CNR Video

1st Logo (1970s-1983)


Logo: On a black background, diagonal stripes start wiping in from to top right and bottom left respectively, in colors and dotted with smaller lines. After about 24 seconds, the stripes reveal a zooming star background in a dark blue gradient color, surrounded by a metallic gold border with several diagonal stripes embedded into it and even poking out of the sides. The CNR Video logo, consisting of a Z-shaped oblong with a heavy black shadow and the text "serif", fitted inside of the oblong in a stacked form, and 4  stars on the right side of it, zooms in from the space background and then stops. The 4 stars then blink continuously from top to bottom for the rest of the logo.

Variant: Later tapes replace the original stripe animation with a computer-generated one with gradient shades. Once the animation is done, it fades to the final part.

Technique: Motion-controlled animation, with computer effects for the later variant.

Music/Sounds: A funky, disco-esque tune with synth warbles and a horn florish at the end.

Availability: Extremely rare. CNR tapes from the era have this logo on the top right corner, as well as some similar stripe patterns. Some of these tapes include Class of 1984, Caligula & Messalina, Cannibal Apocalypse, You and Me, Son of Spartacus, The Return of White Fang, and First Blood, among others.

1st Logo (1983-1993?)
Logo:
 * 1983-1989: On a white background, it slowly fades away to black as 13 white lines, except for the top most exposed one being . From here, the white text " CNR VIDEO " swoops up from the bottom of the screen as every other line in the background fades away. The text then swoops down and settles into the middle gap.
 * 1989-1992: On a black background with a haze on the bottom and slight white tint, 13 lines appear one by one in a wiping fashion as the background loses the white tint. The lines are all in white except for the 2nd one, which glows a bright red color. The new CNR Video logo then rises up and swoops down slowly to take up nearly the entire screen. The logo has the same oblong shape in a metallic blue shade with a smaller, cyan drop shadow, but the "CNR VIDEO" text is now in an all-caps plain font with the "R" conjoined with the "I", and the stars replaced with a metallic segmented wingpiece in various shades of . As the logo settles, " Arial " types in below.

Variant: An abridged version of the 1983 variant has the white background fade to the final result as the " CNR VIDEO " zooms in.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Starts with a "ding", then a very 80s-esque synth-pop tune plays, with an electric piano sounder in the middle. The abridged version only has the "ding".

Availability: Rare. Tapes with this logo have the same background style as the logo, and the "CNR VIDEO" text on the bottom. Later tapes have the text "CNR FILM & VIDEO" on the bottom as well.

3rd Logo (1993?-1995)


Logo: We cut to a blue star against a black background. About two or three seconds in, the star spins slowly, and the background turns into a black/blue gradient background. The same marquee from before fades in. They both zoom in slowly, and "CNR VIDEO" from before, this time coloured indigo, fades in.

Technique: The spinning star, the logo moving and text fading in.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1st logo.

Availability: Seen on Dutch PAL and SECAM releases from the period.

4th Logo (1995-2000)
Logo: On a blue/red toned picture of glitter, two shining red and light blue rectangles with "CNR FILM & VIDEO", in yellow and sky blue, on them slide in and then stop perpendicular to each other. The warning appears by a particle effect for about 10 seconds. After the 10 seconds, the warning disappears with the same particle effect and the two rectangles meet up below with the light blue rectangle in the middle of the screen. It keeps shining until it fades out.

Variant: Another version of this logo replaced the blue section of the logo with grey. The light blue rectangle is now dark grey with grey text and the positions of the rectangles are switched. The copyright notice is now in a square with a yellow outline with no particle effect. The red rectangle also replaces the opposing one in the middle and the animations are switched.

Technique: The rectangles, along with the shining and copyright warning effects.

Music/Sounds: Same as above.

Availability: Spotted on later releases from the company.