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{{PageCredits|description=kidinbed and PAV123|video=Logo Archive}} | {{PageCredits|description=kidinbed and PAV123|video=Logo Archive}} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Video Box Office was a subsidiary of [[RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd. | '''Video Box Office''' was a subsidiary of [[RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd.]] | ||
===1st Logo (1988-1996)=== | ===1st Logo (1988-1996)=== | ||
[[File:Videoboxoffice.webp|center| | [[File:Videoboxoffice.webp|center|350px]] | ||
'''Visuals:''' On a black background, several filmstrips roll in from all different sides of the screen, all of them in different colors. When they all interlock with each other, a black clapperboard zooms up. It has black and yellow stripes along the clapper section, along with a chrome outline and the stacked chrome text "VIDEO BOX OFFICE", which has a few still pings. The filmstrips continue to roll until they fade out, where the clapper claps. "THE POWER TO ENTERTAIN" then flips in below in white. | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, several filmstrips roll in from all different sides of the screen, all of them in different colors. When they all interlock with each other, a black clapperboard zooms up. It has black and {{color|gold|yellow}} stripes along the clapper section, along with a chrome outline and the stacked chrome text "VIDEO BOX OFFICE", which has a few still pings. The filmstrips continue to roll until they fade out, where the clapper claps. "THE POWER TO ENTERTAIN" then flips in below in white. | ||
'''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes, the clapper claps a 2nd time, causing the text to change to "COMING SOON". | '''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes, the clapper claps a 2nd time, causing the text to change to "COMING SOON". | ||
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'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | ||
'''Audio:''' The sound of the filmstrips rolling can be heard when they're onscreen, in which a whoosh and a cymbal crash can be heard when the logo zooms in. A synth drone then plays throughout the rest of the logo, with the sound of a clapper, another whoosh for the text flipping in, and a louder drone at the end. Another clapper sound is heard | '''Audio:''' The sound of the filmstrips rolling can be heard when they're onscreen, in which a whoosh and a cymbal crash can be heard when the logo zooms in. A synth drone then plays throughout the rest of the logo, with the sound of a clapper, another whoosh for the text flipping in, and a louder drone at the end. Another clapper sound is heard in the "COMING SOON" variant. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on old Aussie tapes of the era. Ebay.com.au would be a safe bet. The company mainly distributed B-movies as well as HBO fare. One tape that had this was ''RoboCop 3''. | ||
=== 2nd Logo (1996-1999) === | ===2nd Logo (1996-1999)=== | ||
[[File:Videoboxofficenew.webp|center| | [[File:Videoboxofficenew.webp|center|350px]] | ||
'''Visuals:''' On a purple fog background, 4 golden filmstrips fly in from all directions, with clips of movies appearing inside of them. The clapperboard from before, but with the text in a cote-out form, slowly swings in as gold light emerges from the text. As it rotates towards the screen, the filmstrips fly away and the clapperboard flashes, forming the text in | '''Visuals:''' On a {{color|darkviolet|purple}} fog background, 4 {{color|gold|golden}} filmstrips fly in from all directions, with clips of movies appearing inside of them. The clapperboard from before, but with the text in a cote-out form, slowly swings in as {{color|gold}} light emerges from the text. As it rotates towards the screen, the filmstrips fly away and the clapperboard flashes, forming the text in {{color|steelblue|steel blue}}. Sparkles appear on the text. | ||
'''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes, "Coming Soon" in a plain font slides in letter-by-letter. | '''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes, "Coming Soon" in a plain font slides in letter-by-letter. | ||