Shanghai Film Group

Background
Shanghai Film Studio (simplified Chinese: 上海电影制片厂; traditional Chinese: 上海電影製片廠), one of the three biggest film studios in China, is the film division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese films and TV programs. It was founded in 1949. From 1949-1959, it was the largest film studio in China.

1st Logo (1950-1960s)
Logo: On a grey cloud background, a worker-peasant-soldier (gongnong bing) type statue rotates from the right. The company name in Chinese fades in. This logo is almost identical to both the Northeast Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio logos.

FX/SFX: The rotating statue.

Music/Sounds: The same fanfare used in both the Northeast Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio logos.

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note:

2nd Logo (1960s)
Logo: Just Chinese text over a red background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Opening theme.

Availability: Only seen on Stage Sisters.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1971-1980's)
Logo: On a cloudy background, we see another worker-peasant-soldier statue with text underneath it.

Variant: On some films, the statue is small and Chinese text is bigger.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: More common than the previous logo.

Editor's Note: The concept is similar to other Chinese movie logos of the time, such as Beijing Film Studio and Changchun Film Studio.

4th Logo (1980's-Early 1992)
Nickname: "Chinese Old Frame"

Logo: On a green background with a space shining effect, we see squared Chinese characters. An ornate leafed frame fades in, then golden Chinese text "上海電影製片廠" appears below.

FX/SFX: The shining stars, the frame and text fading in.

Music/Sounds: None or opening theme of the movie.

Avaliability: Rare.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (Early 1992-1998?)
Nickname: "S and Y Ball"

Logo: We see the letter "S" drawing itself. A "Y" then draws itself and zooms in, then both letters turn into a ball and zoom out. The logo flashes and gold Chinese text zooms out, then a spacey blue gradient background appears behind it whilst flashing.

FX/SFX: Traditional animation.

Music/Sounds: A trumpet fanfare.

Availability: Rather uncommon.

Editor's Note: Low.

6th Logo (2001?-)
Logo: We zoom out in space, while we see the glowing Earth sShanghai Film Studio (China) - CLG Wikipinning with an orange ring surrounding it, which later resembles to be an orange filmstrip. Various orange lights then zoom out and meet in the center, forming the logo (half a circle with a filmstrip border, half a red/purple gradient wireframe globe. A person with spread arms and legs is seen in front of it, half black and half white), which glows. The orange Chinese characters and translation "SHANGHAI FILM STUDIO" zoom in below the logo. The space background freezes.

Variant: Later releases(?) would replace the whole text with just Chinese characters.

FX/SFX: It's all good CGI.

Music/Sounds: A triumphant fanfare, with bells at the end.

Availability: Uncommonly seen on Chinese movies.

Editor's Note:None.