Ca Dao Productions

Background
Ca Dao Productions was established in 1994, by the owner and singer Chung Tử Lưu. It published various Vietnamese music releases such as CDs, Cassettes, VHS and Karaoke releases with many talent singers like Trường Vũ, Hồng Trúc, Lâm Gia Minh, Thanh Thu, Đinh Ngọc, etc. He also released some other releases like cải lương, documentaries, comedies, audiobook.

1st Logo (2000's)


Nickname "Skyscraper at Night Under Ca Dao Text on River"

Logo: We see a skyscraper and a bridge at night somewhere from San Francisco or Houston and the text says "CA DAO" is under on river. This texts which fly up in 3D effects while "PRODUCTION" with a long oval shaped spin and lands on bottom of "CA DAO" then a broken glass transition which transported into black screen at the end.

FX/SFX: 3D animation on the text and oval shaped which cause to spinning around.

Music/Sounds: The sounds was used from 3D Pinball Space Cadet from Microsoft Windows.

Availability: Only be seen on some Vietnamese documentaries VHS releases.

Legacy: There's a yellow flower background right after the glass broken transitions during a preview at beginning of tape 1 or tape 2 from Vietnamese documentaries on VHS. You can see it here: https://archive.org/details/tac-pham-nghe-thuat-ca-dao-vina-video

2nd Logo (2000's)


Logo: On a sunrise background, we see the golden text "Ca Dao Productions" flying, rotating and landing into center, while the six arrows are still spinning in 3D and fading out.

FX/SFX: Another 3D animation texts, catchy Mexican music.

Music/Sounds: A really Mexican music which is used in different video like ads, edited video in the 2000s.

Availability: Seen on documentaries releases, like "Ca Dao Nghệ Thuật" series

Legacy: This logo is used from Karaoke series and Ca Dao Video 2 during intro.

3rd Logo (2000's-2009)


Logo: We zoom in on a rock with a sunset cloud background with a blue sandfloor. In front of the pyramids, the is "Ca Dao" in a cursive text. The camera zooms in various parts with different zooming ways. At the end, the word "PRODUCTIONS" in Arial fades in, below.

Variant: Sometimes, the animation has a different angle and zooming effects with a shaped pyramid on the logo.

FX/SFX: 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: A space sounds taken from songs composed by Huỳnh Nhật Tân then orchestra music, heard with keyboard piano hears, a "ding" and a "boom" sound effect.

Availability: Scarce. Can be seen on many Videocassettes and DVD.