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Video captures courtesy of AussieRoadshow, rvideoprod, DudeThatLogo, and Eric S. | Video captures courtesy of AussieRoadshow, rvideoprod, DudeThatLogo, and Eric S. | ||
<u>Background:</u> Established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band, Media Home Entertainment, Inc. was an independent video distributor. In 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Gerald Ronson's Heron International. Finally, in 1993, the company ceased operations and its last titles went through [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox Video]] (and before that, [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|CBS/FOX Video]]) on VHS (while [[Image Entertainment]] continued to distribute their output on Laserdiscs). | <u>Background:</u> Established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band, Media Home Entertainment, Inc. was an independent video distributor. In 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Gerald Ronson's Heron International. Finally, in 1993, the company ceased operations and its last titles went through [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox Video]] (and before that, [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|CBS/FOX Video]]) on VHS (while [[Image Entertainment]] continued to distribute their output on Laserdiscs). In 1990, Media sold its properties to [[Video Treasures]] for budget distribution. | ||
===1st Logo (1978-1981)=== | ===1st Logo (1978-1981)=== | ||
<u>Nicknames:</u> "MEDA in Space", "Cheesy MEDA", "Early Cheesy Media" | <u>Nicknames:</u> "MEDA in Space", "Cheesy MEDA", "Early Cheesy Media" | ||
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<u>FX/SFX:</u> The lighting/glittering effects, the star writing, all done using primitive cel animation. | <u>FX/SFX:</u> The lighting/glittering effects, the star writing, all done using primitive cel animation. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds:</u> A dramatic orchestral fanfare. On some releases, it sounds distorted, | <u>Music/Sounds:</u> A dramatic orchestral fanfare. On some releases, it sounds distorted, due to film deterioration. | ||
<u>Availability:</u> Extremely rare, | <u>Availability:</u> Extremely rare, this was used on the very first Media Home Entertainment tapes starting in 1978, including ''Animal Farm'', ''Night of the Living Dead'', and ''Halloween'', but quickly replaced with the 2nd logo beginning in 1981. | ||
<u>Editor's Note:</u> A pretty cheesily-animated logo, though it is a quite interesting one, considering it's probably one of the first ever home video logos. | <u>Editor's Note:</u> A pretty cheesily-animated logo, though it is a quite interesting one, considering it's probably one of the first ever home video logos. | ||
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<u>FX/SFX:</u> The lasers, outlines, and space background. Choppy rotation aside, this actually looks quite realistic for its time. | <u>FX/SFX:</u> The lasers, outlines, and space background. Choppy rotation aside, this actually looks quite realistic for its time. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds:</u> Same as the last logo | <u>Music/Sounds:</u> Same fanfare as the last logo, but is silent on some other releases. | ||
<u>Availability:</u> Common. Tapes that have used this logo include ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II'', the first three ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films, ''Day of the Dead'', and ''Halloween''. Outside of the United States and Canada, the logo can be found (PAL-tweaked) on VPD releases in the United Kingdom and Video Classics releases in Australia. The last video to use this logo was ''The Hidden'', although it did make one appearance on the original VHS of ''Troma's War''. On the Full Moon/Cult Video VHS release of ''Laserblast'' from the late 1990s, this makes a surprise appearance along with the original FBI Warning screen as well, with the Samuel Goldwyn logo following the MHE logo. Surprisingly, this logo also appeared on ''A Family Circus Easter'' when it aired on Disney Channel in the United States on Easter Sunday of 1999. On an Amazon Prime print of ''P.O.W. The Escape'' (a.k.a. ''Behind Enemy Lines''), this is surprisingly retained as well, followed by the Cannon logo. | <u>Availability:</u> Common. Tapes that have used this logo include ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II'', the first three ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films, ''Day of the Dead'', and ''Halloween''. Outside of the United States and Canada, the logo can be found (PAL-tweaked) on VPD releases in the United Kingdom and Video Classics releases in Australia. The last video to use this logo was ''The Hidden'', although it did make one appearance on the original VHS of ''Troma's War''. On the Full Moon/Cult Video VHS release of ''Laserblast'' from the late 1990s, this makes a surprise appearance along with the original FBI Warning screen as well, with the Samuel Goldwyn logo following the MHE logo. Surprisingly, this logo also appeared on ''A Family Circus Easter'' when it aired on Disney Channel in the United States on Easter Sunday of 1999. On an Amazon Prime print of ''P.O.W. The Escape'' (a.k.a. ''Behind Enemy Lines''), this is surprisingly retained as well, followed by the Cannon logo. | ||
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<u>Nicknames:</u> "CGI Bars", "Media Bars" | <u>Nicknames:</u> "CGI Bars", "Media Bars" | ||
<u>Logo:</u> On a black background, several sets of bar segments move up from the bottom of the screen at an angle. As we rotate towards the front, we see that the bars are forming the Media logo, similar to the one in the previous logo. After the logo is fully formed, the chrome fades in. The end result is exactly like the print logo used since 1981. | <u>Logo:</u> On a black background, several sets of bar segments move up from the bottom of the screen at an angle. As we rotate towards the front, we see that the bars are forming the Media logo, similar to the one in the previous logo. After the logo is fully formed, the chrome fades in. The end result is exactly like the print logo used on their box packaging since 1981. | ||
<u>Bylines:</u> | <u>Bylines:</u> | ||
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<u>FX/SFX:</u> The CGI forming of the word "MEDIA". This is also well executed computer animation. | <u>FX/SFX:</u> The CGI forming of the word "MEDIA". This is also well executed computer animation. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds:</u> A low-key synth orchestral theme with | <u>Music/Sounds:</u> A low-key synth orchestral theme with "ticking" sounds near the end. It's slightly shortened on a few releases. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:</u> | <u>Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:</u> | ||
*A few early 1988 releases have the same | *A few early 1988 releases have the same fanfare from the previous logos. | ||
*Due to declining business, the company's very last VHS releases went through (CBS) Fox Video and eventually Fox Video. The above logo would play as normal, but there would be an announcer saying "(Available on video) From Media Home Entertainment." When the music ended, the announcer said, "Distributed by (CBS) Fox Video". When the announcer got to the (CBS) Fox Video part of that, the 1st Fox Video logo (or the 3rd CBS/FOX Video logo) played. Although on the 1991 release of ''Scanners II: The New Order'', there was no announcer spiel, just the full Media logo preceding the 1st Fox Video logo with "DISTRIBUTED BY" in yellow above it. | *Due to declining business, the company's very last VHS releases went through (CBS) Fox Video and eventually Fox Video. The above logo would play as normal, but there would be an announcer saying "(Available on video) From Media Home Entertainment." When the music ended, the announcer said, "Distributed by (CBS) Fox Video". When the announcer got to the (CBS) Fox Video part of that, the 1st Fox Video logo (or the 3rd CBS/FOX Video logo) played. Although on the 1991 release of ''Scanners II: The New Order'', there was no announcer spiel, just the full Media logo preceding the 1st Fox Video logo with "DISTRIBUTED BY" in yellow above it. | ||
<u>Availability:</u> Seen on all Media tapes from the era. Some of these include ''Payoff'', ''Down Twisted'', ''Beverly Hills Brats'', ''High Spirits'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', the uncut version of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'', ''Teen Witch'', ''Ambition'', ''Scanners II: The New Order'', ''Speed Zone'', ''Full Moon in Blue Water'', ''Haunted Summer'', ''Rabid Grannies'', ''Ministry of Vengeance'', ''Think Big!'', ''Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters'', ''American Boyfriends'', ''Class of Nuke 'em High Part 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown'', ''The Invisible Kid'', ''Two Evil Eyes'', ''World Gone Wild'', ''Alien from L.A.'', ''I Come in Peace'', ''Wild at Heart'', ''The Applegates'', ''The Pope Must Diet'', ''Closet Land'', ''Prospero's Books'', ''Black Rainbow'', ''Scorchers'', ''Taking the Heat'', ''Scam'', ''I, Madman'', ''Lurkers'', ''Nails'', ''Dead Ringers'', ''Sonny Boy'', ''Spontaneous Combustion'', ''Primary Motive'', ''Deadlock'', and ''Keeper of the City'', among others. Also appeared on some early '90s [[Video Treasures]] reprints after its logo appeared before the Media logo, including ''The Check Is In The Mail...'', ''I Come in Peace'' and ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'', among others. Some of these same latter-day releases were also distributed in Canada by HGV Video Productions, even using the same U.S. packaging. It makes a surprise appearance at the start of a recent Movies! broadcast of ''Hell's Angels '69'' and also appears on the Tubi, Epix.com and Shout! Factory TV prints (and possibly the Amazon Prime version as well). | <u>Availability:</u> Seen on all Media tapes from the era. Some of these include ''Payoff'', ''Down Twisted'', ''Beverly Hills Brats'', ''High Spirits'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', the uncut version of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'', ''Teen Witch'', ''Ambition'', ''Scanners II: The New Order'', ''Speed Zone'', ''Full Moon in Blue Water'', ''Haunted Summer'', ''Rabid Grannies'', ''Ministry of Vengeance'', ''Think Big!'', ''Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters'', ''American Boyfriends'', ''Class of Nuke 'em High Part 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown'', ''The Invisible Kid'', ''Two Evil Eyes'', ''World Gone Wild'', ''Alien from L.A.'', ''I Come in Peace'', ''Wild at Heart'', ''The Applegates'', ''The Pope Must Diet'', ''Closet Land'', ''Prospero's Books'', ''Black Rainbow'', ''Scorchers'', ''Taking the Heat'', ''Scam'', ''I, Madman'', ''Lurkers'', ''Nails'', ''Dead Ringers'', ''Sonny Boy'', ''Spontaneous Combustion'', ''Primary Motive'', ''Deadlock'', and ''Keeper of the City'', among others. Also appeared on some early '90s [[Video Treasures]] reprints after its logo appeared before the Media logo, including ''The Check Is In The Mail...'', ''I Come in Peace'' and ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'', among others. Some of these same latter-day releases were also distributed in Canada by HGV Video Productions, even some using the same U.S. packaging. It makes a surprise appearance at the start of a recent Movies! broadcast of ''Hell's Angels '69'' and also appears on the Tubi, Epix.com and Shout! Factory TV prints (and possibly the Amazon Prime version as well). | ||
<u>Editor's Note:</u> A nicely-animated swan song to this influential home video company. | <u>Editor's Note:</u> A nicely-animated swan song to this influential home video company. | ||
[[Category:Home Entertainment Logos]] | [[Category:Home Entertainment Logos]] | ||