Roadshow Entertainment (Warning Screens)
1st Warning (May 10-December 1982)
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Visuals: On a pink background is "WARNING" in red. Some warning text in white scrolls up. The phrases "FOR PRIVATE HOME USE ONLY" and "IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED" are in a bolder font and in red.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Roadshow Home Video releases of the period, including The Fifth Musketeer, Scanners, Mad Max, and Gallipoli.
2nd Warning (January 1983-1986)
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Visuals: On a yellow background is "WARNING" in red. Some different warning text scrolls up, in white. The text is then capped off with the big words, "STRICTLY PROHIBITED", in the same size, colour, and font as "WARNING".
Variant: Later on, the background was changed to black, and "WARNING" and "STRICTLY PROHIBITED" is in yellow. On this variant, the text freezes at the end.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Roadshow Home Video releases of the period, including First Blood, Heatwave, and The Terminator.
3rd Warning (1986-1988)
Visuals: On a black background, there is a yellow rounded rectangle, resembling a TV monitor. The copyright notice appears within, rephrased to reflect the then-new NPCAA (New Penalties Copyright Amendment Act 1986). The word "WARNING" is placed at the top, in red.
Variant: There exists a pink version with the "WARNING" text in blue.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]
4th Warning (1988-)
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Visuals: Over a black background is "WARNING" in red. This is followed by the same warning text as the 2nd warning in Helvetica. "IT IS PROHIBITED TO", in the same size, colour, and font as "WARNING"
Variant:
- On 1995-2005 tapes, the font is changed to ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi.
- On DVDs, the text is still and the year is advanced a decade.
- Starting in the late 2000s, the warning text's money values are updated and the year is again advanced a decade.
- On most releases from 1998-2008, the warning screen is done in the style of the film's DVD menu.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Appears on countless Roadshow Entertainment VHS's, DVD's & Blu-rays. The 1995-2005 variant continued to appear on various ABC DVD releases until 2008, an example being Thomas & Friends: All Aboard with the Steam Team.
