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'''Technique:''' Backlit animation and chyron. | '''Technique:''' Backlit animation and chyron. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' Same as the theatrical logo. | ||
''' | '''Audio Variant:''' On some tapes, an announcer says, "Welcome to Roadshow Home Video. Before the movie, we'd like to show you previews of some of our films.". | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on Australian VHS & Betamax tapes in the early '80s, including ''First Blood'', ''Mad Max'', ''Gallipoli'', ''Alvin Purple'', ''An American Werewolf In London'', ''Halloween II'', ''Far East'', ''Mr. Mom'', and ''Cujo''; it was also seen on early [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] releases they distributed beginning in 1985, including ''Love Leads the Way''. The very first Roadshow Home Video releases were ''Mad Max'', ''Atlantic City'', ''Insatiable'', ''Sex World'', ''King of the Mountain'', ''Montenegro'', ''A Change of Seasons'', ''The Never Dead'' (aka ''Phantasm''), ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', ''Endless Love'', and ''Scanners'' (very likely the first title released by Roadshow Home Video). Tapes with this logo are not easy to find nowadays (usually on such covers the "Roadshow" text is in the same font as this logo, with "Home Video" and "Presents" underneath it), so check eBay Australia or your local second hand stores for tapes with this logo. Titles released under the Roadshow Vibrant Video label should also have this logo, despite the different logo on the cover. One of the last tapes to use this logo was ''The Mean Season''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on Australian VHS & Betamax tapes in the early '80s, including ''First Blood'', ''Mad Max'', ''Gallipoli'', ''Alvin Purple'', ''An American Werewolf In London'', ''Halloween II'', ''Far East'', ''Mr. Mom'', and ''Cujo''; it was also seen on early [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] releases they distributed beginning in 1985, including ''Love Leads the Way''. The very first Roadshow Home Video releases were ''Mad Max'', ''Atlantic City'', ''Insatiable'', ''Sex World'', ''King of the Mountain'', ''Montenegro'', ''A Change of Seasons'', ''The Never Dead'' (aka ''Phantasm''), ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', ''Endless Love'', and ''Scanners'' (very likely the first title released by Roadshow Home Video). Tapes with this logo are not easy to find nowadays (usually on such covers the "Roadshow" text is in the same font as this logo, with "Home Video" and "Presents" underneath it), so check eBay Australia or your local second hand stores for tapes with this logo. Titles released under the Roadshow Vibrant Video label should also have this logo, despite the different logo on the cover. One of the last tapes to use this logo was ''The Mean Season''. | ||
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'''Technique:''' 2D animation. | '''Technique:''' 2D animation. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' 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:''' 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:''' 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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'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' | ||
* 1993-1995: A low-pitched calm synth tune with 4 chime sounds with a low synth sound at the end, also if you listen carefully as the V zooms out, a sound that resembles a drum roll can be heard, and if you listen even more carefully you'll notice that the synth tune and low synth sound come from the backing track of the Roadshow Films theme (i.e. without the twelve-note melody). The text fades in exactly at the low synth sound. | * 1993-1995: A low-pitched calm synth tune with 4 chime sounds with a low synth sound at the end, also if you listen carefully as the V zooms out, a sound that resembles a drum roll can be heard, and if you listen even more carefully you'll notice that the synth tune and low synth sound come from the backing track of the Roadshow Films theme (i.e. without the twelve-note melody). The text fades in exactly at the low synth sound. | ||
* 1996-2011: A five-note synth chime arrangement, based on the Roadshow Films theme. | * 1996-2011: A five-note synth chime arrangement, based on the Roadshow Films theme. | ||
* 2011-: The last eight notes of the Roadshow Films theme. | * 2011-: The last eight notes of the Roadshow Films theme. | ||
''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* On the DVD releases of ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (the 2005 Tim Burton remake), ''Music and Lyrics'', ''Happy Feet'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', and ''I Am Legend'', the 1998-2005 Village Roadshow Pictures music is heard in PAL. | * On the DVD releases of ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (the 2005 Tim Burton remake), ''Music and Lyrics'', ''Happy Feet'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', and ''I Am Legend'', the 1998-2005 Village Roadshow Pictures music is heard in PAL. | ||
* On Blu-ray releases (and some DVDs, such as ''Mad Max: Fury Road''), the music is in a lower tone due to PAL to NTSC sound conversion. This applies to both the 1996 and 2011 audio variants. | * On Blu-ray releases (and some DVDs, such as ''Mad Max: Fury Road''), the music is in a lower tone due to PAL to NTSC sound conversion. This applies to both the 1996 and 2011 audio variants. | ||