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Okay now this might seem trivial to some. But I think this might be kinda interesting. How about a preservation project of just the studio/film company intros from theatrical movies and home video companies. This could include how some of their intros have changed over the years. Look at Universal for example. And for the video companies one that always comes to mind from when we first got our VCR was Thorn EMI. How about the old Wizard video company or some of the other obscure companies.

I just think that a compilation of those intros would be very nostalgic.

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I know that Universal had all of their logos (excluding their most recent one) on Back to the Future III. That could be a starting point.

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Does THX count cuz I found a demo disc of THX and dolby stuff online and it's got a lot of stuff!
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That's a pretty cool idea. Growing up watching tons of movies has left many of the film companies' tags burnt into my memory. I'd be interested to see something like this!

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I think this would be fun. Another would be all of the intermission stuff from drive in movies. I see those from time to time on VHS but most of them are from the 60's. I would like to find some 70's and 80's stuff.
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I could help you with some very informative links about production/closing logos, variants and sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_logo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_the_Lion_%28MGM%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures#Logo
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/closinglogogroup
http://members.fortunecity.com/teamfx2000
http://logos.ctufilms.com

There was a Megamix made of many logos, but it is currently offline as it is being remastered.

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Thanks. these links are very usefull and I have already joined one yahoo group. I have found a lot of stuff like this on youtube. I never realized how many people are interested in this stuff.
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I’d be happy to contribute a few, but (if RU.08 and ChewieLewis are to be believed) that’s all you can ever hope to count on from me! 😉