Film Business International

Background
Film Business International was a Hong Kong film distributor company, founded in 1997.

Logo (November 6, 1997-2006)
Visuals: On a black background, a glassy circle is seen taking up the whole screen, slowly zooming out. The camera then zooms out to reveal that it was actually the lens of a black film camera with an abstract-looking body, with a large record button on the side, and it rotates to the left. The background is also revealed to be a dark grey background with white polka-dots focusing in and out of view. As the body of the film camera swings into full view, the spools start to spin and the record button lights up, before outlines start to outline the body, as well as the large gap, as the diagonally-set letters "FBi". The camera eventually stops moving about and then zooms out, with the gold outlines progressively getting faster as the background gains a heavy tint and the rest of the camera fades away. Below, the English/Cantonese text "Film Business International Limited" and "友情歲月影視集團有限公司", both in white, blur in and zoom out below, and the "FBi" turns a metallic color, with the "i" being made of translucent and  blocks. The background continues to move until the logo cuts out.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An orchestral beat that fades to a descending whirring sound, followed by a short hip hop-esque synth beat. An ascending 5-note beat is heard when the gold outlines appear, which is replaced by a synth warble, and then it ends with an shrill sound, descending in tone.

Availability: It was seen on Those Were The Days, Un Baiser Vole, For Bad Boys Only, Roots and Branches and Lethal Angels. Probably first appeared on the 1997 film Erotic Ghost Story: Perfect Match.