Island Alive

Background

Island Alive was an independent production/distribution joint venture of Island Pictures and Alive Films, formed by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Alive Films founder Carolyn Pfeiffer. In 1985, it was reorganized into Island Pictures.

Logo (September 10, 1982-1985)

Visuals: On a black background, a greenish-blue light rises slowly. Then it rapidly zoom in to the light, revealing a silver island with palm trees, which later glows and mirrors into two islands. Then, some stars quickly appears, illuminates the screen for less than a second, and go back to their position, revealing a shadow of the island on a circle with the blue light behind it, with the words "ISLAND ALIVE" with "presents" below it.

Technique: Live-action and cel animation.

Audio: Silent at the beginning, then a whoosh when zooming in, and a dreamy tune that sounds like it was composed by Kitaro.

Availability: Can be seen on Countryman and Choose Me. Despite appearing as a printed logo on the poster, the logo does not appear in the experimental film Koyaanisqatsi.