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'''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.
'''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:''' None.


'''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.
'''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's 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''. The full version is only known to exist on a 35mm print housed by a private collector.
'''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.
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'''Logo:''' On a space background, a blue outline of Australia with the Tasmania island below zooms out from the bottom of the screen to the centre with a "light trail" effect. "Roadshow", in a very strange yellow font (the same font, in fact, as in the previous logo, but with more bold), appears via "scanning" effect in pieces shooting out from the Australia. The completed logo shines and reverses onto Australia and "The Australian Company" appears in yellow via a flashing effect below "Roadshow".
'''Logo:''' On a space background, a blue outline of Australia with the Tasmania island below zooms out from the bottom of the screen to the centre with a "light trail" effect. "Roadshow", in a very strange yellow font (the same font, in fact, as in the previous logo, but with more bold), appears via "scanning" effect in pieces shooting out from the Australia. The completed logo shines and reverses onto Australia and "The Australian Company" appears in yellow via a flashing effect below "Roadshow".


'''Technique:''' Scanimate effects.
'''Technique:''' Scanimation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm synthesised horn and piano fanfare.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, synthesised horn and piano fanfare.


'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Was seen in Australian cinemas during this time period. Has turned up on early [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] tapes of ''Mad Max'' and ''Megaforce'', though most titles edited this logo out and went straight to the movie. Other films that had this logo in theatrical release include ''First Blood'', ''Scanners'', and ''Gallipoli''.
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Was seen in Australian cinemas during this time period. Has turned up on early [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] tapes of ''Mad Max'' and ''Megaforce'', though most titles edited this logo out and went straight to the movie. Other films that had this logo in theatrical release include ''First Blood'', ''Scanners'', and ''Gallipoli''.
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, three stylized, separate, golden "V"s are formed by yellow flashing effects from the right side. Three more are formed, filling the gaps. The result is a giant "V", or a triangle comprised of six progressively smaller "V"s. The giant "V" zooms out a little, and the big glowing text "ROADSHOW", in a white ITC Avant Garde Gothic font, slides in below the "V" and loses the glow. The "V" shines, and yellow "lasers" appear from the top-left and top-right corners of the screen and move below the text, forming "VILLAGE ROADSHOW CORPORATION" when they connect and disappear.
'''Logo:''' On a black background, three stylized, separate, golden "V"s are formed by yellow flashing effects from the right side. Three more are formed, filling the gaps. The result is a giant "V", or a triangle comprised of six progressively smaller "V"s. The giant "V" zooms out a little, and the big glowing text "ROADSHOW", in a white ITC Avant Garde Gothic font, slides in below the "V" and loses the glow. The "V" shines, and yellow "lasers" appear from the top-left and top-right corners of the screen and move below the text, forming "VILLAGE ROADSHOW CORPORATION" when they connect and disappear.


'''Technique:''' The lasers drawing the "V", the glowing text moving and darkening, and the lasers moving and forming the text.
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud, dramatic synth stinger accompanied by a synthesised phasing sound and a laser sound.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud, dramatic synth stinger accompanied by a synthesised phasing sound and a laser sound.
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* In later years, the logo has a darker tone.
* In later years, the logo has a darker tone.


'''Technique:''' The curve and segments moving and zooming back. "Roadshow" fading below.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm tune with an echoing 12-note electronic piano tune. In later years, the sound is mono for some reason.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, echoing 12-note electronic piano tune. In later years, the sound is mono for some reason.


'''Availability:''' Common outside of North America and Europe, as this is mainly seen in Australian and New Zealand cinemas.
'''Availability:''' Common outside of North America and Europe, as this is mainly seen in Australian and New Zealand cinemas.
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