Sacis International
1st Logo (1980-1991)
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Visuals: On a space background, a light flashes thrice in the center of the screen, and then a red stylized S streaks thrice across the screen as "sacis" zooms out, letter by letter. Afterwards, the stylized S returns, settling above "sacis". Finally, "international distribution", in white, zooms in and settles below "sacis".
Technique: Scanimate visual effects.
Audio: A highly synthesized fanfare.
Availability: Appears on films released by Sacis including Sweet Dreams and A Boy from Calabria.
2nd Logo (1991-1994)
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Visuals: There is a tree that grows and shows some colorful illustrations while zooming-in. After, two rainbow line merge together and transform into the "SACIS" wordmark from before, now painted with more colors and outlined in white. The stylized S from before and the text "INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION" fade in, respectively above and below the wordmark.
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: A synthetiser string theme.
Availability: Used on a few international prints of TV fictions, such as The Secret of Sahara.
3rd Logo (1994-1997)
Visuals: A silver angel holds a bow and arrow. She takes aim and fires. A human eye is then shown and turns into a highly-detailed vortex as the arrow flies through. Some rippling water is then shown and it reveals a bronze muscular angel. As this happens, the “SACIS” word mark in bronze zooms out from below and settles on a black rectangle below the angel. The text “INTERNATIONAL” fades in as the background turns black..
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A woodwind flute motif that turns into a heroic and powerful fanfare.
Availability: Appeared on later italian movies distributed by this company before its fusion with Rai-Eri and Fonit Cetra to create Rai Trade. This plasters the previous logo on the Fox Lorber release of Padre Padrone. This is used in tandem with the previous logo
