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How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created?
I've always been fascinated with the opening logo used by Universal Pictures in movies starting from 1936 and running a few more years. Searching on the subject it may have coincided with the chang...
3A quick Google search turned up the following on a forum link which explains this originated from Tim Dickinson, who has a complete explanation of how this logo was done on Twitter The top was coated thinly with a silver-activated zinc sulfide - highly reflective, and often used in x-rays and cathode ray tubes Special Effects artist John Fulton photographed the spinning globe at a low angle with the self illuminated lettering at high speed (estimated 32 frames per second).
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