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''Not to be confused with Charter Communications.'' | ''Not to be confused with Charter Communications.'' | ||
==Background== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Charter Entertainment''' was a genre and low-budget division of [[Embassy Home Entertainment]]. In 1986, [[The Coca-Cola Company]] sold Embassy Home Entertainment to Nelson Holdings International | '''Charter Entertainment''' was a genre and low-budget division of [[Embassy Home Entertainment]]. In 1986, [[The Coca-Cola Company]] sold Embassy Home Entertainment to Nelson Holdings International. NHI later shut down Charter when [[Nelson Entertainment]] reissued a number of Embassy/Charter releases. | ||
===(1985-1988)=== | ===(1985-1988)=== | ||
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Nickname: "The Color Bars" | '''Nickname:''' "The Color Bars" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we go through 9 bars which are in various shades of green, blue, and purple. As the bars spin around (like in the first Vidmark logo), a 3-D steel gray "CHARTER" in Haettenschweiler font, appears from the bottom of the screen and covers the top seven of the bars as they stop moving. A steel gray rounded rectangle with a black border appears and the gray dissolves to reveal "ENTERTAINMENT" in the same color. The rounded rectangle turns deep cerise afterwards. The logo "shines" a little before fading to black. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we go through 9 bars which are in various shades of green, blue, and purple. As the bars spin around (like in the first Vidmark logo), a 3-D steel gray "CHARTER" in Haettenschweiler font, appears from the bottom of the screen and covers the top seven of the bars as they stop moving. A steel gray rounded rectangle with a black border appears and the gray dissolves to reveal "ENTERTAINMENT" in the same color. The rounded rectangle turns deep cerise afterwards. The logo "shines" a little before fading to black. | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' The bars spinning and the shining, which are all CGI (and looks rather similar to the CGI in the 4th Embassy Home Entertainment logo). | '''FX/SFX:''' The bars spinning and the shining, which are all CGI (and looks rather similar to the CGI in the 4th Embassy Home Entertainment logo). | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A warm synthesized six note piece, ending with a synth strumming sound when "ENTERTAINMENT" appears. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A warm synthesized six note piece, which is is a piece of stock music titled "Music, Billboard #2" from Sound Ideas Series 1000 sound library, ending with a synth strumming sound when "ENTERTAINMENT" appears. The same stock music piece was used for the logos for [[Hanna-Barbera Poland]] and [[TMS Entertainment (Japan)|Tokyo Movie Shinsha]], and it can also be heard in the video game ''Worms Armageddon'' as a victory fanfare. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' Sometimes, on some tapes, the music fades out early. | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' Sometimes, on some tapes, the music fades out early. | ||