Gaumont Columbia RCA Video
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Background
This was a joint venture between Gaumont and RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video to release titles from the Gaumont, Columbia and TriStar library, as well as third-party content, like the Carolco catalog. It was renamed to Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1992, while retaining the original moniker until 1993.
1st Logo (1982-1989)
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Visuals: On a black background, a white rectangle outline rises up from the bottom of the screen while spinning to the right, containing a white version of the 1979-1995 Gaumont logo inside of it. The box settles at the top part of the screen as the Columbia Pictures print logo, though horizontally-arranged and all in dark blue, flies and spins up from the lower left corner also clockwise, and when it settles below the top box, 2 pieces of another box stretch in and close up around the logo. Below, "RCA VIDEO", with the RCA corporate logo and "VIDEO" styled as an outline, zooms out slowly from the bottom of the screen, and finally, a white bracket rises up and connects with the other boxes, creating a 3rd row.
Technique: Simple 2D computer animation.
Audio: A fanfare with drums and brass instruments that sounds similar to the 20th Century Fox fanfare and the Superman theme.
Availability: Seen on French releases of Gaumont and Columbia Pictures (and TriStar Pictures) and even some Orion Pictures movies from the time.
- It was seen on a French VHS of American Justice, Oublie-moi Mandoline, 7 Gladiateurs, The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), and many other titles.
- It's unsure but doubtful if it appears on French-Canadian releases distributed by ISV, like Alone in the Dark (to name one).
2nd Logo (1989-1993)
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Visuals: On a slowly-zooming space background, white dots zooms towards the background from many different directions, leaving grey trails as they do, as a 3D version of the Gaumont logo drops down from the top of the screen and swoops into the top center, turning into a flat 2D image in the process. As the dots stop appearing, thin turquoise lines stretch into view, which reveal themselves as a turquoise version of the Columbia Pictures print logo, but now with "films" in a much smaller print size now, which zooms out and swerves to the left and right before turning into a 2D image itself. The letters of the RCA logo then fly in and twirl around a bit, with wireframe trails and a bright red color, before settling to the bottom left, and "VIDEO" in a outlined Arial font, zooms in on the right, making "RCA VIDEO". Finally, 2 halves of the 3-tier box outline from before slide in and close up the logos, filling their insides with black to remove the stars.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Seen on releases of material mentioned of the 1st logo, like on a French VHS of Lock Up.
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