Entropy Films (Canada)

Background
Entropy Films was a film production company run by Linda Dunn, Ruth Dodd, Mandy Melon and Madelyne Dern, based in Steinbach, Manitoba, with an additional branch in Racine, Wisconsin. It was initially part of Sternwest Productions and used to bookend productions shot in Canada, but would break off from them in 1989. Entropy produced horror and thriller films, along with fantasy and children’s films. They frequently collaborated with Elliot Strange on numerous productions. Melon left the company in 2010, and Entropy laid dormant from then. The company was sold to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger in 2015 and rebranded as a film production unit of his label 604 Records.

1st Logo (1986-1989)
Logo: We see a video of a pale muscular woman with a beastly face, snarling and moving toward the viewer. The video freezes as the text "AN ENTROPY PRODUCTION" is scrawled in.

Trivia: The footage was taken from the TV movie Betty: Fugitive of the Atom.

FX/SFX: The video and the text.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a roar or the closing theme of the program.

Availability: Ultra rare, appeared on the TV movies Bad Dog? and Betty: Fugitive from the Atom. Also appeared on the short-lived show County Law as well as some episodes of The Halloween Gang 's syndication package; a hint for those that want to see it, this logo only appeared on episodes that were animated at Nelvana Limited. Most other episodes in the package were animated at DiC Entertainment, who produced the network seasons. Entropy were used to help bookend Canadian involvement.

2nd Logo (1989-1991)
Logo: On a black, or space background, we see the text "ENTROPY FILMS" set toward the bottom center.

FX/SFX: None, aside from the fade-in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: The black background version appeared on The H Word. The space background version appeared on Santa's Little Helpers.

3rd Logo (1995-2009)
Logo: We fade in to a butterfly on a black background. The body of it changes, with what looks to be a face forming on top of it. The butterfly begins moving toward a flickering lightbulb as a pair of yellow eyes form on the wings. "ɛn trə pi" (phonetic spelling of "entropy") fades in below as the butterfly flickers and bursts forth.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Two windy noises, ending with a rising electrical sound.

Availability: Appeared on the 1995 remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats, Dog Catcher, The Piano Teacher, Siphon, Tonka: Search and Rescue and Channel 2. Also seen on the shows Monster Club and Forget Tess.