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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Roadshow Entertainment''' (formerly | '''Roadshow Entertainment''' (formerly '''Roadshow Home Video''') was formed by a merger with Australian film distributor [[Roadshow Films|Roadshow]] and Australian cinema chain Village Cinemas. Before the establishment of its home video division, Roadshow released its films on videocassette through [[Video Classics]]. Roadshow Entertainment is currently one of the largest and oldest home entertainment distributors in Australia, currently releasing content from [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Village Roadshow Pictures]], [[BBC Video|BBC]], [[ABC Video (Australia)|ABC]], [[Lionsgate Films]], [[STX Entertainment]], [[FilmNation Entertainment]], [[The Weinstein Company]] as well as Australian TV content. They also used to distribute [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] and [[Touchstone Home Entertainment|Touchstone Home Video]] releases in Australia. They had their own duplication facilities, which also duplicated tapes for fellow Magnificent Seven member [[CIC-Taft Video|Rigby-CIC Video]]. | ||
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'''Logo:''' It's just a squeezed-in variant of the 1979 Roadshow theatrical logo with the addition of the text of "'''HOME VIDEO'''", in <span style="color:#FFD700">yellow</span>, zooming in below "'''''Roadshow'''''" in an arc. | '''Logo:''' It's just a squeezed-in variant of the 1979 [[Roadshow Films|Roadshow]] theatrical logo with the addition of the text of "'''HOME VIDEO'''", in <span style="color:#FFD700">yellow</span>, zooming in below "'''''Roadshow'''''" in an arc. | ||
'''Variants:''' There are a lot of variants for this logo. | '''Variants:''' There are a lot of variants for this logo. | ||
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* On very early tapes, such as ''The Fifth Musketeer'' and the very first release of ''Mad Max'', a combo of variant 2 and the Roadshow Films logo plays. "HOME VIDEO" is in <span style="color:#FF0000">red</span> (like variant 2), then the Roadshow Films logo's animation plays ("Roadshow" reverses onto Australia, "The Australian Company" appears), and "HOME VIDEO" zooms out. After an introductory scroll, the opening animation is repeated, but it freeze-frames when the Australia hits the usual position. "SNEAK PREVIEWS FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in red zooms out just as the freeze frame begins, then zooms out again. | * On very early tapes, such as ''The Fifth Musketeer'' and the very first release of ''Mad Max'', a combo of variant 2 and the Roadshow Films logo plays. "HOME VIDEO" is in <span style="color:#FF0000">red</span> (like variant 2), then the Roadshow Films logo's animation plays ("Roadshow" reverses onto Australia, "The Australian Company" appears), and "HOME VIDEO" zooms out. After an introductory scroll, the opening animation is repeated, but it freeze-frames when the Australia hits the usual position. "SNEAK PREVIEWS FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in red zooms out just as the freeze frame begins, then zooms out again. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Scanimation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the theatrical logo. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the theatrical logo. | ||
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* On some videos released in 1988 (Australia's bicentennial year), the logo starts out like the 1st logo, with the Australia outline, but then fades into this logo as an announcer says, "In the Australian tradition, Roadshow Home Video brings you a 6-pack, the Aussie 6-pack. In this, our bicentennial year, for only $19.88 each, you can have in your home library six of the all-time greatest Australian movies". | * On some videos released in 1988 (Australia's bicentennial year), the logo starts out like the 1st logo, with the Australia outline, but then fades into this logo as an announcer says, "In the Australian tradition, Roadshow Home Video brings you a 6-pack, the Aussie 6-pack. In this, our bicentennial year, for only $19.88 each, you can have in your home library six of the all-time greatest Australian movies". | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' 2D animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Roadshow Films and Village Roadshow Pictures theme of the time, also probably used in Village Cinemas. The 'SNEAK PREVIEWS FROM OUR MOVIES' variant has an additional laser sound when the aforementioned text is revealed. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Roadshow Films and [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] theme of the time, also probably used in Village Cinemas. The 'SNEAK PREVIEWS FROM OUR MOVIES' variant has an additional laser sound when the aforementioned text is revealed. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on Australian VHS & Betamax tapes in the late '80s and early '90s, Titles include ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (the first release with this logo), ''The Terminator'', ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', ''Short Circuit'', ''9 & 1/2 Weeks'', ''The Running Man'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie'', and ''RoboCop II''. It is also seen on the video board game ''Rap Rat''. It does not appear on 1991-1992 [[ABC Video (Australia)|ABC Video]] Releases, even though the logo is featured on the back; they just use the [[Video Selection Australia]] logo of the time. This also appears on [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] and [[Touchstone Home Entertainment|Touchstone Home Video]] titles they distributed at the time. Tapes with this logo should usually have the Village Roadshow logo in <span style="color:#FFD700">gold</span> (sometimes it's a solid colour) with "ROADSHOW HOME VIDEO" underneath it on the spine of the cover. Some early releases with this logo continued to use the previous logo on the labels. It also appears on New Zealand ABC Video releases along with the Video Selection Australia logo. One of the last releases to use this logo was ''Atmosfear''. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on Australian VHS & Betamax tapes in the late '80s and early '90s, Titles include ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (the first release with this logo), ''The Terminator'', ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', ''Short Circuit'', ''9 & 1/2 Weeks'', ''The Running Man'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie'', and ''RoboCop II''. It is also seen on the video board game ''Rap Rat''. It does not appear on 1991-1992 [[ABC Video (Australia)|ABC Video]] Releases, even though the logo is featured on the back; they just use the [[Video Selection Australia]] logo of the time. This also appears on [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] and [[Touchstone Home Entertainment|Touchstone Home Video]] titles they distributed at the time. Tapes with this logo should usually have the Village Roadshow logo in <span style="color:#FFD700">gold</span> (sometimes it's a solid colour) with "ROADSHOW HOME VIDEO" underneath it on the spine of the cover. Some early releases with this logo continued to use the previous logo on the labels. It also appears on New Zealand ABC Video releases along with the Video Selection Australia logo. One of the last releases to use this logo was ''Atmosfear''. | ||
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* This logo can be rendered at 40 and 60 fps. | * This logo can be rendered at 40 and 60 fps. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||