Entropy Films (Canada)

Background
Entropy Films was a film production company formed in 1985. It was run by Linda Dunn, Ruth Dodd, Mandy Melon and Madelyne Dern and based in Steinbach, Manitoba. Melon would leave the company in 1991 and was replaced by Dunn's husband Robert. Entropy went dormant in 2009 and announced they were entering bankruptcy proceedings if they couldn't sell the company off. 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 (1989-1990)
Logo: We cut to the inside of a decrepit house. A woman in Victorian garb approaches a mirror and does some personal grooming. After kissing the mirror, she suddenly gains a more punk look before walking away. It cuts to the mirror where the kiss mark is sideways and some scuffs near it resemble a butterfly. “Entropy Films” is also scrawled onto the mirror in lipstick.

FX/SFX: It’s all live-action.

Music/Sounds: A hard rock tune, ending with applause.

Availability: Appeared on The H Word and Down to Size.

Editor’s Note: While the concept is bizarre, it ironically suits the name of the company; an entropy being something of an unpredictable nature. While having gratuitous nature, it’s surprisingly not to the same extent as more infamous logos like it.

3rd Logo (1995-2009)
Logo: We see an abstract butterfly glowing on a sandy background. The butterfly is ignited and becomes real as the sand starts to get blown back. As more sand clears we see a rocky background with the word "ENTROPY" in white. After panning across the word, we zoom back and see the butterfly flying around. It soon settles beneath the "P" and "Y" and is reignited, becoming abstract again.

FX/SFX: The butterfly and sand.

Music/Sounds: A tribal tune, with someone saying "Entropy" every now and again.

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.