http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=A.V.M._Productions_(India)&feed=atom&action=historyA.V.M. Productions (India) - Revision history2024-03-29T14:09:16ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=A.V.M._Productions_(India)&diff=15766&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> <font color="#333333">Anands and Soundr rama<..."2020-11-04T17:49:29Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> <font color="#333333">Anands and Soundr rama<..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> <font color="#333333">Anands and Soundr rama</font></i><br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>: A.V.M. Productions (A. V. Meiyappan Productions) is an Indian film production company founded in 1945 by A. V. Meiyappan, who founded previously Sarashwathi Sound Productions and Pragati Pictures Limited in the 1930s. It is the oldest surviving film studio in India. Since 1947, the company has produced over 170 movies in the Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Even when A.V. Meiyappan died in 1979, the company remains one of the most famous film companies in Indian cinema.</font></font></div><div> <font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><br/>1st Logo</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">(1948)</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"></div><div>[[File:099b55ba23067cbc3cd8f64b75665617.png|299px|AVM Productions (1948)]]</div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a dark background, we see this 3D text (that looks like a structure):</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br/></font><div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="7"><b>AVM</b></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">PRODUCTIONS</font></div></div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: It's a still logo.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A somber melody of a clarinet.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen only on <a class="external" href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt2kfz_dvd-rip-vedhala-ulagam-1948-tamil-movie_shortfilms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vedhala Ulagam</a>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: Cheap logo, but it's what you expect from a small independent company from India.<br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(1949-1950, 1954)</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font><div>[[File:Dbbb653a603906c4036e11c5f1d8289a.png|301px|AVM Productions (1949)]]</div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a parquet floor (which is taken from the intro of Vazhkai), we see a similar 3D text from the previous logo, but the sides of the structure appear darker.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><div align="center"></div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: See previous logo.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A re-recorded version of the previous melody.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY6SEGtpqDE" target="_self">Vazhkai</a>, Bedara Kannappa and Jeevitham.<br/></font></div></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">3rd Logo</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">(1951-1976)</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font><div align="center">[[File:4a258c1e0dfb54304cbf0fb006cff03e.png|203px|AVM Productions (1951)]][[File:E9fdb0b33833d981d965ed41074dab7a.png|273px|AVM Productions (1954)]][[File:1e18b9b046661bd50883e9552c6affb0.png|198px|AVM Productions (1956)]][[File:5d26a89c1b6821f87e0b1bfb5f3e0d1f.png|204px|AVM Productions (1959)]][[File:F3717028e83e87ad6643de656dd6bddf.png|262px|AVM Productions (1964, B&W version)]][[File:C3f3a3d269dbe6fe009c08e586fdc749.png|230px|AVM Productions (1964, Color version)]][[File:C8ef8d57bd070ed38306ff00b58daed1.png|194px|AVM Productions (1966)]][[File:Db3765df2e2811cbc9eb9bf04c7de44c.png|197px|AVM Productions (1968, B&W version)]][[File:5494be18c4c55cd206ca593a1f41c8e4.png|267px|AVM Productions (1968, Color version)]][[File:4722c40d4f80a3436cdaaa70380ede2f.png|266px|AVM Productions (1971)]][[File:870fd32560284676f6e92bef87013e39.png|263px|AVM Productions (1973)]][[File:37faea8198a1fbe44a9eb15e31d7b67f.png|201px|AVM Productions (1980)]]</div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="169" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/3540b77f695814e0d178e35f363c9dafc8fbf077" width="297"></iframe></font></div><div align="center"></div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "AVM Structure I"</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: The signature logo text from the previous logo is seen on a [[20th Century Fox Film Corporation|TCF]]-like tower, placed on a cityscape background at night. The logo zooms into the text.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Variants</u>: Various colored variants of the logo exist. For example, Pooja had a </font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="3">blue </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">sunset sky with a dark shade of </font><font color="#808080" face="Arial" size="3">white </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">for the tower. Sometimes, the logo is more zoomed out/in. The logo also may appear very dark, leaving only the words.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom-in. Sometimes the logo is live-action, while other times (especially on earlier films) it's 2D.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A re-recorded version of the melody, which is now accompanied by a tanpura.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Seen on many films from the period 1951 and 1976, like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etnMvw4Piss" target="_self">Pooja</a>, <a class="external" href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtlqs2_dvd-rip-uyarntha-manithan-1968-800-mb-akt_shortfilms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uyarntha Manithan</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGtF-uGSWFM" target="_self">Bahar</a>.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: An improvement over the previous logos. It looks very reminiscent of 20th Century Fox.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">4th Logo</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">(1980-)</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="183" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/aae3ce1b8d2170ded27254587740524aaef9739f" width="324"></iframe><iframe align="bottom" frameborder="0" height="183" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/db6c4b5c4084837a8ce08a5297388f35ebd2e01d" width="327"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="184" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/a7cecfed52313da04fa98200ebe0d5a0b4bc9e93" width="324"></iframe></font></div></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Post-Meiyappan Era", "AVM Structure II"</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: Same as the previous logo, but with a sunset </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow</font><font color="#333333">, </font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">and </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">background and with a different cityscape. This logo is preceeded by the "in memoriam"-type screen of the studio's founder, A. V. Meiyappan.</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Anniversary variants</u>: After the regular logo, one of the things will occur:</font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">50th: TBA</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">60th: TBA</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">70th: TBA</font></li></ul><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: Same as the previous logo but purely live-action.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The same melody from the previous logo's music. In the 2000s, the melody was re-recorded once again making it sound even more melancholic.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on <a class="external" href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAzODg2NTUy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murattu Kaalai</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Bb-eP2toU" target="_self">Punnami Naagu</a>. In addition, some variants of the logo have been seen on the TV series released by AVM on its <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/avmproduction/playlists" target="_self">official channel (for TV serials)</a> in YouTube.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: Same as above, but the visuals looks more appealing. Quite honestly, the logo is now outdated by today's standards and the re-recorded music sounds more depressing than the previous.</font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></div><font><div></div></font></div><br/></div></div>Travis