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'''Technique:''' Early computer effects. | '''Technique:''' Early computer effects. | ||
''' | '''Audio/Voice-overs:''' A mellow piece of music; not very easy to hear due to the studio spiel, but has a bossa-nova/mex influenced, easy listening melody, also known as elevator music (with five known lengths and four known tempos). A jazzy hi-hat drum is also playing music in the background. The music is accompanied by one of four male voiceovers (herein referred to as Voiceover A, Voiceover B, Voiceover C and Voiceover D) indicating the studio: | ||
* On most pre-1981 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century-Fox]] releases, Voiceover A (a deep baritone announcer) said "By special arrangement with 20th Century-Fox, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following major motion picture on videocassette". The music's tempo is approximately 108.7 BPM (beats per minute) with 26 beats. | * On most pre-1981 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century-Fox]] releases, Voiceover A (a deep baritone announcer) said "By special arrangement with 20th Century-Fox, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following major motion picture on videocassette". The music's tempo is approximately 108.7 BPM (beats per minute) with 26 beats. | ||
* On most early [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] releases, as well as all their [[Terrytoons|Terrytoon]] compilations, Voiceover A said "By special arrangement with Viacom International, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following motion picture entertainment on videocassette". The music's tempo is approximately 113.3 BPM with 26 beats. | * On most early [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] releases, as well as all their [[Terrytoons|Terrytoon]] compilations, Voiceover A said "By special arrangement with Viacom International, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following motion picture entertainment on videocassette". The music's tempo is approximately 113.3 BPM with 26 beats. | ||
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'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' 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''. | '''Availability:''' 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''. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Computer effects. | '''Technique:''' Computer effects. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' An eerie-sounding synth with whooshing whenever the logo is zooming. | ||
''' | '''Audio 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:''' It was only known to be seen once in a British trailer tape. | '''Availability:''' It was only known to be seen once in a British trailer tape. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Computer effects. | '''Technique:''' Computer effects. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' Tapes with this logo might turn up on eBay UK (or other sites) sometime. The Magnetic pre-cert release of ''Alien'' might have this; it was also known to be spotted on a 1983 tape of ''15 Famous Cartoons from Terrytoons, Volume 2'', which was probably a reprint of an earlier tape. | '''Availability:''' Tapes with this logo might turn up on eBay UK (or other sites) sometime. The Magnetic pre-cert release of ''Alien'' might have this; it was also known to be spotted on a 1983 tape of ''15 Famous Cartoons from Terrytoons, Volume 2'', which was probably a reprint of an earlier tape. | ||