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Due to lack of popularity, I have no choice but to terminate access to the myFTVLM user-generated-video service effective as of this posting. This means that all videos that were uploaded will not be accessible and the RSS feed in the sidebar will no longer be visible.
I apologize for this and hope that we’ll be able to have something of this manner back online soon…
I recently came across a logo that seems to be very rare. The logo was ID as “Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC)”, which seems to be a theatrical distributor from the early 70’s from the early 80’s of dubbed foreign and chillin B-movies, but also a production company, which produced (as far I know) three movies (Terror on Tour, To All A Goodnight, and Alice Goodbody). I got my copy of that logo from a 1983 VHS relase of To All a Goodnight from Media Home Entertainment.
The version I got starts on a blue background, with a simple design consisting of three letters (IRC) under a globe.. Then, the phrase “INTERCONTINENTAL RELEASING CORPORATION” in Arial font and yellow colour simply fades in. Few seconds later, “PRESENTS” fades under the logo. The logo is silent, has limited animation, It’s simple, but a nice logo for a very (and I mean VERY) stange film.
Eric S.
Hello, I’m Eric, and I’m introducing now as a FTVLM blogger. You’ll maybe don’t know who I am until I tell you that I am also know as CPvGc80 or LogicalSmash, you know me then? Right, so now I’ll be writing Blogs for the FTVLM. Hope you’ll enjoy reading them 
There are logos that makes the viewer feel pleased and relax, those logos that doesn’t have very bright colours, have a peaceful tune or a quiet animation. It seems that viewers sometimes tends to forget that logo, (well if they’ve watched it, because nowdays, more TV Stations are starting to delete logos at the end of broadcasts) they’ll remember most the moments of the show or the movie.
But what do you think about a logo that has a eerie piece of music, terrible in-your-face animation, or only because its set on a black background. People sometimes don’t bother on closing logos, but a logo that “scares” you, is more effective, as the viewer would remember that logo more than a peaceful logo. But are those logos we know as “scary logos” really annoying? For example, the Lorimar “Line of Doom” logo, don’t know why people are scared by this logo. The music is peaceful and elegant, it hasn’t got that in-your-face animations that other logos have, and the concept is fine. It’s all in people’s mind. If you see that logo on TV (not some of the dreadful copies that are on YouTube with awful quality and high volume), you’ll think it’s a clever logo, pretty nice actually. Another example, the Universal’s infamous “Globe of Doom”, why, and tell me WHY is some people annoyed by this? The Revue theme is in my opionion one of the best themes composed for a logo, it really represents Universal, and the fonts used are really nice for its time. So, maybe it’s because the logo is dark? I don’t know. Another example I like to talk about is the “V of Doom”. Ok, the desing is a bit disappointing and the music is terrible, but it’s not that bad. I saw it recently on TV at TCM, at the end of “I Love Lucy”, and didn’t scare me at all. So in my opinion, scary logos aren’t not that bad. It’s true that are some logos that the desing is terrible, it has annoying jingles and terrible and choppy animations, but if you want to classify the scare factor of a logo on “High” or “Nightmare”, make sure you have or you’ve seen a high quality copy of that logo.
That’s it. Thanks for reading.
Eric S.
Alright, as I explained a couple of posts ago, I have some spots open for people who want to blog about logos (rare or common, freaky or the everyday, etc.).
However, I wasn’t specific on what you’ll be dealing with when you jump in, so I’ll go over that real quick with y’all.
The FTVLM website is powered by WordPress, a rather powerful blog and content management system. Some of you visitors may have no idea what the hell I’m talking about, and that’s alright, cause not many people (excluding a tech geek like myself) do know.
Anyway, if you are interested in becoming an FTVLM blogger, all you need to do is fill out the form on this post or contact me via email at ftvlm@dlcorganization.us and I’ll hook ya up…
On another note just before I go for tonight, I have been rather busy managing other online projects in the C3 community, so I haven’t had as much time to work on media/studio/description pages as I’d like. Rest assured that I WILL get these done, it’s just a matter of when I’ll have the time to do so.
Whew, that was alot. Heh…enjoy the museum!
