New Zealand Film Commission

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Background: The New Zealand Film Commission(NZFC,Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga in Maori) is always a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films. It was established under the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978 (as amended in 1981, 1985, 1988, 1994 and 1999).

1st Logo (1989-1995)
Nickname: "The Maori Symbol I"

Logo: A Maori symbol which slides away from the viewer and the company name in Times New Roman font.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Rare. Seen on Tala Pasifika.

Editor's Note: TBA

2nd Logo (1995-2001)
Nickname: "The Maori Symbol II"

Logo: Maori symbol zooms out to reveal it being next to the company name and it's maori language translation on a black background.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen in past prints of many NZFC-funded material. Possibly in trailers for Channeling Baby, Once Were Warriors, and many others.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo (2001-2012)
Nicknames: "The Maori Symbol III", "Inverted Identity"

Logo: A blue spotlight background which contains the usual Maori lines in black and white form the rectangle and the words "New Zealand Film Commission" and its repeated name translated in Maori language from before, only inverted this time.

FX/SFX: The background.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Black Sheep, In My Fathers Den, and many other New Zealand Film Commission-funded films in this era.

Editor's Note: TBA

4th Logo (2012-)
Nickname: "The Maori Symbol IV"

Logo: Stacked version this time.

FX/SFX: The smoke and forming of the symbol.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Currently seen on Maori films from the period. an example is Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Editor's Note: TBA