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*On international releases, the logo is completely formed with a yellow background/VCL text and black continents. The logo then fades to just the text and the yellow word "PRESENTS" in an old English font. | *On international releases, the logo is completely formed with a yellow background/VCL text and black continents. The logo then fades to just the text and the yellow word "PRESENTS" in an old English font. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Traditional animation. | ||
'''Audio:''' A calming 6-note synthesizer theme accompanied with drums (the first 3 of which sounds like a voice saying "Video"), then on the remaining 3 notes, a chorus of singers say "V...C...L!". | '''Audio:''' A calming 6-note synthesizer theme accompanied with drums (the first 3 of which sounds like a voice saying "Video"), then on the remaining 3 notes, a chorus of singers say "V...C...L!". | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on tapes like ''The Darkroom'' and ''Pacific Inferno''. Also found on some titles distributed by Karl-Lorimar Home Video, [[Continental Video]] and Media Home Entertainment in the U.S.; Many of VCL's U.S. titles were later re-issued by [[Virgin Video|Virgin Vision]]. | ||
=== 2nd Logo (1984-1996) === | === 2nd Logo (1984-1996) === | ||
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background is a faint blue haze which widens and whitens as it opens from the top. The planet | '''Visuals:''' On a black background is 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:''' | ||
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*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. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Computer animation. The animation of the background are stock animations from Cascom. | ||
'''Audio:''' A synth fly-by sounder with three deep drum notes followed by a long dark resonating drone and three light drum notes. A dark choir is then heard with more drum notes and rising synth notes. Then it goes to a triumphant theme with synthesized horns and drums. | '''Audio:''' A synth fly-by sounder with three deep drum notes followed by a long dark resonating drone and three light drum notes. A dark choir is then heard with more drum notes and rising synth notes. Then it goes to a triumphant theme with synthesized horns and drums. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on later releases. | '''Availability:''' Seen on later releases.{{AvailabilityExamples}} | ||
===3rd Logo (Mid 1990s)=== | ===3rd Logo (Mid 1990s)=== | ||
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is an orange CGI-like sphere and in front of it appears to be three lines in a blue-purple gradient color that seem to be in a somewhat direction. Beneath the logo is text in the Trajan font that spell out the company name "VCL". The logo and the text are both in a rectangular box with a light blue-white gradient color with the outlines being in 2 layers with the inside a very thin black outline and the outside outline being a bit thicker white outline. | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is an orange CGI-like sphere and in front of it appears to be three lines in a blue-purple gradient color that seem to be in a somewhat direction. Beneath the logo is text in the Trajan font that spell out the company name "VCL". The logo and the text are both in a rectangular box with a light blue-white gradient color with the outlines being in 2 layers with the inside a very thin black outline and the outside outline being a bit thicker white outline. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Digital graphic. | ||
'''Audio:''' None | '''Audio:''' None. | ||
'''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.{{AvailabilityExamples}} | ||
===4th Logo (1995-2008)=== | ===4th Logo (1995-2008)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' A dramatic epic orchestrated theme with a choir, ending with three light chime beats when the text appears. | '''Audio:''' A dramatic epic orchestrated theme with a choir, ending with three light chime beats when the text appears. | ||
'''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.{{AvailabilityExamples}} | ||
{{Home Entertainment-Navbox}} | {{Home Entertainment-Navbox}} | ||