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|Magnetic Video Corporation (1980).png|1st Logo (November 1977-September 1982) | |Magnetic Video Corporation (1980).png|1st Logo (November 1977-September 1982) | ||
| | |Magnetic_Video_(1979).png|2nd Logo (1979-1981) | ||
| | |Magnetic Video (RARE, 1981) (OPENING).jpeg|3rd Logo (1981) | ||
|Magnetic_Video_(1980).png| | |Magnetic_Video_(1980).png|4th Logo (UK only, 1981-1982) | ||
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'''Legacy:''' This is well known among the logo community for being one of the very first home video logos. | '''Legacy:''' This is well known among the logo community for being one of the very first home video logos. | ||
===2nd Logo (1981)=== | ===2nd Logo (1979-1981)=== | ||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
Images= | Images= | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Magnetic Video ( | File:Magnetic Video (1979).png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
|-| | |-| | ||
Videos= | Videos= | ||
{{YouTube|id= | {{YouTube|id=z2nY6ccZ-9k}} | ||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
'''Logo | '''Logo:''' On a buff background, we see the "Mirrored M" (in black and brown) from the American Magnetic Video logo behind the words "MAGNETIC VIDEO" in a white Microgramma Bold font, set in the centre of the screen. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. | ||
''' | '''Availability:''' Scarce. It might be spotted on eBay UK (or any country's website where PAL tapes are sold, like Australia and Germany). It was seen on the PAL releases of ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''Bus Stop'' and ''100 Rifles''. It can also be seen on the pre-cert releases of ''The African Queen'', ''Blue Hawaii'', ''Hello, Dolly!'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''Soldier Blue'', ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', ''Von Ryan's Express'', ''Vanishing Point'', and ''The French Connection'', all of which were the only major studio films to be released on Philips' short-lived N1700 format. Also seen on an Australian Betamax copy of ''The Blue Max''. | ||
''' | |||
=== | ===3rd Logo (1981)=== | ||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
Images= | Images= | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Magnetic Video ( | File:Magnetic Video (RARE, 1981) (OPENING).jpeg|Opening version | ||
File:Magnetic Video (RARE, 1981) (CLOSING).jpeg|Closing version | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
|-| | |-| | ||
Videos= | Videos= | ||
{{YouTube|id= | {{YouTube|id=05OFiS06HKU}} | ||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
'''Logo:''' On a | '''Logo:''' There is an opening and a closing version. | ||
* '''Opening:'''On a black background, we see the text "MAGNETIC VIDEO" zoom in. Eventually, the text stops and the byline "A TWENTIETH-CENTURY FOX COMPANY" appears. The logo then fades out, and "PRESENT" fades in. | |||
* '''Closing:''' On a black background, we see a trailing {{color|red}} triangle zooming out, until a very tiny portion of it is left. The triangle fills up completely, and the Magnetic Video print logo appears, as well as the "MAGNETIC VIDEO" text and byline. | |||
'''Technique:''' Computer effects. | |||
''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' An eerie-sounding synth with whooshing whenever the logo is zooming. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The eerie-sounding synth heard in the logo is actually taken from the original trailer for the seminal 1979 science fiction-horror classic ''Alien''. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Near extinction. It was only known to be seen once in a British trailer tape. | ||
=== | ===4th Logo (UK only, 1981-1982)=== | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
Magnetic Video (1980), Copyright Notice.png | Magnetic Video (1980), Copyright Notice.png | ||