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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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'''Astrion''' was a British home video distributor founded in 1995 by Ivor Scholsberg and was acquired by [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] in June 1998. |
'''Astrion''' was a British home video distributor founded in 1995 by Ivor Scholsberg and was acquired by [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] in June 1998. |
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'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} space background, a giant {{color|blue}} diamond flies in from just the top right section of the screen and begins to swerve towards the camera. As it gets closer, it rotates up to have its top face the screen and then zooms in extremely close towards the camera, revolving around freely as it does. After a few seconds of this, the text "{{color|silver|{{font|Copperplate Gothic|'''ASTRION'''}}}}" in a Copperplate Gothic font zooms out and spins towards the bottom of the screen as the diamond rotates into place above the text. A lens flare appears on the diamond and grows to a giant size before the logo freezes. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Space Diamond", "Spinning Diamond" |
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'''Logo:''' On a starry dark blue space background, we see stars then one of them begins to move and reveals a blue diamond which it flies in from the distance in the top right corner of the screen, stopping on it's tip when it reaches the middle. Then as it appears the diamond flies around forwards top-first until it covers most of the screen then it turns on it's tip where it spins clockwise briefly before flying back to the middle of the screen. When it does so the 3D word "ASTRION" in Copperplate Gothic light flips in from the middle of the screen zooming out doing a backward somersault as it flies around the bottom of the screen placing it underneath where the blue diamond. As they both stop moving one at a time, the sparkle effect form a shiny star glows on the top of the diamond until it glows. |
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'''Variants''' |
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* On VHS covers the logo is instead depictured in a blue six point star inside a black circle. |
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* On the actual tapes, the star is white. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The diamond, the word, and the shining. Decent CGI for the time. |
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'''Technique:''' CGI. |
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| ⚫ | '''Availability:''' VHS releases that have this logo include the ''Letterland'' series (such as the 1997 UK VHS release of ''The Letterland Story''), ''Wizadora'', and a handful of racing VHS releases such as ''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorsport Mayhem'' and it's sequel, ''More Motorcycle Mayhem'' along with tapes in the Murray series such as ''Magic Moments'', ''Motorsport Spectacular'' and Formula One Celebration which it appears after the 1992 [[Vision Video Ltd.|Vision Video Ltd.]] logo (which PolyGram acquired it in 1993) and followed by the 1997 [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] logo. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' The animation may be bright, but the music may not sit well with a few. |
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* It also appears on the 1997 UK VHS release of ''Bug Alert: Letters, Colours and Animals''. |
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[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] |
[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] |
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[[Category:British home entertainment logos]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:58, 22 April 2024
dylan fagan
Background
Astrion was a British home video distributor founded in 1995 by Ivor Scholsberg and was acquired by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in June 1998.
Logo (September 25, 1995-1999)
Visuals: On a dark blue space background, a giant blue diamond flies in from just the top right section of the screen and begins to swerve towards the camera. As it gets closer, it rotates up to have its top face the screen and then zooms in extremely close towards the camera, revolving around freely as it does. After a few seconds of this, the text "ASTRION" in a Copperplate Gothic font zooms out and spins towards the bottom of the screen as the diamond rotates into place above the text. A lens flare appears on the diamond and grows to a giant size before the logo freezes.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A low synth note, with a somber string theme playing over it.
Availability: VHS releases that have this logo include the Letterland series (such as the 1997 UK VHS release of The Letterland Story), Wizadora, and a handful of racing VHS releases such as Jeremy Clarkson's Motorsport Mayhem and it's sequel, More Motorcycle Mayhem along with tapes in the Murray series such as Magic Moments, Motorsport Spectacular and Formula One Celebration which it appears after the 1992 Vision Video Ltd. logo (which PolyGram acquired it in 1993) and followed by the 1997 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment logo.
- It also appears on the 1997 UK VHS release of Bug Alert: Letters, Colours and Animals.
