Entropy Films (Canada)

Background
Entropy Films was a film production company run by Linda Dunn, Ruth Dodd, Mandy Melon and Madelyne Moore, the former and latter two ran their own public access shows in the mid-80s before forming Entropy to acquire the rights and master copies back from broadcasters. By chance, they were hired by Sternwest Productions to assist in the production of one of their TV movies and from there, gradually expanded into a full-scale production company. Entropy was headquartered in Steinbach, Manitoba. The company would shut down in 2006.

1st Logo (1986-1995)
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 (1995-2006)
Logo: We fade in to black and white footage of a woman walking in a suburban neighborhood at night. It cuts to a gaping hole in the ground as an unseen creature emerges from it. It cuts back to the woman who turns around and screams at the sight of the creature as it emerges out of the hole. We then cut to various white shadows containing the word "entropy" moving forward as a gaping monstrous mouth forms and zooms toward the screen engulfing it. It fades to an alleyway where a tail can barely be seen slithering out of view. We then fade out to see a white box with the word "ɛn trə pi" (phonetic spelling of "entropy")

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Sounds corresponding to the action, along with numerous wind sounds, ending with a faint heartbeat.

Availability: Appeared on the 1995 remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats, The Piano Teacher, Man's Master, Siphon and By a Name.

Rocket Media
This was a short-lived children's subsidiary of Entropy Films, established around the time Entropy became more dedicated to science-fiction and horror films aimed at teens and young adults.

1st Logo (1995)
Logo: On a black background, an abstract rocketship flies into view from the bottom left corner. "ROCKET MEDIA" in big red letters appear and circle around the rocket.

FX/SFX: The rocket and words.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availablity: Extinct. Only seen on the short-lived Monster Club.

2nd Logo (2001-2003)
Logo: Same concept as before, but this time with a more polished look. This shares the screen with the Gecko Studios logo.

Variant: On the pilot and German airings of Forget Tess, this and the Gecko Studios logos are sandwiched in-between the second Wild Brain Entertainment logo and the Carlton Communications logo. Beneath all of them is the logos for Nickelodeon and Teletoon. Sometimes text would be shown above and down below, as was the case with the pilot: "an American-British-Canadian co-production" above, and below "A Gecko Studios/Rocket Media/Carlton Communcations Production", "in association with Wild Brain Entertainment", "for", "Nickelodeon UK", "with the participation of Teletoon".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or none.

Availability: Seen on Forget Tess.