Samsung Films

Background
Samsung Films is the film division of Samsung.

1st Logo (2002)
Logo:


 * Opening: On an underwater background we see the text "Times" with the S being tall (like the S from the Sega Saturn startup) and with the Earth next to it. Both the text and the Earth are casting shadows. After the GPRS logo, it cuts to a pink background with binary plastered over what appears to be the continents of the world, white outlined circles, and a hexagon shaped thingy. Two shiny lights and a wireframed sphere rotate on the outlined circles. White non-outlined circles (or spotlights) appear and brighten up. A countdown starting from 3 appears and when it reaches 1, the whole entire background brightens up and disappears leaving just a plain pink background with the Samsung wordmark (which is the word SΛMSUNG in the Linotype Univers 820 Condensed Black font and with the A having no line on it) in white.
 * Closing: Same as the startup animation but different and with different animation. There is no GPRS logo and the pink background is replaced with an orange crystal background. An outlined circle comes into view, and lands on the crystals. A flash appears and disappears along with the detail in the background which leaves just a plain orange background with the text "SEE YOU" in white and in the Arial (or Helvetica) font. A red rectangle with the red serif bold text Times slams below the SEE YOU text.

Technique: 2D animation

Music/Sounds: For the opening, it's a xylophone theme. For the closing, it is a different xylophone theme.

Music/Sounds: On international releases of S100, the logo has sound effects.

Availability: Seen on S100

2nd Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: Same as the startup animation from the previous but different. The pink background was different, and the animation is different as well. A shiny thing slides from down to up. A flash appears on the left and the countdown from before appears this time in the left and instead of the background brightening and disappearing, It stayed still with the Samsung wordmark in blue fading in.
 * Closing: Same as the shutdown from the previous but the background is blue, and the outlined circle animation was played in reverse.

Variants: The animation varies depending on each film, but the most common ones are


 * Airplane: For the startup, it shows an airplane ready to take off. Then it fades into two hands shaking each other and finally, the Samsung wordmark. For the shutdown, it has the airplane flying at sunrise. Then it fades out and only a black background with the text "SEE YOU!!" remains. This version has a different GPRS logo at the beginning.
 * Flowers: For the startup, it was on a night background with flowers and little particle things that are shining. Each time when they get closer, they brighten up and in the end, once they collide together, they form a white background with the Samsung wordmark albeit being a little bit squished. For the shutdown, it's now set on a sunrise background. The particles just move around as the camera pans up. Then, the black background along with the text "SEE YOU!!" fade in. This version also has a different GPRS logo at the beginning.
 * Desert Ball: For the startup, it is on a desert, 3 balls come into view and collide forming a white background with the Samsung wordmark but in a different font. There are also two versions of the shutdown. For the P400, one of the balls fall into a deep hole. Then it fades into a black background. For the X450, it's the same shutdown animation as the P400 but instead of fading into a black background, it fades into a white background with the same Samsung wordmark from the startup. This version also has a different GPRS logo at the beginning.
 * Swan: For the startup, it starts on a sky with water. Swans come by flying through the right, and come closer to the left. The Samsung wordmark now in its original font fades in. For the shutdown, It is now sunrise. The swans fly to the right and the sun goes down. This version has the normal GPRS logo.
 * Unknown: For the startup, it starts with something spinning. Then the camera pans up, and a white background with the Samsung wordmark fades in. For the shutdown, the camera goes down to the fan looking thing. Then, it fades onto a black background with "See You!!" in white. This version also has the normal GPRS logo.


 * Butterfly: There is a close up of the butterfly, which flies. No Samsung wordmark appears. Just a white background. For the shutdown, it takes place on an icy background. The butterfly appears and flies away. Some text that says "Good Bye!" appears.

Technique: 2D animation

Music/Sounds: For the opening, it has a cheerful tune. For the closing, a 4 note tune.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * The flower version has the different instruments version of the cheerful tune.
 * The butterfly shutdown animation has the closing music from the next logo.

Availability: The original version was seen on S200. The variants are seen on these Samsung films.


 * Airplane: D100
 * Flowers: D410
 * Desert Ball: P400 and X450
 * Swan: S300 and S300M
 * Unknown: X400 (unused for X426)
 * Butterfly: P100 and V200

3rd Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: On an orange background, we see two things making a circle. The Samsung wordmark comes into view.
 * Closing: Same animation but the text "See you!" or " Good bye!! " appear.

Technique: 2D animation

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2nd logo's music but with an octave pitched down.

Availability: Seen on S500, E100, and E700.

4th Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: On a white background, there are many balls which are connected. It then fades into the same white background and Samsung wordmark from the Desert Ball startup.
 * Closing: The lines disconnect. The balls fall down, and it fades onto a black background with the text "GOOD BYE" in white.

Variants:


 * An alternate variant exists. Here, the line connected balls are different and in the closing, it fades into the same white background Samsung wordmark thing.
 * Sometimes the animation would be slower and the same Desert Ball thing would fade at the ending of the shutdown.
 * Other times, It would be different. The background is green, the lines are green and the balls are cyan. This time the Samsung wordmark appears in white. The closing would be the same as the startup, but in reverse anf with the same animation as the original.
 * Another version has this variant. Just the same, but this time the Samsung wordmark in black fades in. The closing is the same, albeit with Good Bye in black fading in as well.
 * For the rest of the closings, it would have the line connected balls spinning with "Good Bye" fading in over a black background. This would be updated without the Good Bye screen.

Technique: 3D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: For the opening, it's just a fragment of the cheerful tune. For the closing, it would be the same.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On C110, the music is low pitched.
 * Sometimes, the startup tune would be full.
 * For the rest of the closing, basically just the shutdown music. Sometimes, different music could play which would later be used for the next logos.

Availability: Seen on E600, C110, E300, C200, C200N, X140, E610, P720, E850, X610, X120, and E850.

5th Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: On a white background, there are 3 puddles in both yellow, magenta, and light blue. Blobs come out of them and form the text "Ḟᴜ̇ɴ". A light blue background forms, and the Ḟᴜ̇ɴ text moves to the left. Meanwhile, the text "Club" text writes itself and moves to the right. This completes the text Ḟᴜ̇ɴ Club. The Samsung wordmark appears above the Ḟᴜ̇ɴ Club text. The URL appears below as well.
 * Closing: The blobs from the startup all fall in a light blue background. The background turns white, and the Samsung wordmark in blue fades in along with the Ḟᴜ̇ɴ Club text and the URL. Both are which small and under the big blue Samsung wordmark.

Technique: A mix of 3D and 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The same music from the Samsung (2000s) starup and shutdowns. This also includes new music from the 4th closing logo variant (The one where the line connected balls spin). These include


 * A crystal sounding like music
 * A happy sounding tune. Complete with trumpets, a xylophone, and drums. This was for the startup. For the shutdown, it's different with rhode sounds, and a boing sound (which doesn't sound a lot like the boing sound from the 2nd Klasky-Csupo logo) at the end.
 * A tune with random notes. This tune would later get reorchestrated with more instruments, and would be a little bit louder.
 * A dramatic synth tune. For the shutdown, the same, but with higher notes and in the end, switches over to a sound that sounds like a game over screen.
 * A 4 note tune. For the startup, it goes A, G, A, C. For the shutdown, it goes A, F, A, G. The first two notes of the shutdown are high pitched. This would later get reorchestrated wity the baseline of the shutdown getting louder and even going warped.
 * A happy sounding tune with rhodes.
 * Another happy sounding tune. Not with rhodes, but with synth.
 * The cheerful tune from the 2nd 2000s Samsung startup and shutdown but reorchestrated with the same insteuments from the 1st 2000s Samsung startup and shutdown.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The 4 note tune would be later used for more startups and shutdowns.

Availability: Seen on some Fun Club films.

6th Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: Yellow dots form a yellow Ḟ. We then zoom out of the magenta ᴜ̇ which is also filled with dots. After zooming out it is revealed to be the text "Ḟᴜ̇ɴ" with the ɴ being blue instead of light blue. It then cuts to the same thing from before but with a black background and wity an extra "www." right next to "samsung.com".
 * Closing: We zoom in from the different letters of Ḟᴜ̇ɴ. The Ḟᴜ̇ɴ text then zooms out and the same thing from the startup appears.

Variants:


 * Sometimes the logo can be high contrasted.
 * There is a variant where after the Ḟᴜ̇ɴ text forms, the end is shown for a split second. Then a new scene plays. Blue dots form the blue SΛMSUNG wordmark. After that, it cuts to the end of the startup but this time with the Samsung wordmark blue and the entire screen squished.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Music/Sounds Variants: The same musics from before can get reorchestrated. New music also gets thrown into the mix. This includes


 * The happy rhode music being reorchestrated with new instruments.
 * The random notes tune being reorchestrated with a piano.
 * Disco music.
 * The 4 note tune being reorchestrated with a rhode.
 * A Christmas sounding rendition of the cheerful tune from before.
 * The 4 note tune being reorchestrated with violins.
 * A remix of the 4 note tune.
 * The 4 note tune being reorchestrated with a xylophone and a piano.
 * A loud, but cheerful and happy tune. For the startup, the notes ascend. For the shutdown, they descend.

Availability: Seen on some Fun Club films. The blue Samsung wordmark is seen on X830.

7th Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: There are multiple streaks in blue and pink. The camera pans up and a flash appears which causes a reflection to appear as well.


 * Closing: It's now on a background that looks snowy. A flash appears along with a reflection. The same streaks from the startup appear now in blue and green.

Technique: 3D computer animation

Music/Sounds: A nice, and calm sounding tune.

Availability: Seen on some Samsung films using this animation.

8th Logo (2000s)
Logo:


 * Opening: Streaks form the Samsung Fun Club logo from before. The URL fades under.
 * Closing: The logo dissapears.

Technique: 2D animation

Music/Sounds: The 4 note rhode tune.

Availability: TBA

9th Logo (2008-2010)
Logo:


 * Opening: On a black background, we see a bubble like thing forming the Samsung wordmark. The URL appears below.
 * Closing: Same as the startup, but it plays reverse.

Technique: 2D animation

Music/Sounds: Each time it plays in different instruments, but it is always the same. A 4 note tune.

Availability: Seen on some Samsung phones. It has also appeared on the first ever Samsung Galaxy

10th Logo (June 4, 2010-May 2, 2011)
Logo: On a black background, we see multiple cubes forming a stylized S. After that, the text "Samsung FILMS" appear below.

Technique: Impressive computer animation for a boot screen.

Music/Sounds:
 * Galaxy S: A calm theme.
 * Galaxy S2: A synth rendition of the Samsung Galaxy's signature theme, "Over the Horizon", originally composed by Joong-sam Yun

Availability: Only seen on Galaxy S and Galaxy S2.

Legacy: This logo marks the debut of Samsung Galaxy's signature theme, "Over the Horizon".

11th Logo (May 29, 2012-April 27, 2013)
Logo:
 * Opening: On a black background, a blue light spins around and forms an angled oval. The Samsung wordmark then fades inside the trajectory of the light, after which it then dims out. The wordmark glows in cyan.
 * Closing: The blue light immediately draws the oval, the Samsung wordmark fades in, and the whole logo fades.

Technique: The light and the glow. Somewhat simplistic.

Music/Sounds:
 * Galaxy S3:
 * Opening: A high, echoing pindrop sound, followed by the trademark 5-note Galaxy theme.
 * Closing: Just the last three notes of "Over the Horizon" played on piano, together with a whoosh sound.
 * Galaxy S4:
 * Opening: A soothing orchestra/piano rendition of "Over the Horizon". Taken from said phone's rendition of the ringtone.
 * Closing: A short warbling sounder.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The pindrop sound on the S3 version of the opening sound originates from a segment of the S II version of the "Over the Horizon" ringtone.

Availability: It can be seen on Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4

12th Logo (April 11, 2014-August 21, 2015)
Logo:
 * Opening: People draw the Samsung wordmark in, first in blue and pink, followed by white, as it zooms in. A thin outline of the angled oval in the Samsung corporate logo is briefly drawn in and seen. The people then turn to the camera and do a tada pose. They fade out.
 * Closing: The logo is still.

Technique: The text drawing itself in. This is rather simplistic compared to the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: The opening and closing music of Galaxy S4
 * Galaxy S5:
 * Opening: A remix of the Galaxy trademark theme
 * Closing: The startup music is cut down to the last two notes. On some devices, it is silent.
 * Galaxy S6:
 * Opening: A 4-note synth theme.
 * Closing: None.

Music/Sounds Variants: Galaxy S4 on international releases retain their same audio from the last logo.

Availability: Seen on international releases of Galaxy S4

13th Logo (March 11, 2016-March 16, 2018)
Logo:
 * Opening:
 * A person dances which forms the Samsung wordmark. He fades out leaving the wordmark.
 * Shutdown: Still.

Technique: 2D animation and live action.

Music/Sounds:


 * Galaxy S5:
 * Opening: A remix of the Galaxy trademark theme
 * Closing: The startup music is cut down to the last two notes. On some devices, it is silent.
 * Galaxy S6:
 * Opening: A 4-note synth theme.
 * Closing: None.

Availability: Seen on Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6

13th Logo (March 4, 2019-)
Logo: It's only the still Samsung logo, in white, on a black background.

Variant: On newer films starting from 2021, a variety of logos from the past appear which ends in the Samsung wordmark.

Technique: None. For the variant, 2D animation

Music/Sounds: None. For the variant, the logos music even those from the past.

Availability: Current. Seen on Galaxy S10 and will be seen on more Samsung films.