Cinema Group Home Video

Background

Cinema Group Home Video is a renaming of the former Continental Video formed after Andre Blay and Elliott Kastner, the former of which, founded Magnetic Video Corporation and Blay Video took over the studio in 1987. It was later renamed to Palisades Home Video in 1988.

1st Logo (1987)

Visuals: Same as the 2nd Cinema Group Pictures logo, but the logo is larger and the text now reads the following:

CINEMA
GROUP
HOME
VIDEO

Technique: A still, digital image.

Audio: A descending synth clone, then some synth notes, then low synth notes.

Availability: Seen on Starship and The Stick-Up, among others.

2nd Logo (December 22, 1987-1988)

Visuals: Through a pixel dissolve wipe from the warning screen, it changes to a zooming space background as a yellow dust trail (which is supposed to be a comet) flies out from the bottom right corner and then flies to the top left. It then U-turns and lands in the center of the screen, and a sandy-looking burst effect appears as a gold border zooms in. The burst appears 2 more times, revealing a smaller red border, followed by a teal square with the "CINEMA GROUP HOME VIDEO" text on it, now with it all in white, and then settle into place before they extrude into a 3D-like effect.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: A deep 5 note synth theme with a whoosh sound taking place after the first note followed by 4 lighter notes.

Availability: Seen on Zombie High, The War Boy, and the Jackie Chan movie Police Story (released as Jackie Chan's Police Force, probably to avoid confusion with the 1973 TV series also called Police Story).

◄	Continental Video

Cinema Group Home Video

Palisades Home Video

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