Draft:Five Star Production Co., Ltd.

Background

Five Star Production Co., Ltd. (Thai: ไฟว์สตาร์ โปรดักชั่น) is the one of the first major Thai film production companies, founded in 1973 by Kiat Lamphungphorn and is today headed by his younger brother, Charoen Lamphungporn, and Kiat's children. Its first film was The War Lord and has since grew popular and major with its infamous Tears of the Black Tiger, which apparently tells a story about a monk's early adult life as a generous thief.

1st Logo (1975-1977)

Visuals: On a black background, there are five white stars with a green-yellow gradient sits there along with Five Star's Thai name, all on the black background.

Technique: Likely none.

Audio: None.

Availability: Unknown.

2nd Logo (October 15, 1977-1978)

Visuals: On a black background with stars shining, silver five stars are seen below. After that, the modelled globe (similar to Bola Dunia Films logo) fades in on the top of five stars, Below, there is a Thai translation in yellow and the plain yellow line shrinks to form the English text "FIVE STAR PRODUCTION" in Microgramma font.

Technique: A mix of live-action and cel animation.

Audio: A Thai-sounding triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Appeared only on Thep Phabut Tah Ting Nong and Teng Pah Tah Ting Nong.

3rd Logo (1978-1992)

Visuals: On a space background, a spinning globe zooms in. Five silver stars zoom out one-by-one and sparkle, placing themselves above the globe arched. The globe flashes and the company name in Thai "ไฟว์สตาร์ โปรดักชั่น" zooms in and places itself below the globe. The text continues to sparkle.

Technique: A mix of live-action and cel animation.

Audio: A stock horn fanfare with sound effects being synced to the stars appearing.

Availability: Seen on Five Star Production's movies from 1978 to 1992. These include Aridung (1980), Son of the Northeast (1982), The Story of Nampoo (1984), and Butterfly and Flowers (1985).

4th Logo (1992-1997)

Visuals: On a blue space background, a rock flies to the right. The golden ring zooms out by trailing and stops zooming by forming the world map. It then creates an wireframe world by spinning, with more rings coming from the top and the bottom. The five golden stars fly to the top of the world, and then the Thai name of the company zooms out by trailing.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synthesized fanfare with whoosh and laser sounds.

Availability: Seen on its films from that period, such as Once Upon a Time (1995) and Fun Bar Karaoke (1997).

5th Logo (1997-2001)

Unknown.

6th Logo (2001-2007)

Visuals: The logo starts with a moving aerial shot of city lights at night, with a blue glow at the horizon. The camera then rotates diagonally, and the city lights change to a shot of a green landmass of the Earth as a flare brightens up at the left. The glow dims a little, and the Earth zooms out, revealing itself completely over a starfield, facing the region of Asia and Oceania. A blue glow then appears around the Earth, with the five stars and the Thai text in silver emerging from it around the Earth, in a similar fashion to the last two logos. Blue lights then appear below and form the letters of "FIVE STAR PRODUCTION" in silver.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on films from the period including Last Life in the Universe, Transistor Love Story, and Goodman Town.

7th Logo (2007-2012)

8th Logo (2012-)

Visuals: The camera zooms out as the stars position above its normal position above the globe on a space background. While this happens, "FIVE STAR PRODUCTION" in a different font curves underneath the globe as it glows.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: First seen on Dark Flight.