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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* One variant has the logo staying on-screen for seven or eight seconds after the music stops, with the logo continuing to shine. This instance happened on the 1983 VHS of ''They Call Me Bruce?''. | * One variant has the logo staying <u>on-screen for seven or eight seconds</u> after the music stops, with the logo continuing to shine. This instance happened on the 1983 VHS of ''They Call Me Bruce?''. | ||
* Closing: Same as the regular variant, except when finished, "© (year) Vestron, Inc." or "© (Year) VESTRON INCORPORATED" zoom in below. In some cases, this variant is put at the beginning of tapes. | * <u>Closing</u>: Same as the regular variant, except when finished, "© (year) Vestron, Inc." or "© (Year) VESTRON INCORPORATED" zoom in below. In some cases, this variant is put at the beginning of tapes. | ||
'''Technique:''' Computer animation. | '''Technique:''' Computer animation. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* On some tapes in Australia, a different synthesized theme, "Videospots 4" by Harry Forbes from the Parry Music Library, is heard with added synth sound effects which are quieter than the original ones. This fanfare was the same one that was used on the [[United Film Distribution Company]] logo. | * On <u>some tapes in Australia</u>, a different synthesized theme, "Videospots 4" by Harry Forbes from the Parry Music Library, is heard with added synth sound effects which are quieter than the original ones. This fanfare was the same one that was used on the [[United Film Distribution Company]] logo. | ||
* Some hi-fi stereo releases from toward the end of the logo's life use a heavily reverberated version of the fanfare, which is also rechanneled. | * <u>Some hi-fi stereo releases</u> from toward the end of the logo's life use a heavily reverberated version of the fanfare, which is also rechanneled. | ||
* There is also a silent version. | * There is also <u>a silent version</u>. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on Vestron video releases of the time. | '''Availability:''' Seen on Vestron video releases of the time. | ||
* This includes ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Lord of the Rings'', ''Harry and Son'', ''Trancers, The Purple Rose of Cairo'', ''Ghoulies'', ''Mad Max'', ''The Devil's Gift'', ''Interface'', ''Lifeforce'', ''Burial Ground'', ''Curtains'', ''Amityville 3-D'', ''The House by the Cemetery'', ''Endless Love'', ''Re-Animator'', ''The House on Sorority Row'', ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', ''Mutant'', ''Class of 1984'', ''Spaceship, Yellowbeard'', ''How to Beat Home Video Games'', ''Mr. Mom'', ''The Care Bears Movie'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''For the Love of Benji'', and ''Class''. | * This includes ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Lord of the Rings'', ''Harry and Son'', ''Trancers'', ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'', ''Ghoulies'', ''Mad Max'', ''The Devil's Gift'', ''Interface'', ''Lifeforce'', ''Burial Ground'', ''Curtains'', ''Amityville 3-D'', ''The House by the Cemetery'', ''Endless Love'', ''Re-Animator'', ''The House on Sorority Row'', ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', ''Mutant'', ''Class of 1984'', ''Spaceship, Yellowbeard'', ''How to Beat Home Video Games'', ''Mr. Mom'', ''The Care Bears Movie'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''For the Love of Benji'', and ''Class''. | ||
* Outside of the U.S., this appeared on all [[Vestron Video International]] tapes that were made prior to 1987. | * Outside of the U.S., this appeared on all [[Vestron Video International]] tapes that were made prior to 1987. | ||
* Also seen on a [[Showtime Networks|Showtime]] airing of ''The Company of Wolves'' back in 2010. | * Also seen on a [[Showtime Networks|Showtime]] airing of ''The Company of Wolves'' back in 2010. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* On the VUDU print of the 1986 film ''Sex Appeal'', the logo is stretched to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio. Tubi's print is in the correct 4:3 ratio. | * On <u>the VUDU print of the 1986 film ''Sex Appeal''</u>, the logo is stretched to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio. Tubi's print is in the correct 4:3 ratio. | ||
* There is a re-animated/enhanced version of this logo | * There is <u>a re-animated/enhanced version</u> of this logo seen on the Ultra HD Blu-ray release of ''Dirty Dancing'', which opens with some VHS static and distorted music. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI animated and designed by Jan Carlee, Christine Chang, and Ken Pelin (among others) at R/Greenberg Associates. All three were previously a part of the special effects team for the original ''TRON'' movie. | '''Technique:''' CGI animated and designed by Jan Carlee, Christine Chang, and Ken Pelin (among others) at R/Greenberg Associates. All three were previously a part of the special effects team for the original ''TRON'' movie. | ||