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File:GW232H17-12.png|Prototype version | File:GW232H17-12.png|Prototype version | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Cloudy {{ | '''Nicknames:''' "Cloudy {{color|blue|Blue}}/{{color|darkmagenta|Purple}}", "Boring CIC" | ||
'''Logo:''' It is nothing more than an odd-looking "CIC" in a very fat font with the "'''S'''"-patterned chain link from the film logo on the "I" and the word "VIDEO" in Aero Extended font slowly fading in on a cloudy {{color|blue}} (or {{ | '''Logo:''' It is nothing more than an odd-looking "CIC" in a very fat font with the "'''S'''"-patterned chain link from the film logo on the "I" and the word "VIDEO" in Aero Extended font slowly fading in on a cloudy {{color|blue}} (or {{color|darkmagenta|purple}}) background. | ||
'''Variant:''' The prototype variant has no "chain". | '''Variant:''' The prototype variant has no "chain". | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "CIC in Space" | '''Nickname:''' "CIC in Space" | ||
'''Logo:''' Set against a black-{{color|blue}} gradient background, we see the three pieces of the chain (the outer two in {{ | '''Logo:''' Set against a black-{{color|blue}} gradient background, we see the three pieces of the chain (the outer two in {{color|dodgerblue|light blue}} and the center one in white) fly from the edges of the screen, forming the chain. The "I" then flies in from the top of the screen, stopping were the chain is, and the two C's then draw themselves in, starting from the bottom up to the top. All three letters are made of metal. "{{color|silver|VIDEO}}" then flies in below, stopping under the CIC logo. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*It's not very common in the UK and Germany, but on Aussie, Brazilian, and Argentine tapes, this variant is common: Just before the logo settles in place, a white flash is seen, and the logo is now set against a {{ | *It's not very common in the UK and Germany, but on Aussie, Brazilian, and Argentine tapes, this variant is common: Just before the logo settles in place, a white flash is seen, and the logo is now set against a {{color|dodgerblue|light blue}} background. Sometimes, only the still logo is seen, like on some Japanese tapes, VCDs and LaserDiscs, as well as VHDs (basically the country's version of CED). | ||
*One variant has the CIC Video logo ({{ | *One variant has the CIC Video logo ({{color|dodgerblue|blue}} background version) "morph" into the Paramount logo (with a smaller Paramount Communications byline), which then morphs into the Universal logo. This was only seen on some Latin American videos as the beginning of a short promo to commemorative 1,000,000 copies of CIC videotapes sold. | ||
**A 1991 trailer tape had the common {{color|blue}} background variant flash into this particular variant. The Paramount logo also does not morph into the Universal logo. | **A 1991 trailer tape had the common {{color|blue}} background variant flash into this particular variant. The Paramount logo also does not morph into the Universal logo. | ||
*Some {{ | *Some {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} background variants have the logo zooming out to the top as a {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}} marquee with white lines fades in below reading "GREAT FILMS", along with "from the Hollywood studios of PARAMOUNT & UNIVERSAL", which would lead into sneak previews of upcoming movies. | ||
*Another background variant has the logo zooming out to the top but cuts to black which also exists and can be found on a 1986 UK VHS re-release of ''Woody Woodpecker and His Friends''. | *Another background variant has the logo zooming out to the top but cuts to black which also exists and can be found on a 1986 UK VHS re-release of ''Woody Woodpecker and His Friends''. | ||