ВИD (VID)

The VID-TV mask was a logo from the Russia (Russian) TV company of the same name that is known to be kind of scary and creepy that was used from 1990 to 2013 perhaps the worst of them all.

Logo
On a white background, we start off with a black line on the left side of the screen making a projector like noise, and then a ball bounces on the line at a fast pace. The ball then falls off as the line stops moving and starts falling down. and then a black outline of a circle shoots out from the center immediately followed by an entirely black circle that fills the screen and creates a black background, and then a scary mask fades in. The company name in gold font appears underneath the mask.

Additional Info
It turns out that the creator of the logo was going to use the Death mask of Guo Xiang, a Chinese Taoist PhIlosopher, but the museum would not let him use it. Therefore, he tried to model the head with computer graphics. This, combined with the logo itself, makes this logo very infamous and one of the scariest logos ever.

In 1993-1994 before L-club, the VID mask would morph into the face of Leonid Yarmolnik and open its eyes (picture below). It might be a little bit better to know that the Russian company of BИD no longer uses this logo since 2000, but continues to use the 1990s mask. However, in an April Fools joke, another version of the logo opened its eyes and stuck its tongue out in the beginning.

The "ВND” wordmark also uses the Latin "D" instead of the Cyrillic "D” so the wordmark does not use the proper way to write "VID" with Cyrillic letters. The weird bulge on the top of the mask is actually a frog. It's a little hard to see, since it's shadowed and can be confused for a hair bun.

Music; Sounds
At the beginning, something that sounds like a machine turning on, then something that sounds like a phew, and at the end, 5 loud orchestral notes playing (made in KAWAI K1) when the creepy stone mask appears.

YouTube Screamer Variants (2010)
One variant has the 1977 Viacom logo by the timpani plays and cut by a man shouting of a monster scream Viacom V of Doom zooming in and then the ВИD mask crashes into the screen.

This logo became very popular in the Vyond / GoAnimate community.

Logos/Variants

 * Normal: 1990s animation with robotic music
 * Shot 1: Just the circle parts get dark.
 * Shot 2: Mask appears then Razbashev's voice says "Телекомпания ВИD представляет" which means "BND Broadcasting Presents."
 * Before L-Club: Face opening Leonid Yarmolnik's eyes, jiggling his eyebrows in the process.
 * April fools day 1992: Face zooms with disagreeable sound. Then he himself takes his tongue out and opens his eyes like a kid.
 * Oba-Na!: The first part in when a scared person on the right with the black bar coming towards his head, and the mask formed into Igor Ugolnikov saying "VID, VID. Nothing is visible on your VID!”in an electronically-distorted voice in Russian and smiles while clapping, cheering and a synth fanfare are heard in the background
 * 2000-2014: Black and Yellow background with Russian and an HD mask zooming in at you It has Cyrillic text, "ВИD ТЕЛЕКОМПАНИЯ ПPEДCTABЛЯET" which translates to "BND Broadcasting Presents".
 * 2014: Same but background is blue and the mask changed.
 * Before "Rest" the mask appeared vector and started to talk.


 * There is a fanmade variant called the "ВND of Doom" that bangs on the screen and roars. This can be seen on zooming logos such as Viacom V of Doom, WGBH Boston and Feature Presentation Paramount.
 * The person in the Oba-Na! variant is Igor Ugolnikov.
 * A parody of Leonid Yamolnik also exists; it begins with the closed eyes of Leonid. Then he sticks out his tongue, and opening his eyes, making it look like the April Fools Day variant, but scarier.

Trivia

 * This logo became very popular in the Vyond / GoAnimate community.
 * This logo was also introduced during the times of the Soviet Union.
 * The mask itself is still used today.

Editor’s Note
The logo has been both been feared (and memed) in the logo community due to the extremely creepy mask, zooming circles, and the 5-note fanfare, (Recorded in KAWAI K1) and is declared as one of the scariest logos ever made. The April Fools variant's mocking face is also seen under this light, as well as its several other variants, but they're slightly tamer. However, it has developed a cult following, especially in Russia.