Draft:New Zealand Film Commission

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

Technique: Unknown

Audio: Unknown

Availability: Seen on Tala Pasifika.

2nd Logo (1995-2001)
Logo: Maori symbol zooms out to reveal it being next to the company name and it's Maori language translation on a black background.

Technique: Unknown

Audio: Unknown

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

3rd Logo (2001-2012)
Logo: On a black background, a bright light is seen hits over the floor to lights out when we see a Maori symbol on a blue spotlight-like environment background. It expands into a full part to forms "NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION" with "NEW ZEALAND FILM" in a white rectangle and inverted, and "COMMISSION" in a outlined rectangle box but not inverted. This finished product is a inverted Maori symbol, and "TE TUMU WHAKAATA TAONGA" appeared by wiping effect.

Variants:
 * On Two Cars, One Night, the logo is in B&W.
 * On The Freezer (2002) the logo is slightly moved to right.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Completely silent, but other films like Dean Spanley has a new age Maori music with a film directors sound and a clapperboard sounds.

Availability: It was seen on Black Sheep, In My Fathers Den, The Tattooist, Two Cars, One Night, A Fish Tale, and many other New Zealand Film Commission-funded films in this era.

4th Logo (2012-)
Logo: There are 2 versions:
 * 2012?-2017?: On a dark background, we see the Maori symbol from before but redone and has 2-3 inverted symbols on remaining sides. It flies with blue lights and then "NZ FILM COMMISSION" then take over the symbol, completing the logo. "Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga" then follows over the "NZ FILM COMMISSION" legend. The finished products is seen with blue glows.
 * 2017?-present: A parts of Maori symbol zooms out through the background with blue lights with map of New Zealand. It completely zooms, and the current NZFC logo parts zooms out and the "New Zealand FILM COMMISSION" zooms out syncing with the symbol, followed by "Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga". Then, the rest of the background completely fades to black at the tail end.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Unknown

Availability: Seen on English/Maori films from the period, example such as Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Guns Akimbo.