font, superimposing it's shadows of the background. Over the bottom we see a big house which looks like a very old presidential headquarters, along with the text "PRESENTA"
FX/SFX: Everything on this logo, the first half of the logo has VERY impressive animation for the 30's that were ahead of its time...
Cheesy Factor: ...but it's professionalism looks overly dramatic and insane, for it's rapid pace and mostly hard-to-describe nature, and the water dripping makes it even worse, it seems like the letters are jumbled up into a pile of garbage, and then turned the logo into a mess. The final result looks very in-your-face and very ominous compared to other logos of it's kind.
Music/Sounds: The loud sounds of water dripping, along with a drumroll with a bombastic trumpet fanfare at the end.
Availability: Seen only onEl Alma del Bandoneón.
Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. Absolutely no one would expect this animation from the time, so it must've frightened a lot of Argentinian folks.