LVN Pictures

Background
LVN Pictures, Inc. was a Filipino film studio that was considered one of the biggest in the history of Philippine cinema and its foremost establishment in motion picture post-production until 2005.

1st Logo (July 29, 1939-1949?)


Logo: On a dark sky background, we see a 20th Century Fox-like structure, with "LVN" in a 30's sans font, and the bottom are the "PICTURES" and "INC." on a 2 row of structure. The searchlights are seen is moving on the logo.

Variant: An off-centered variant exists on a nighttime background. This is a early version, but it was appeared on Giliw Ko.

Technique: The searchlights moving.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the film. Other films has the trumpet horn fanfare.

Availability: It was seen on Victory Joe and Giliw Ko, the studio's first film. Other films produced by LVN are now considered lost.

2nd Logo (1944?-1964?)
Logo: On a starburst or dark sky background, we see 2 monuments (supposedly the real-world Rizal and Bonifacio Monuments) on the left and right of the Philippines, and there is a globe on the center with "LVN" rotating (a la Universal) with "PICTURES INC." stacked. "Presents" then flips over the screen.

Variants:
 * On Squatters, there is no "Presents" on the logo.
 * The shading and sky background may differ on each film.

Technique: The rotating.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the film. Other films has the 3 fanfares:
 * A slow horn fanfare used from 1947 to 1958.
 * A bombastic fanfare used from 1953 to 1963.
 * Another alternate fanfare used from 1956 to 1964.

Availability: It was seen on some films like Nina Bonita, Squatters and Backpay. Other films produced by LVN are now considered lost, but restored films are incomplete on some films.

3rd Logo (December 24, 1977)
Logo: The second logo is seen for five seconds, until it fades to a black screen with the yellow letters "LVN", which then zoom in one-by-one to the viewer and turn. The camera then zooms out to reveal that it is inside a black filmstrip in a yellow background, and zooms out.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: The film's opening theme.

Availability: Only seen on Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising.

4th Logo (August 8, 1980)


Logo: On a blue background, black film negatives wipe in in other sides and a rows. When it wipes, it then becomes a filmstrip with "LVN" in a red sans font, similar to the third logo.

Technique: The wiping and disappearing. 2D animation reminiscent of the time.

Music/Sounds: Silent.

Availability: Appeared only on Kakabakaba Ka Ba?.