Yerevan Studio

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Background: Yerevan Studio (Armenian:Երեվան) is a studio of feature and documentary television films in Yerevan. It shoots feature films. It also digitizes Armenian films of the Soviet period.

1st Logo (1975)

Yerevan Studio (1975)Yerevan Studio (1975), Armenian language

Logo: It has two varitants of the logo:

The Russian version of the logo has the text in cyan background:

СТУДИЯ ТЕЛЕФИЛЬМОВ „ЕРЕВАН”

The Armenian version of the logo has the text in blue background:

ՀԵՌՈՒՍՏԱՏԵՍԱՅԻՆ ՖԻԼՄԵՐԻ „Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն” Ս Տ Ո Ւ Դ Ի Ա

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: Rare. Only seen before A Bride from the North (Невеста с севера / Հարսնացու հյուսիսից)both in Russian and Armenian versions.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1975-1983)

Yerevan Studio (1979)Yerevan Studio (1983)

Nicknames: "Armenian Eagle"

Logo: We see the eagle. Then the camera moves away and we see the text in Armenian (the lettersո and ւ are shown as a ligature for representing sound [u]): ՀԵՌՈՒՍՏԱՏԵՍԱՅԻՆ ՖԻԼՄԵՐԻ „Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն” ս տ ու դ ի ա

Trivia: TBA

FX/SFX: The eagle, camera moving, text fading. Simple animation (even for its years)

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon, seen on some films of that era.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2007-present)

Yerevan Studio (2007-present)

Nicknames: "The MGM Thief", "3D Lion from the seal of Yerevan"

Logo: We see the lion walking and roaring like Leo the Lion of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Then the lion reaches up and a staff and crown appear. Text in Armenian under the lion appears: Ե Ր Ե Վ Ա Ն Ս Տ Ո Ւ Դ Ի Ա

Trivia: This logo is created by Triada Studio based in Yerevan.

FX/SFX: 3D animation. This lion looks like it's taken from the seal of Yerevan.

Music/Sounds: Lion roaring sounds stolen from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer intro 1987-2008.

Availability: Currently seen on films produced by Yerevan Studio.

Editor's Note: None.