Walt Disney Classics: Difference between revisions

'''Visuals:''' The logo starts off in the same manner as the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo, but the "Walt Disney" text is in metallic white, and the word "{{Font|Serif|{{Big|C}}LASSIC{{Big|S}}}}" (in the Binner D font with two letters at both ends in a bigger size) begins zooming out from the bottom of the screen as the "Walt Disney" text writes itself. As the camera zooms out, the background begins to change to {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}, and a black diamond with metallic edges fades in from a far point and begins to slowly zoom in before both texts settle on top of it. The edges begin to glow white as the shadow of the text appears on the diamond. Then a comet swishes into view from the bottom left of the screen, circles behind the diamond, flies out from the top right, and passes in front of the diamond before flying offscreen, leaving a trail of pixie dust that changes the text to {{color|gold}}, and adds a {{color|darkviolet|purple}} tint (flamingo pink in the 1989 variant) to the diamond's edges. The logo "shines".

*The <u>prototype version</u>, originally seen on the 1988 retail VHS of ''Cinderella'', has the background as a dark to light blue gradient, a more shiny, silver, metallic diamond, the text "WALT DiSNEY CLASSICS" had a purple color scheme and rougher animation; this variant was also filmed, compared to the standard logo being videotaped. The spark was sky blue. Also, the bright light from the starburst was not shown on Mickey Mouse's body. The logo made sporadic reappearances after the revised logo was introduced on tapes from the Classics line that didn't open with previews; these include the 1992 Laserdisc and demo/French Canadian VHS prints of ''The Rescuers'' (''Les aventures de Bernand et Bianca''), the later Canadian print of ''The Rescuers Down Under'', a 1992 Descriptive Video Service (DVS) VHS of ''Dumbo'', the later Canadian/USA print of ''Robin Hood'' (''Robin does Bois'') the French Canadian VHS releases of ''Pinocchio'', ''Bambi'', ''101 Dalmatians'' (''Les 101 Dalmatiens'') and ''The Great Mouse Detective'' (''Basil, détective privé'') and the demo/French Canadian VHS copies of ''Beauty and the Beast'' (''La Belle et la Bête''). It also appears at the beginning of the VHS ''Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece'' (which was included as part of a "Deluxe Collectors' Edition" box set of the movie). In most cases, the logo is off-center, with the diamond positioned further to the right, while ''Cinderella'' had the diamond centered properly. One of the last, if not the last, videos to feature this version of the logo was the DVS VHS release of ''Aladdin''.

*On the 1989 variant of the Walt Disney Classics logo, the spark is now gray and white and the diamond has a flamingo pink tint on its edges, as the 1988 and 1992 variants of the Walt Disney Classics logo have the purple tint on the diamond's edges. Also, the bright light from the starburst is now shown on Mickey Mouse's body, just like the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo.

*On the <u>1991 VHS release of ''The Rescuers Down Under''</u>, just the end of the logo (with the magic comet flying around the diamond and the pixie dust trail leaving) is shown without music before the ''The Jungle Book'' trailer. Brian Cummings announces "Don't miss this timeless Disney classic, from Walt Disney Home Video." as the logo animation plays.

*On <u>1992 VHS releases</u>, starting with ''101 Dalmatians'', the logo gained brighter colors with the text "WALT DiSNEY CLASSICS" in light blue and the diamond in bright blueish-violet due to deterioration of the master; in addition, the comet is now thinner, the tint on the diamond's edges is now purple again and the logo fades out earlier than before. The logo would cut in at different times (up to a second later than usual) on all 1992 releases.

*On a <u>trailer for ''The Great Mouse Detective'' seen on the 1992 VHS releases of ''So Dear to My Heart'' and ''The Rescuers''</u>, a shortened version of the 1992 variant that starts as magic comet flies around the diamond and the pixie dust leaves is seen before the start of the trailer, with Mark Elliot announcing "From Walt Disney Home Video!" over it. The closing credits music from ''The Great Mouse Detective'' plays over this version of the logo, as well as the trailer. UK releases with this trailer feature the 1992 distorted variant playing at the beginning, with the Mickey scene cut. After the comet flies around the logo, a British announcer says, "From Walt Disney Home Video!" and the rest of the trailer continues. This version of the trailer appears on the 1992 UK VHS releases of ''The Prince and the Pauper'' and ''Robin Hood''. However, certain UK versions of the trailer (like the 1992 UK VHS of ''Cinderella'') replaced the Classics logo with the tail end of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo.

*Similarly, the tail end of the 1992 variant (with the logo "shining") makes an appearance at the beginning of a 1996 Japanese video trailer for ''The Rescuers Down Under''. The trailer appeared on the 1995 Japanese Laserdisc releases of ''The Lion King'' and ''101 Dalmatians'', which mark the only laserdisc appearances of the 1992 variant in any form.

* A series of Japanese tapes released by Bandai Video on July 10, 1988 (under the then-new "Dreams and Magic" banner) use a still variant for a closing promo featuring the diamond reading "THE CLASSICS" on an animated starry sky with a thicker, more glass-like frame. This can be found on the 1988 Japanese VHS releases of ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'', ''Pinocchio'', ''Mary Poppins'', and three cartoon compilations dedicated to Mickey ("Good Luck Mickey"), Donald, and various characters ("Disney Friends") respectively. The music that accompanies the closing promo is the "Spoonful of Sugar" portion of the ''Mary Poppins'' main title overture. An animated variant featuring the logo flying onto the screen and shining was featured at the beginning of the ''Pinocchio'' VHS.

'''Audio:''' A majestic, gradually rising synthesized fanfare. When the logo starts and Mickey Mouse shows up, there is a synth-bass drone with synth-violins warming up, a whimsical 16-note synthesized organ tune (accompanied by synthesized chimes) as the spark swirls above Mickey's hand and writes the "Walt Disney" text, a seven-note synth-trumpet fanfare with a "sizzling" noise as the comet flies around the diamond and with the final note held-out, a cymbal crash (which can be faintly heard under the "sizzling" sound effect) as the text turns to gold and the comet and pixie dust trail leave the logo, and twinkles playing underneath the last note of the fanfare until the screen fades to black.