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'''Availability:''' Rare; seen on tapes like ''The Darkroom'' and ''Pacific Inferno''. Also found on some titles distributed by Continental Video and Media Home Entertainment in the U.S. | '''Availability:''' Rare; seen on tapes like ''The Darkroom'' and ''Pacific Inferno''. Also found on some titles distributed by Continental Video and Media Home Entertainment in the U.S. | ||
=== 2nd Logo (1984-Mid 90s) === | |||
===2nd Logo (1984-Mid 90s)=== | |||
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VCL (1984), Slide 1.png | VCL (1984), Slide 1.png | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background we see a faint blue haze which widens and whitens as it opens from the top. The planet earth with black continents and a sparkle on top rises from below, situates itself on top when it is in full view and starts to rotate. The white letters "VCL" swoop in from the left center and right sides of the screen respectively and settle beneath the earth. A grey rhombus with "COMMUNICATIONS" in red flips up and a red rectangle fades in on the left leg of the "V"and three lines shoot from it and stop on the opposing side. The rectangle becomes segmented as a result. Everything vanishes leaving a growing spark which gives way to a yellow circle. The earth from before appears and spins. The VCL logo from before fades in from it's previous position and the "VCL" text rises to the middle and the yellow text "WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below. | '''Logo:''' On a black background we see a faint blue haze which widens and whitens as it opens from the top. The planet earth with black continents and a sparkle on top rises from below, situates itself on top when it is in full view and starts to rotate. The white letters "VCL" swoop in from the left center and right sides of the screen respectively and settle beneath the earth. A grey rhombus with "COMMUNICATIONS" in red flips up and a red rectangle fades in on the left leg of the "V" and three lines shoot from it and stop on the opposing side. The rectangle becomes segmented as a result. Everything vanishes leaving a growing spark which gives way to a yellow circle. The earth from before appears and spins. The VCL logo from before fades in from it's previous position and the "VCL" text rises to the middle and the yellow text "WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*A completely different version was found on international releases replacing the original logo with the previous VCL text in red with white, zooming in and stopping in the middle. "VIDEO", also in red with a white shadow, wipes itself in from the left. The animation carries on like before, only the text "WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT" is in a different font and the VCL logo fades in above the text. The logo then plays in reverse. | * A completely different version was found on international releases replacing the original logo with the previous VCL text in red with white, zooming in and stopping in the middle. "VIDEO", also in red with a white shadow, wipes itself in from the left. The animation carries on like before, only the text "WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT" is in a different font and the VCL logo fades in above the text. The logo then plays in reverse. | ||
*At the end of international releases the finished product just plays in reverse. This ran silent. | *At the end of international releases the finished product just plays in reverse. This ran silent. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on later releases. | '''Availability:''' Seen on later releases. | ||
===3rd Logo (Mid 1990s)=== | ===3rd Logo (Mid 1990s)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on many of their latest German releases on VHS (and possibly DVDs) around the time. | '''Availability:''' Seen on many of their latest German releases on VHS (and possibly DVDs) around the time. | ||
===4th Logo (1995-2008)=== | ===4th Logo (1995-2008)=== | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "VCL: The Final Frontier" | '''Nickname:''' "VCL: The Final Frontier" | ||
'''Logo:''' Against a space background, with a blue and orange hazes on the top left and bottom right corners respectively, we see a chrome bar situated down below. A sphere then rises and the bar moves up and zooms back. Both meet in the middle and form the logo from before (albeit without the outline encasing it). The chrome text "{{color|silver|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''VCL'''}}" zooms back and stops beneath the sphere and lines. | '''Logo:''' Against a space background, with a blue and orange hazes on the top left and bottom right corners respectively, we see a chrome bar situated down below. A sphere then rises and the bar moves up and zooms back. Both meet in the middle and form the logo from before (albeit without the outline encasing it). The chrome text "{{color|silver|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''VCL'''}}}}" zooms back and stops beneath the sphere and lines. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' All CGI animation, which is very well done. | '''FX/SFX:''' All CGI animation, which is very well done. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Seen on many of their latest German releases on DVDs (and possibly VHS) around the time. | '''Availability:''' Seen on many of their latest German releases on DVDs (and possibly VHS) around the time. | ||
[[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Germany]] | ||