Shy Guy Pictures

Background: Shy Guys Films was founded in 1970 by Toy Pictures. Later in 2002, Colour Cookie Pictures (the movie division of Colour Cookie) buy the company. Later, Colour Cookie announced their films have a great popularity. In Octuber 2010, after Oval Pictures merged with Argosy Pictures, this company became Shy Guy Pictures.

1st Logo

(1970-1974)

Logo: We see "Shy Guy Films Inc." sliding to the left and stoping on the center.

FX/SFX: The sliding.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Extremely rare, was first seen on True Minds (the first movie of the company) and last seen on The Trial on 1975.

Scare Factor: Mininum.

2nd Logo

(1975-Mid 1979)

Nickname: "SG I", "The Big Letters"

Logo: We see on a white BG and big S in and a little G in an Impact font. Below this, we see "SHY GUY FILMS INC."

FX/SFX: None, all we have is the fade-in and fade-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare; seen on movies like The Master of Football, Sparkling Diamonds, and Clock Machine, among others.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo

(Late 1979-1989)

Nickname: "The Beam", "SG II", "CGI Beam"

Logo: We see on a black BG an blue line draws an outlined image of the letters from before. When this ends, an blue beam appears, filling the color of the letters with blue. When it ends, it dissapears, then "SHY GUY FILMS INC." fades out of the letters with one of the bylines below the company's name.

Bylines:

1979-1984 (Byliness)

1984-1990 In Assocation with Argosy Pictures

FX/SFX: All the animation.

Cheese Factor: None, good late 1970s animation!

Music/Sounds: An extended version of the 1979 DFS Program Exchange theme.

Availability: Very rare, this logo appeared in 11 years. It may appear in movies like Superheros to the Rescue, The Bright Candle, My Dog is a Ball, and others.

Scare Factor: Very medium, the music may make people jumpy.

4th Logo

(1990-December 2000)

Nickname: "SG III", "SG in Space"

Logo: In space, an star shines to us. Later, the "SG" letters outlined in yellow scroll up and stops in the center. Then, the letters glows to yellow, causing to make "SHY GUY FILMS INC." appear below the letters and make the letters gold. The words "shines".

FX/SFX: The whole animation.

Cheese Factor: Low.

Music/Sounds: An orchestral fanfare or none.

Availability: Rare, seen on channels just like Argosy Channel or Colour Cookie Network. This logo don't appear in Angel, released in 1997.

Scare Factor: Depending on which variant.

Low with the one with music.

Mininum for the silent variant.

5th Logo

(January 2001-)

Nickname: "The Shy Guy"

Logo: We see on a white BG an Shy Guy walking. Then, he faces on us and dances. While the Shy Guy dances, the words: "shy guy" slide down and stops above the Shy Guy, then the words "films inc." slide up and stops below the Shy Guy. The Shy Guy looks at the words and looks at us again. Then we fade out.

Variant: When the company was renamed in 2010, "pictures" replaces "films inc.".

FX/SFX: The Shy Guy moviments, the words sliding.

Music/Sounds: Rock-like music.

Music/Sounds Variants:

On Hatena Films movies, it may use an different rock tune.

On Argosy movies, it may appear with the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common, you may search this on every new Shy Guy movie.

Scare Factor: None to mininum, this logo is not scary.