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ABC Circle Films
Logo descriptions by Adam P., Nicholas Aczel, and GreenLantern40
Logo captures by Eric S., Silversword55, AsdfTheRevival, Shadeed A. Kelly, and snelfu
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and Mr. Logo Lord
Video captures courtesy of TVLOGOS708090 and Eric S.
Background: ABC Circle Films was the made-for-TV motion picture division of the ABC Television Network (later as Capital Cities/ABC, now ABC, Inc.), being renamed after as ABC Productions in 1987. Today, all of the ABC movie library is held mainly by The Walt Disney Company.
1st Logo
(1971-1975)
Nicknames: "Cheesy Word Circle", "Mismatched Circle"
Logo: We see the words "An ABC Circle Film" in an outlined pink Peignot font (similar to the one used on Viacom's first production logo around this time) over a black
background. Then, the words become curved, and begin to rotate in a circular motion, as though they are about to circle around the screen's middle. However, the exact same phrase in the exact same font, outlined, is seen going across the screen in an outward curve, as if it was the other half of the circle. Meanwhile, the phrase is seen going back to its original position, and when the logo stops, it is exactly in the same position.
FX/SFX: The words "circling"; all 2D effects.
Cheesy Factor: Ugly logo. Also, not a very smartly-created one.
Music/Sounds: A Christmas-like orchestral tune, complete with bells.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the in-your-face animation of the words circling.
2nd Logo
(1975-1979)
Nicknames: "Constellation", "ABC in the Space"
Logo: On a space background, we see two neon-outlined ABC logos (probably one red and one white, but hard to tell because the light effects are so cheap) aligned like a Venn Diagram, and as they fly up to the screen the two logos merge into one with a neon-purple outline. Below, the neon-red text "circle films" pans from the right.
FX/SFX: The ABC logos flying and merging, the "circle films" panning.
Cheesy Factor: The space background and panning effects reek of the primitive "Scanimation" techniques typical of computerized logos of the time. Also, those ABC logos are so badly colored, the merging effects are barely visible!
Music/Sounds: Originally silent; however, there was also a version in the later 70s with a disco-like tune (the tune was actually a snippet of ABC's slogan of the late '70s, "Still The One!", which came from the actual song itself).
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the overly cheesy FX and dramatic music.
3rd Logo
(1979-1983)
Nickname: "Multicolored Circles"
Logo: Against a black background, six multicolored circles scroll into the near-top of the screen while five multicolored circles scroll into the screen below them. Once the two are aligned in the middle, they become the orange letters "CIRCLE FILMS," in a font reminiscent of the Terminator film
title. A white circle then drops from the top of the screen and lands on the "I" in "CIRCLE". In it are the black "abc" letters.
FX/SFX: The circles moving, forming of the letters.
Cheesy Factor: A primitive logo that looks (and sounds) as though it was made in the 1960s.
Music/Sounds: A dramatic fanfare with an ending similar to Paramount Television's 1969 "Closet Killer" music.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the dramatic music, usually after a dramatic theme, may unnerve some people.
4th Logo
(1983-1989)
Nicknames: "The Shining", "ABC Shining"
Logo: On a light blue background, we see the stacked words
zoom in from the bottom of the screen. The logo "shines".
Variant: There is another variant of this logo with a red and a teal background.
FX/SFX: The words zooming, the logo "shining".
Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.
Music/Sounds: Usually the closing theme of the show. When it did have music, it had the 1979 logo's music, as at the end of the made-for-TV movie The Day After.
Availability: Still preserved on Moonlighting, followed by the Buena Vista Television logo.
Scare Factor: Low.
Logo captures by Eric S., Silversword55, AsdfTheRevival, Shadeed A. Kelly, and snelfu
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and Mr. Logo Lord
Video captures courtesy of TVLOGOS708090 and Eric S.
Background: ABC Circle Films was the made-for-TV motion picture division of the ABC Television Network (later as Capital Cities/ABC, now ABC, Inc.), being renamed after as ABC Productions in 1987. Today, all of the ABC movie library is held mainly by The Walt Disney Company.
1st Logo
(1971-1975)
Nicknames: "Cheesy Word Circle", "Mismatched Circle"
Logo: We see the words "An ABC Circle Film" in an outlined pink Peignot font (similar to the one used on Viacom's first production logo around this time) over a black
background. Then, the words become curved, and begin to rotate in a circular motion, as though they are about to circle around the screen's middle. However, the exact same phrase in the exact same font, outlined, is seen going across the screen in an outward curve, as if it was the other half of the circle. Meanwhile, the phrase is seen going back to its original position, and when the logo stops, it is exactly in the same position.Cheesy Factor: Ugly logo. Also, not a very smartly-created one.
Music/Sounds: A Christmas-like orchestral tune, complete with bells.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the in-your-face animation of the words circling.
2nd Logo
(1975-1979)
Nicknames: "Constellation", "ABC in the Space"
Logo: On a space background, we see two neon-outlined ABC logos (probably one red and one white, but hard to tell because the light effects are so cheap) aligned like a Venn Diagram, and as they fly up to the screen the two logos merge into one with a neon-purple outline. Below, the neon-red text "circle films" pans from the right.
FX/SFX: The ABC logos flying and merging, the "circle films" panning.
Cheesy Factor: The space background and panning effects reek of the primitive "Scanimation" techniques typical of computerized logos of the time. Also, those ABC logos are so badly colored, the merging effects are barely visible!
Music/Sounds: Originally silent; however, there was also a version in the later 70s with a disco-like tune (the tune was actually a snippet of ABC's slogan of the late '70s, "Still The One!", which came from the actual song itself).
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the overly cheesy FX and dramatic music.
3rd Logo
(1979-1983)
Logo: Against a black background, six multicolored circles scroll into the near-top of the screen while five multicolored circles scroll into the screen below them. Once the two are aligned in the middle, they become the orange letters "CIRCLE FILMS," in a font reminiscent of the Terminator film
title. A white circle then drops from the top of the screen and lands on the "I" in "CIRCLE". In it are the black "abc" letters.FX/SFX: The circles moving, forming of the letters.
Cheesy Factor: A primitive logo that looks (and sounds) as though it was made in the 1960s.
Music/Sounds: A dramatic fanfare with an ending similar to Paramount Television's 1969 "Closet Killer" music.
Availability: Extinct.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the dramatic music, usually after a dramatic theme, may unnerve some people.
4th Logo
(1983-1989)
Nicknames: "The Shining", "ABC Shining"
Logo: On a light blue background, we see the stacked words
zoom in from the bottom of the screen. The logo "shines".
Variant: There is another variant of this logo with a red and a teal background.
FX/SFX: The words zooming, the logo "shining".
Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.
Music/Sounds: Usually the closing theme of the show. When it did have music, it had the 1979 logo's music, as at the end of the made-for-TV movie The Day After.
Availability: Still preserved on Moonlighting, followed by the Buena Vista Television logo.
Scare Factor: Low.
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