Joint Venture Filmpotrebsoyuz Pictures

Logo (1992-1994)


Visuals: There is the Morning in a Pine Forest painting fade in, and a short time later, the screen zooms in onto the painting as it morphs into a circle on a black background, which contains a close-up of a brown bear inside. As two ribbons emanate from the top of the circle, a  spark appears above the circle, forming the words "СОВМЕСТНОЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЕ" (Russian for "JOINT VENTURE"). Two more ribbons emanate from the bottom of the circle as the words "FILMPOTREBSOYUZ PICTURES" appear below the circle, morphing into its Russian translation, "ФИЛЬМПОТРЕБСОЮЗ ПИКЧЕЗ" upon getting close to taking up the bottom third of the screen. After a few seconds, as an obvious parody of the MGM lion, the bear roars, grabs the circle, and throws it towards the bottom of the screen, upon which the circle explodes, revealing a background that displays the title of a Капитан Пронин episode.

Technique: Camera-controlled/cel animation.

Audio: A synthesized bombastic fanfare, which stops as the bear roars.

Availability: Seen before the Russian parody cartoon series Капитан Пронин (Captain Pronin), which has only four episodes that aired as part of an anthology program between 1992 and 1994.