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in white emerges from behind the pentagon and moves in a circular path to the right of it. "PRESENTS," also in white, fades in below the text.  
in white emerges from behind the pentagon and moves in a circular path to the right of it. "PRESENTS," also in white, fades in below the text.  


'''Technique:''' The stars, the pentagon, and the text. This is all likely Scanimate.
'''Technique:''' Likely Scanimate.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A "whoosh" when the copyright screen zooms out, followed by a deep synth bass sounder.  
'''Music/Sounds:''' A "whoosh" when the copyright screen zooms out, followed by a deep synth bass sounder.  
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see two sets of purple neon lines sweep around with a dust-trailing effect, merging together to make one set of neon lines. Afterwards, a flash forms "VCI" in a lined font (a la IBM), while the rest of the lines disappear. "VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC." fades in underneath.
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see two sets of purple neon lines sweep around with a dust-trailing effect, merging together to make one set of neon lines. Afterwards, a flash forms "VCI" in a lined font (a la IBM), while the rest of the lines disappear. "VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC." fades in underneath.


'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. Definitely a product of its time.
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Synth chimes over a loud whoosh, then a sustained bass note when the logo flashes, followed by some more chimes. On some releases, it's silent.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Synth chimes over a loud whoosh, then a sustained bass note when the logo flashes, followed by some more chimes. On some releases, it's silent.
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'''Trivia:''' Many earlier VCI titles have a print version of this on the tape sleeve. However, they use previous logos on the actual tape.
'''Trivia:''' Many earlier VCI titles have a print version of this on the tape sleeve. However, they use previous logos on the actual tape.


'''Technique:''' Computer animation: the water texture, the logo.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A bombastic stock fanfare.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A bombastic stock fanfare.
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'''Availability:''' Seen on re-releases of earlier titles such as "To Build a Fire" and newer releases such as "Red Salute".
'''Availability:''' Seen on re-releases of earlier titles such as "To Build a Fire" and newer releases such as "Red Salute".


'''Legacy:''' A surprise discovery. A partial copy was discovered in 2015 and the full version was found in 2019.
'''Legacy:''' This is seen as a surprise discovery; a partial copy was discovered in 2015 and the full version was found in 2019.


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'''Logo:''' On a dark background, presumably a city, we see the VCI logo from the previous logo form, then a light moves towards the logo, making it brighter, the light still moving is on the right, the logo is slowly backing away, then we fade out.
'''Logo:''' On a dark background, presumably a city, we see the VCI logo from the previous logo form, then a light moves towards the logo, making it brighter, the light still moving is on the right, the logo is slowly backing away, then we fade out.


'''Technique:''' The light moving.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Silence, followed by thunder.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Silence, followed by thunder.
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'''Logo:''' We fade in to see a cinema in a city, the text: NOW SHOWING, is on a marquee, the text on the bottom of the marquee depends on what movie is playing, we go inside the cinema, where we see a fancy lobby, with a picture on the top of the stairs, we go to a room, where there is an empty theater, with lights off, the camera zooms into a seat to point at where the screen is, the screen shines, ripples, and summons the VCI logo, which flies around the theater, and then shines, then we see a shining background, with the text: “Celebrating Classic Movies” in a fancy font, the VCI logo sets on top of the text, and after a few seconds, the URL fades in on a black background.
'''Logo:''' We fade in to see a cinema in a city, the text: NOW SHOWING, is on a marquee, the text on the bottom of the marquee depends on what movie is playing, we go inside the cinema, where we see a fancy lobby, with a picture on the top of the stairs, we go to a room, where there is an empty theater, with lights off, the camera zooms into a seat to point at where the screen is, the screen shines, ripples, and summons the VCI logo, which flies around the theater, and then shines, then we see a shining background, with the text: “Celebrating Classic Movies” in a fancy font, the VCI logo sets on top of the text, and after a few seconds, the URL fades in on a black background.


'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic drumbeat for the first half, followed by mystical music when the VCI logo appears.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic drumbeat for the first half, followed by mystical music when the VCI logo appears.
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