Hong Tai Motion Picture Company Ltd.

Background
Hong Tai Motion Picture Company, otherwise known as Hongtai Pictures (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and Hongtai Film Industry (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., was a Taiwanese-Hong Kongese film company that lasted for approximately eight years.

1st Logo (August 1, 1987-January 1, 1990)
Visuals: Over a background with a white glow at the near center, numerous white stars are shown fading in and out all over. A lens flare flies from the top right side to the center of the white portion of the background, and expands before fading out. Afterwards, a circle outline consisting of four curvy lines creating a square and two chinese characters inside of the outline zooms in and flips to the front side, showing a gold glow. The symbol shines, the text "鸿泰電影事業股份有限公司" in a handwritten script wipes in horizontally, and the sets of text "鴻泰出品" and "精緻電影" slides to the left and right respectively next to the symbol. Finally, both the symbol and the bottom text shine.

Variant: For The Long Vacation, the logo takes place against a space background, and the appearance of the symbol and the text are different. The symbol appears by spinning and flying from the top left corner, the bottom text appears with a shadow effect, and the two sets of text next to the symbol zoom in.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio:
 * Edelweiss: Starting with a synth whoosh, four deep synth notes, as well as two higher pitched synth notes and two drum notes, are heard throughout.
 * The Playground Once Again: A deep-sounding theme, which transitions to a standard brass fanfare.
 * The Long Vacation: A bombastic brass fanfare, coupled with two synth whooshes.

Availability: The logo can be seen in Edelweiss, The Playground Once Again, and The Long Vacation.

2nd Logo (October 29, 1987-November 30, 1989)


Visuals: Against a black- grayscale background, a glowing bar zooms to the bottom and flips vertically, revealing the text "鴻泰影業(香港)有限公司". The glow disappears, and the white text "HONG TAI MOTION PICTURE COMPANY LTD." wipes in. Once completed, the symbol from the last logo zooms in above the text and shines before the text "鴻泰出品" and "精緻電影" do the same movement as the last logo. The logo stays still for three seconds before fading out.

Variants:
 * A variant of this logo consists of the logo taking place on a black background.
 * Another has the text "CORPORATION" replace "COMPANY".

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio:
 * Mr. Handsome: None.
 * Framed: An abridged version of the Edelweiss variant of the last logo.

Availability:
 * The standard logo can be seen in Mr. Handsome.
 * The black background variant was said to be seen in Framed.