Café Productions
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
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1st Logo (30 April 1995-8 June 1998?)
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Visuals: On a dimlit lit tan background, as the screen zooms out, "Café" in a hand-written cursive font is drawn. While the "f" is drawn, a curved turquoise overline appears over the text, followed by a semi-circle on top that is aligned to the "é". Underneath "Café" is the already formed "Productions Ltd.", which is also hand-written. The text also has a shiny effect to it and the logo's contents are within a box against a black background.
Variants:
- In the logo's later years, the light on the top left section of the screen is brighter.
- There is an in-credit variant where only "Café" is present and completely white.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme.
Availability: A lot of their programmes are hard to find and gone from television. The normal variant appears on Hitlers Death: The Final Report and The Cawnpore Massacre whereas the in-credit variant's only known appearance was on the Inside Story documentary "Smoke Rings". The only known ways to find this logo are through original television airings or BFI appointment viewings.
2nd Logo (7 May 1999-3 August 2000)
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Visuals: Set on a dimly lit light blue background, the "Café" text from before, albeit with no shine, is drawn while the background's edges darken. After the overline appears, "P R O D U C T I O N S" wipes in via shine effect. Simultaneously, additional in-credit indicators fade in over and underneath the logo.
Variant: On Tripping, the logo is inside a box and paired with the Rocket Science Laboratories logo. Additionally, "P R O D U C T I O N S" does not appear, neither is the in-credit disclaimers.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A mechanical cling sound, followed by a short jazzy horn riff and a triangle to cap it off. Otherwise, the ending theme of the programme.
Availability: There are a few known releases released during this short period that have this logo: Tripping, Napoleon's Obsession: The Quest for Egypt, and The Man Who Bought Mustique. Although it had a short lifespan, these releases have known home media releases, though it is unknown if they have this logo intact in the end.
