Merpin Film Distributors (Malaysia)

1st Logo (1983-1992)


Nicknames: "The Abstract MFD", "MFD of Cheese"

TBA

2nd Logo (1992-2003)


Nicknames: "The Abstract MFD II", "CGI Abstract MFD", "From Ribbons to MFD", "CGI Ribbons", "MFD 90's"

Logo: On a dark background, the ribbons flows away and they runs across the darkness. When four ribbons cames from the screen, they shoots and the flashlight appears before straight to flashes, and then the flashes dies, revealing "MFD" from the previous logo, but in chrome. The logo then make room for the words "MERPIN FILM DISTRIBUTORS SDN. BHD." zooms out it below in a Arial font. All of results is on a black background.

Variants: In 2001, the logo was enhanced, with the flashlight effects and different, and the sequence background is dark blue (sometimes dimmed in a black background), so the rest of the part one background is still dark before during the ribbons animation and a flashes.

FX/SFX: Amazing CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: TBA

3rd Logo (April 1, 2006-)




Nicknames: "The Abstract MFD III", "CGI Abstract MFD II", "From Ribbons to MFD II", "From Filmstrips to MFD", "CGI Filmstrips", "Sylvester Stallone's CGI Abstract MFD", "Paul Newman's CGI Abstract MFD", "Happy 30th Years, MFD! (2006)"

Logo: We see a picture of valley landscape with flowing rivers (representing canal) as we go to a sky background during we first see a animation from the previous logo from 1992, but with difference: the ribbons has replaced with the filmstrips, and the two filmstrips were also added during the animation sequences. When reaches to a sky background, we see a starry background and then the filmstrips shoots out with yellow flashes on the center, appears and then dies like the previous logo. We then came to a next sequences, revealing "MFD" like the 2nd logo, but in gold. As it does so, the logo zooms out to make room for the words "MERPIN FILM DISTRIBUTORS SDN. BHD." which zooms out below, like the previous logo from 1992, during the background becomes black, then the background turns into a background of cumulus clouds setting in the sky.

Variants:
 * For the logo's first year (April 7, 2006-June 14, 2006), the logo zoomed out further to make room for the "30" which zooms out below the name and logo, and "YEARS" fades in on the "0". This was used on two first movies produced by the company.
 * In June 4, 2008, the name was later shortened to "MERPIN FILMS".
 * Starting in April 5, 2012, the byline "A MERPIN GROUP COMPANY" fades in in a Times New Roman font below the "MERPIN FILMS".
 * Starting in August 21, 2014, the logo became bylineless again.

FX/SFX: Very great CGI. This was designed by Alt.vfx of Melbourne (with original for the 2006 version and later for the 2008 version).

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extremely common; it was seen on films produced (or distributed) by the company. In the U.K., it can be also seen only on 3 produced films made in this branch.

Legacy: The logo theme is very popular; it was considered as a favorite of many.