Artist View Entertainment

1st Logo (1991-1999)


Visuals: On a black- gradient background, there is a purple marble plate flying in. Inside it was the silver text "ARTIST VIEW" and below it was a silver rectangle with the text "ENTERTAINMENT" inside the box.

Technique: The flying.

Audio: A whoosh, then a synth ascending piano theme with a string. After the last note held out, the announcer saying "From Artist View Entertainment".

Availability: Appears on Artist View releases such as Money to Burn.

2nd Logo (1999-)
Logo/Bumper: A lens flare flashes across the screen, and the screen zooms out on a portrait of a man with a camera, filming a mountain sunset. The portrait settles into place as the sun sets, and a spark flies across the screen, revealing the golden text "ARTIST VIEW ENTERTAINMENT" (with "ENTERTAINMENT" in a golden bar).

Variants:
 * At the beginning of VHS promos, there's a version in which another spark flies in the opposite direction, revealing the word "PREVIEW."
 * On the 2000-02 VHS releases of Paper Bullets, Peril, and Black River, the "PREVIEW" variant crossfades to the start of the first trailer on the tape.
 * On the 2002-04 VHS releases of Lake Boat, One Special Night, and Terminal Error, the "PREVIEW" variant crossfades to a shimmering light blue background, with "NOW AVAILABLE" flying in from the left, "ON" zooming out underneath it, and "VHS AND DVD" also flying in at the same time.
 * After the previews, the bumper reappears, with the second spark instead revealing "FEATURE PRESENTATION."

Technique: The zooming out, the sunset, the sparks.

Audio: An orchestral tune (which begins over the very last split-second of the preceding warning screen on the "PREVIEW" variant).

Availability: Appears on Artist View releases such as Love and Action in Chicago, Hitman's Journal, and Kickboxing Academy.