Citygate FilmsLogo Design Contest

I am so happy to see your contributions here and much appreciate the creativity shown by everyone. The reason I put numbers two through five in the Not Interested pile was that I'm not as interested in the film sprocket concept because I won't be shooting any real film -- it will all be digital. Number 9 looked a little Halloween-ish to me, like cemetery gates, so that's why I set it aside. Number 7 just didn't grab my interest. Hope this feedback helps everyone. Feel free to go in different directions. I'm not wedded to one approach at present.

I like the range of ideas here. I've loosely ranked them but I don't want to drive anyone to think I definitely want something exactly what's currently sitting in the top slot. I'm still open to new ideas and thinking about what you've sent. Grateful for your creativity!

It may be helpful to know that as we go along, I find I am less interested in logos/marks with direct film imagery in them (cameras, film sprockets, etc.). The emphasis of Citygate Films is not that it is a production company, but rather that it specializes in influencing the culture through the tool of "filmanthropy." In ancient times, the gates of a city were where the leaders met to trade, administer justice, make laws, etc. So what happened in the city gates influenced that town. Today, media is largely in that place. I hope that Citygate will make a useful contribution to the larger, international conversation about human rights, social justice, mercy ministry and the responsibility we all have in the grand scheme as mere individuals. Perhaps that information would be good for you all to have now, too. Thanks again for your time and interest!

Would love to see a variety of colors, too. Though I like blue and yellow, I'd be interested in seeing what other palettes might work, too. Thanks!

I love strong colors, especially red. Would appreciate seeing some marks in that color range. I like the idea of logo #75, for example, but the pastels don't draw my attention. I also like the cleaner font styles of #87 and #6. Also, please note the proper company name is Citygate Films. The "g" is not capped and gate is not plural.

Thanks for continuing to submit entries to my contest! I'm grateful for your creativity.

im sur sur I already saw logo #109 made by paramount in horror movie ....

it's possible to make a mistake but or its very similar

Wow -- lots of great submissions right at the deadline. Makes it hard to choose! What I did was pare down the submissions to just those I could seriously keep, as opposed to those whose direction was good but not quite there yet. I know that feedback must be hard to read in some cases, but please don't let my difficult task of making a choice obscure my gratitude for everyone who participated.

excellent works!!
goes to be difficult to choose one
Good luck for everyone! ;)

Thanks, everyone, for your contributions! Second Scout, you have the winning design.

I know that you might not have done this on purpose SecondScout but this logo is sold elsewhere and it has become lately a very common shape:
http://www.nrmtoolbar.net.au/

Check the stock icon sites, you will find it almost in the same setup.

it's probably not on purpose - it's just kinda one of those generic catch all designs - kinda like the 3 guys with interlocked arms!