Melnitsa (Russia)

Background: Melnitsa Animation is St. Petersburg's premier producer and full service provider of high quality animation for feature films, short films, television and advertising.

1st logo

(1999?-)

Logo: Animated depending on the movie, but it still consists of a windmill with "M" at the bottom and four pencils at the top. At the right, "МЕЛЬНИЦА" (MELNITSA in English) is written in handwritten font, with "студия анимационного кино" (animation in English) in more standard font below.

Variants:

• On Three Bogatyrs movies, pencil "with "MELNITSA" on it (used in new Moonzy intro) draws it with company names below, all on white background to resemble paper.
• On Про Федота-стрельца, удалого молодца, the windmill first walking with legs. Legs disappear, and then someone visits the windmill. Whole thing ripples to the normal logo.

FX/SFX: Depending on the variant, otherwise none.

Music/Sounds: Depending on the variant, otherwise none.

Availablity: Common. Seen on every movie they created. Firstly seen on Карлик-Нос. Then briefly seen on Про Федота-стрельца, удалого молодца and its DVD/Blu-ray releases. Seen on every Three bogatyrs movie. If you're Russian and have to go on Melnitsa film in theaters, you are lucky to see this logo. This to not appear on Moonzy and The Barkers and replaced logos with copyright notice at the end.

Scare Factor: Depending on the variant, it can range from none to low.