Antelope Films

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Editions by
Michael Kenchington

1st Logo (December 27, 1984-December 14, 1995)

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Visuals: On a black background, a white drawing of an antelope's head looking downwards is shown being paired with the text "AN ANTELOPE PRODUCTION" alongside a co-producer's name and the copyright notice.

Variants:

• On backgrounds with a bright colour, the antelope head is black.
• On The Riddle of Midnight, the head is besides the credit information.
• On Vidal in Venice, the head is small and besides the company name.
• On programmes produced for the BBC such as Royal Gardens and Flanders and Swann, the logo shares the screen with the 1988 BBC logo.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The logo first appeared on Vidal in Venice, and was later seen on various other documentaries from the company such as Very Jean Muir and Chairman Mao: The Last Emperor.

2nd Logo (November 6-December 18, 1988)

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Visuals: The antelope head from before in a large size is shown being compressed into a thin white line. It rotates and aligns horizontally, positioning itself on the top of the screen before sliding down and revealing the tall serif text "ANTELOPE". Additional credit information, which includes a co-producer's name and the copyright notice, fade in below the logo.

Technique: Analog computer animation.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: This logo was only seen on Testament.

3rd Logo (November 24, 1996-December 29, 2000)

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• Standard variant

• With soundtrack

• Extended variant

Visuals: The screen zooms out of a brown-tinted stone wall background with a cloudy sunlight emitting on the top section of the wall. While this happens, the antelope head from before in red fades in, blending in with the wall's texture. Each letter forming "ANTELOPE", in the same font as before, rotate in clockwise below the antelope head. Finally, in-credit information covering co-producers and the copyright notice fade in below the logo.

Variants:

• Fullscreen and widescreen versions of this logo exist.
• An extended variant also exists, where the still opening shot appears for several frames.
• On A Cry from the Grave, the logo shares the screen with the 1997 BBC logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A deep, ominous wind ambience plays until the text finishes rotating in, the latter of which is accompanied with metal clinging.

Audio Variant: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: It made its debut on the Cyberspace documentary "Though the Looking Glass".

• The logo with its soundtrack was seen on Arthouse and Mozart in Turkey.
• The extended variant was seen on Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story.