CIC Video (Home Video Bumpers)

1st Bumper (1992-1997)
Visuals:
 * Future Video Releases: There is a PAL VCR. A spotlight shines on it, and the screen zooms right through it, revealing several crossfading shots of the inner mechanics of the VCR. After a few seconds, the shiny chrome text "FUTURE VIDEO RELEASES" flies out from behind a spool and settles in the middle. The background fades to.
 * Cinema Releases: On a gradient cinematic background, there is an audience at the bottom with  curtains at the front of the audience and a spotlight at the left side of the screen projecting a  screen on the curtains, then the light on the audience dims as the words "CINEMA RELEASES" appear on the screen and the curtains draw back as the audience becomes silhouettes.

Variant: On Australian releases, the text reads "FUTURE CINEMA RELEASES".

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio:
 * A tribal drum tune and a single long synth note, ending with a "BOOM".
 * A much calmer version of the 1991 CIC Video logo music.

Availability: Used only on rental CIC Video tapes from late 1991-early 1997 available in the UK and Australia, such as Child's Play 3 and Drop Zone.

2nd Bumper (1996-1999)
Visuals: On a dark blue background with aqua crescent-like C's, there is a CIC logo flying through them. Then, one of the following bumper texts appears behind an aperture-like center. The CIC logo then goes through the bumper text and lands on the face of the aperture, and then the camera zooms up to it before it flashes into a trailer.

Bumpers:
 * Available to Buy
 * Rental Releases
 * Coming Soon
 * Cinema Releases
 * Feature Presentation
 * Behind the Scenes

Variants:
 * The "Available to Buy" and "Rental Releases" bumpers have the appropriate text in white 3D letters.
 * The "Coming Soon" bumper has the text in.
 * The "Cinema Releases" bumper is exactly the same as the "Coming Soon" variant, but the text is in plain white letters.
 * The "Feature Presentation" bumper has the text in light blue letters, and appear on the aperture instead of the CIC logo. with an aperture-like center appears. Also, the CIC logo bumps into the C's a few times, causing a shower of sparks to appear. The aperture center opens, then the CIC logo then goes into the aperture, which closes and then, the camera zooms into the aperture, and after that, it flashes to black.
 * Sometimes, in between trailers, the aperture with the CIC logo closing, then re-opening. Only two whooshes are heard in this version.
 * The "Behind the Scenes" bumper is just the text flipping in on the same background as the 1996-2001 CIC Video warning.
 * DreamWorks releases just use a version where it shows the camera going through the C's, then "NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE" or "DREAMWORKS FEATURE PRESENTATION" flies in, before zooming close into the camera. Both bumpers use the audio from the "Available to Buy" bumper.
 * Most UK VHS releases with the "Feature Presentation" bumper have it flash into a BBFC film classification symbol (depending on what the feature is rated) on the same background as the 1996-2001 CIC Video warning.

Technique: CGI effects.

Audio: A quick electronica tune with a metallic "clang" sound, and then, a whoosh sound.

Audio Variant: The "Coming Soon" and "Cinema Releases" bumpers have a choir as the words appear.

Availability: Seen on British CIC Video releases during the era.

1st Bumper (1991?-1998?)
Visuals: On the same background as the warning screen used at the time, a vertical yellow strip with a CIC Video logo pattern and the word "" cut out on it scrolls up, as another strip with the same design, but purple, horizontal, and with the word "VIDEO" cut out on it, slides in, settling in the center. The screen then flashes, making the word "" in a cursive font appear above "VIDEO", which becomes pale blue.

Variant: Another variant exists where the vertical strip is dodger blue and reads "", and the word "VIDEO" is filled in with white.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: An upbeat synth techno theme.

Availability: Found on German VHS releases of the time, such as The Indian in the Cupboard.

2nd Bumper (1996-1999)
Visuals: On the same background as the 1997-1999 Warning Screen, we see one of the following words appear, after a few seconds it ends with the CIC Logo animating from the 7th Logo with a ghost-like effect, the Text (depending on what it says) then zooms out onto the CIC Logo as it turns white:



Technique: CGI effects.

Audio: The music from the 7th CIC Video Logo.

Availability: So far, seen on the German Release of Small Soldiers.

Bumper (1990's)
Visuals: On a navy blue background, there are the words "'" or "'".

Technique: None.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Spanish tapes of the time.