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Gaumont (France)
Logo descriptions and captures by Eric S. and naxo-ole
Videos by idolejeunes, VINCEnord, ThatLogoDude, CpvGc90, triflic and s4ndwichMakeR
1st Logo
(1895-1903)
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Music/Sounds: ???
Availbility: ???
Scare Factor: ???
2nd Logo
(1903-1908)
Nickname: "Elgé Daisy"
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Music/Sounds: ???
Availability: ???
Scare Factor: ???
3rd Logo
(1908-1920)
Logo: We see a stylized daisy. "Gaumont" is written inside. Sometimes, "FILMS" is shown above, and "CINEMA" is shown below.
FX: It's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: Possibly the opening theme of the film.
Availability: It appears in cartels of cinema from Gaumont since 1908 to the 1920s, and appears on the 1915 short film called L'embusqué.
Scare Factor: None.
4th Logo
(1920-1925)
TBA
5th Logo
(1925-1930)
TBA
6th Logo
(1930-1935)
TBA
7th Logo
(1935-1940)
TBA
8th Logo
(1940-1950)
TBA
9th Logo
(1950-1953?)
TBA
10th Logo
(1953?-1970)
Nickname: "Sun Globe"
Logo: We see a revolving globe surrounded by a sun. A filmstrip surrounds the globe, and "GAUMONT" is wiped on it. Afterward, "Distribution" wipes in below the filmstrip in script. At the bottom right, "présente" appears in script.
Variant: Sometimes, only "Distribution" wipes in below, or there would be no additional text at all.
FX: The earth moving and the words "Gaumont", "Distribution", and "présente" appearing.
Music/Sounds: A fanfare that sounds like the 5th Universal Pictures logo.
Availability: It appears on the Region 1 DVD release of The Earrings of Madame de... by Criterion Collection and the 2006 film Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, which was set in 1955.
Scare Factor: None.
11th Logo
(1970-1980)
Nickname: "Sun Globe II"
Logo: Against a smoky dark blue BG, we see a revolving orange globe, with several "points" moving like that of a cartoon sun, zooming in from the top right. It immediately transforms into Gaumont's "marguerite" daisy with a G inside it, both in white. As it moves out to the left, the BG slowly turns red. Then the words "AUMONT" appear at the right, and "DISTRIBUTION" appears at the lower right.
FX: The sun globe and smoke effects...
Cheesy Factor: ...which look cheesy even for 1970.
Music/Sounds: A fanfare that grows more and more dramatic. Three horn stabs play in sync with the animations at the end.
Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; the fanfare is very dramatic and the sky turning red may remind you of hell!
12th Logo
(1980-1985)
Nicknames: "Flowers/Daisies Through the Ages"
Logo: Against a dark blue/black gradient BG with stars shooting forward, several of Gaumont's "marguerite" daisy logos from the past are shown zooming out into the distance. Then, a large white daisy (sans the text) slowly zooms up and out of view. Afterwards, the word "Gaumont" (in white) with the "G" inside the same daisy from earlier (the text appears to be in 3D). The logo continues to zoom out. As this happens, several more stars shoot forward.
Variant: A variant with a gradient BG colored dark blue/dark green was seen.
FX: The logos zooming.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks rough.
Music/Sounds: A dramatic synthesized music score with pounding synth drums.
Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction, as Gaumont is plastering old logos.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the daisy zooming in and the ominous music may not sit well with viewers.
13th Logo
(1985-1995)
Nicknames: "Gaumont in Space", "Zooming Daisy", "Daisy of Doom"
Logo: This is essentially the same as logo 2, but without the daisies zooming out. Against a dark blue gradient BG, we see the Gaumont daisy slowly coming toward us, a la Viacom's V of Doom, and stars shoot forward as this happens. It fills the screen and then we see the word "aumont" zoom out with a 3D effect. Then it slowly zooms out altogether and disappears.
Variant: Starting in 1990, the logo appears on a black BG, and "Gaumont" is in yellow.
FX: The daisy zooming in, zooming out, and disappearing.
Cheesy Factor: The zooming is a little choppy.
Music/Sounds: From 1985 to 1990, it used the same music as logo 2. Later on, it used a dramatic and majestic fanfare.
Availability: Rare; the first version can be found on the Celebrity Home Entertainment/Just for Kids releases of Asterix vs. Caesar and Asterix in Britain. Gaumont may be plastering their older logos now-- on the Region 2 DVD releases of the two Gaumont-produced Asterix films, the 2007 logo appears.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the daisy zooming in may be unnerving to some.
14th Logo
(1995-1999)
Nicknames: "The Gaumont Map", "The Map/Space"
Logo: We see a map of all the Gaumont logos throughout history labeled with their respective years. The camera pans across the map following the logos until it gets to the last one. We then see a bright flash and then the camera zooms in toward a gold Gaumont daisy in space (with stars shooting forward). It has a cloud of gas revolving around it that quickly transforms into the word "Gaumont" (written in red). The daisy also turns red. The logo shines afterward.
Variant: For the logo's 1st year, the words "1895-1995" and "100 ANS DE CINÉMA" were displayed above and below the company name, respectively, in order to commemorate Gaumont's 100th anniversary.
FX: Everything used in this logo, which looks very professional.
Music/Sounds: Same as the black background variation for logo 13. On some films, a wind-blowing sound is used.
Availability: Uncommon (at least in the United States), but not rare. The full version can be seen on the director's cut of Léon: The Professional (the original U.S. release print replaced it with the Columbia Pictures logo), Just Visiting, and international prints of The Fifth Element (again, American prints replace it with the Columbia Pictures logo). In the U.S., the short version appeared on the animated series Sky Dancers, Dragon Flyz, Space Goofs, The Magician, and Oggy and the Cockroaches.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, mainly due to the fanfare.
15th Logo
(2004- )
Nicknames: "Kid with Daisy"
Logo: We start at a black BG, then blue haze rises above a horizon, similar to an eclipse, with fireflies flying about. We seen see a silhouette of a boy walking from the distance and stops at a silhouette of a daisy. The boy then bends down and picks up the daisy, then stands back up and lets go of it. The boy then looks up as we travel to the daisy, which comes closer to the screen. The daisy hen turns colorful and flashes again, turning into the Gaumont logo similar to logo 14, but more detailed and in 3d. The background changes into a detailed zooming space BG. The Gaumont logo shines and fades out.
Variant: on JCVD, the logo starts out as normal, but a silhouette of an adult walks opposite of the boy. When the boy picks up the daisy, the adult grabs it. The boy refuses to let go and snatches it back. The adult then kicks him out cold, letting go of the daisy. The adult then kicks the daisy and the rest plays as normal.
FX: The kid, the rising, the sparkling.
Music/Sounds: We start out with a 7-note fantasy-like fanfare. When the kid releases the daisy, a 4-note xylophone melody plays, ending with a dramatic fanfare
Availability: Common; appears on French films from 2004 to present. You can also see a shortend and simplified (Flash) version of this logo on the company's website.
Scare Factor: Minimal to low, depending on what you think of the music.
Videos by idolejeunes, VINCEnord, ThatLogoDude, CpvGc90, triflic and s4ndwichMakeR
1st Logo
(1895-1903)
FX: ???
Music/Sounds: ???
Availbility: ???
Scare Factor: ???
2nd Logo
(1903-1908)
Nickname: "Elgé Daisy"
Logo: ???
FX: ???
Music/Sounds: ???
Availability: ???
Scare Factor: ???
3rd Logo
(1908-1920)
Logo: We see a stylized daisy. "Gaumont" is written inside. Sometimes, "FILMS" is shown above, and "CINEMA" is shown below.
FX: It's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: Possibly the opening theme of the film.
Availability: It appears in cartels of cinema from Gaumont since 1908 to the 1920s, and appears on the 1915 short film called L'embusqué.
Scare Factor: None.
4th Logo
(1920-1925)
TBA
5th Logo
(1925-1930)
TBA
6th Logo
(1930-1935)
TBA
7th Logo
(1935-1940)
TBA
8th Logo
(1940-1950)
TBA
9th Logo
(1950-1953?)
TBA
(1953?-1970)
Logo: We see a revolving globe surrounded by a sun. A filmstrip surrounds the globe, and "GAUMONT" is wiped on it. Afterward, "Distribution" wipes in below the filmstrip in script. At the bottom right, "présente" appears in script.
Variant: Sometimes, only "Distribution" wipes in below, or there would be no additional text at all.
FX: The earth moving and the words "Gaumont", "Distribution", and "présente" appearing.
Music/Sounds: A fanfare that sounds like the 5th Universal Pictures logo.
Availability: It appears on the Region 1 DVD release of The Earrings of Madame de... by Criterion Collection and the 2006 film Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, which was set in 1955.
Scare Factor: None.
11th Logo
(1970-1980)
Logo: Against a smoky dark blue BG, we see a revolving orange globe, with several "points" moving like that of a cartoon sun, zooming in from the top right. It immediately transforms into Gaumont's "marguerite" daisy with a G inside it, both in white. As it moves out to the left, the BG slowly turns red. Then the words "AUMONT" appear at the right, and "DISTRIBUTION" appears at the lower right.
FX: The sun globe and smoke effects...
Cheesy Factor: ...which look cheesy even for 1970.
Music/Sounds: A fanfare that grows more and more dramatic. Three horn stabs play in sync with the animations at the end.
Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; the fanfare is very dramatic and the sky turning red may remind you of hell!
(1980-1985)
Logo: Against a dark blue/black gradient BG with stars shooting forward, several of Gaumont's "marguerite" daisy logos from the past are shown zooming out into the distance. Then, a large white daisy (sans the text) slowly zooms up and out of view. Afterwards, the word "Gaumont" (in white) with the "G" inside the same daisy from earlier (the text appears to be in 3D). The logo continues to zoom out. As this happens, several more stars shoot forward.
Variant: A variant with a gradient BG colored dark blue/dark green was seen.
FX: The logos zooming.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks rough.
Music/Sounds: A dramatic synthesized music score with pounding synth drums.
Availability: Extremely rare/near extinction, as Gaumont is plastering old logos.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the daisy zooming in and the ominous music may not sit well with viewers.
13th Logo
(1985-1995)
Logo: This is essentially the same as logo 2, but without the daisies zooming out. Against a dark blue gradient BG, we see the Gaumont daisy slowly coming toward us, a la Viacom's V of Doom, and stars shoot forward as this happens. It fills the screen and then we see the word "aumont" zoom out with a 3D effect. Then it slowly zooms out altogether and disappears.
Variant: Starting in 1990, the logo appears on a black BG, and "Gaumont" is in yellow.
FX: The daisy zooming in, zooming out, and disappearing.
Cheesy Factor: The zooming is a little choppy.
Music/Sounds: From 1985 to 1990, it used the same music as logo 2. Later on, it used a dramatic and majestic fanfare.
Availability: Rare; the first version can be found on the Celebrity Home Entertainment/Just for Kids releases of Asterix vs. Caesar and Asterix in Britain. Gaumont may be plastering their older logos now-- on the Region 2 DVD releases of the two Gaumont-produced Asterix films, the 2007 logo appears.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the daisy zooming in may be unnerving to some.
14th Logo
(1995-1999)
Logo: We see a map of all the Gaumont logos throughout history labeled with their respective years. The camera pans across the map following the logos until it gets to the last one. We then see a bright flash and then the camera zooms in toward a gold Gaumont daisy in space (with stars shooting forward). It has a cloud of gas revolving around it that quickly transforms into the word "Gaumont" (written in red). The daisy also turns red. The logo shines afterward.
Variant: For the logo's 1st year, the words "1895-1995" and "100 ANS DE CINÉMA" were displayed above and below the company name, respectively, in order to commemorate Gaumont's 100th anniversary.
FX: Everything used in this logo, which looks very professional.
Music/Sounds: Same as the black background variation for logo 13. On some films, a wind-blowing sound is used.
Availability: Uncommon (at least in the United States), but not rare. The full version can be seen on the director's cut of Léon: The Professional (the original U.S. release print replaced it with the Columbia Pictures logo), Just Visiting, and international prints of The Fifth Element (again, American prints replace it with the Columbia Pictures logo). In the U.S., the short version appeared on the animated series Sky Dancers, Dragon Flyz, Space Goofs, The Magician, and Oggy and the Cockroaches.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, mainly due to the fanfare.
15th Logo
(2004- )
Logo: We start at a black BG, then blue haze rises above a horizon, similar to an eclipse, with fireflies flying about. We seen see a silhouette of a boy walking from the distance and stops at a silhouette of a daisy. The boy then bends down and picks up the daisy, then stands back up and lets go of it. The boy then looks up as we travel to the daisy, which comes closer to the screen. The daisy hen turns colorful and flashes again, turning into the Gaumont logo similar to logo 14, but more detailed and in 3d. The background changes into a detailed zooming space BG. The Gaumont logo shines and fades out.
Variant: on JCVD, the logo starts out as normal, but a silhouette of an adult walks opposite of the boy. When the boy picks up the daisy, the adult grabs it. The boy refuses to let go and snatches it back. The adult then kicks him out cold, letting go of the daisy. The adult then kicks the daisy and the rest plays as normal.
FX: The kid, the rising, the sparkling.
Music/Sounds: We start out with a 7-note fantasy-like fanfare. When the kid releases the daisy, a 4-note xylophone melody plays, ending with a dramatic fanfare
Availability: Common; appears on French films from 2004 to present. You can also see a shortend and simplified (Flash) version of this logo on the company's website.
Scare Factor: Minimal to low, depending on what you think of the music.
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| OptimusPrime2000 | About the 13th logo... | 0 | Jun 11 2009, 4:24 PM EDT by OptimusPrime2000 | ||
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Thread started: Jun 11 2009, 4:24 PM EDT
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The first sentence in the music section is incorrect, it should be "From 1985-1990, it used the same music from the 12th logo."
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| Lazlow | 10th logo on "OSS 117" | 5 | Feb 18 2009, 6:15 AM EST by Lazlow | ||
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Thread started: Aug 8 2008, 5:26 PM EDT
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The distribution variant of the 10th logo appeared on the film 'OSS 117: Cairo, nest of spys' (2006). Interestingly, the film is set in 1955, which made me thinking: could this mean, that the 10th logo was already in use in the 50's?
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| supernaxo | found a logo 4th logo of gaumont (1910?-1925) | 1 | Sep 21 2008, 11:37 AM EDT by Hoa | ||
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Thread started: Sep 21 2008, 6:36 AM EDT
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i found above the title from Le nain a misterious logo from gaumont. it appear in the gaumont palace
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