Entropy Films (Canada)

Background
Entropy Films was a film production company formed in 1985. It was formed by Ruth Dodd and Madelyne Dern, based in Steinbach, Manitoba. The company initially acted as a contractee by Sternwest Productions to film lower budget productions, but the agreement was dropped due to tensions between Dern and Phil Sterns. Entropy would move on to produce low-budget films and gradually grow over the years. They would acquire the remaining assets of Dunn Films, and hire its founders, as well as acquire minority stakes in It's Time for Cake and Gecko Studios. Entropy Films would file for bankruptcy in 2010 and put its library up for sale; it would get acquired by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. Entropy would get rebranded as 604 Films, named for Kroeger's record label, and Dern currently operates the label.

1st Logo (1986-1988)
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: Appeared on the syndicated run of The Halloween Gang. It was removed on newer prints due to the aforementioned contemptuous circumstances and can only be seen on early VHS releases through Family Home entertainment. It also appeared on Betty: Fugitive of the Atom and the short-lived County Law.

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 fade in to a glowing lightbulb on a black background. The angle changes as we see a butterfly go toward the light, bumping into it. After a few bumps, it goes to the back of the butterfly, where its wings are adorned with a design resembling an owl's pair of eyes, and its body resembles a twisted face. "Entrapi" is below in Courier New. After a few seconds, the image brightens.

FX/SFX: The butterfly and the light.

Music/Sounds: Sounds corresponding to the actions.

Availability: Appeared on the 1995 remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats, Dog Catcher, Field Trip, Tonka: Search and Rescue and Channel 2.

Editor's Note: Early on, newcomers assumed the company to have been based in India, due to how the name was spelled; entrapi is a Hindi translation of entropy, as well as scarcity of information on this company at the time. People were said to have been introduced to this logo through Tonka: Search and Rescue and derided a logo of this nature for appearing on a film meant for younger audiences.