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'''Logo:''' We | '''Logo:''' We see a satellite shot of Earth as it appears from outer space, covered in clouds, and pointed so that Southeast Asia and Oceania are in view. The camera eases in gradually toward a still satellite shot of Australia as the shot rotates clockwise, bringing the island into view. Once we finish the zoom, "A film from" zooms out in a white serif font. Then "Roadshow", in a very strange white font, zooms out below, followed by "The Australian Company" in the same white serif font below that. | ||
''' | '''Variant:''' Two shortened versions exist. One starts when the zoom is almost finished, and the other starts as the words zoom out. The latter version would also be used for their television prints. | ||
'''Technique:''' The camera zoom. The words zooming out. | '''Technique:''' The camera zoom. The words zooming out. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A rising | '''Music/Sounds:''' A grand rising orchestral fanfare featuring an organ and electric piano, which starts off quiet but becomes more powerful over time, ending with a cymbal crash. This is truncated for the first shortened version. Otherwise, the opening theme of the film plays over it. For the television version it is usually the closing theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin''). It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Mad Max'' and ''The Wanderers'' and also showed up on a 1985 Australian television broadcast of the latter. Strangely, it was also spotted on the Dutch Standard Video release of ''Faces of Death''. Roadshow Films had intended to release the film theatrically in Australia, though the film ended up being banned by the Australian censorship board. How this print ended up on a Dutch video release is unknown. Other films where this might have appeared include ''Beyond the Living Dead'' (also known by such names as ''Return of the Zombies'', ''Terror of the Living Dead'', and ''The Hanging Woman'' elsewhere) and ''Stone''. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin''). It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Mad Max'' and ''The Wanderers'' and also showed up on a 1985 Australian television broadcast of the latter. Strangely, it was also spotted on the Dutch Standard Video release of ''Faces of Death''. Roadshow Films had intended to release the film theatrically in Australia, though the film ended up being banned by the Australian censorship board. How this print ended up on a Dutch video release is unknown. Other films where this might have appeared include ''Beyond the Living Dead'' (also known by such names as ''Return of the Zombies'', ''Terror of the Living Dead'', and ''The Hanging Woman'' elsewhere) and ''Stone''. The full version is only known to exist on a 35mm print housed by a private collector. | ||
===2nd Logo (1979-1986)=== | ===2nd Logo (1979-1986)=== | ||