- 3rd Sector Entertainment
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- Allied Artists Video
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Blue Underground
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (Some countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (Some countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- GRB Studios
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- HIS Video
- Hollywood Video Library
- Hosca Home Video Productions
- International Creative Exchange
- International Video Marketing
- IN-X-CESS International Films
- J2 Communications
- JTC Video
- Jane Fonda Workout
- Jingle Cats Home Video
- K-Tel Video
- Kaiju Productions
- King of Video
- Kodak Video
- Kultur
- L.A. Hero
- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
- MTI Home Video
- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Metropolis DVD
- Minolta Audio-Visual (Some countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
- New Wave Entertainment
- NFL Films Video Library
- North American Releasing
- Nova International
- NuTech Digital
- Omega Entertainment
- Pacific Arts
- Palisades Home Video
- Parade Video
- Paragon Video Productions
- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Production Partners Inc.
- Promark Television
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (Some countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Scotia International
- Severin Films
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (Some countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Sunset Digital Studios
- Super Video Inc.
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Transit Gloria Mundi
- Travelview International
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- United Learning
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
- Video City Productions
- Video Gems
- Video Outlaw
- VideoTours
- View Video
- Vina Distributor
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- Virgin Video (Some countries)
- Vivid Entertainment
- Voyage Productions
- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Video
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- York Entertainment
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:*The 4:3 version appears on almost every ''Thomas and Friends'' DVD release until the 2 Entertain merger. As noted above, it mostly appears on fullscreen releases such as ''Lion of Oz'', ''The Wheels on the Bus'', various Manchester United DVD releases, ''The Royle Family'', ''Father Ted'', and the 2000 UK DVD release of 1996 adaptation of ''Gulliver’s Travels'', among others. |
:*The 4:3 version appears on almost every ''Thomas and Friends'' DVD release until the 2 Entertain merger. As noted above, it mostly appears on fullscreen releases such as ''Lion of Oz'', ''The Wheels on the Bus'', various Manchester United DVD releases, ''The Royle Family'', ''Father Ted'', and the 2000 UK DVD release of 1996 adaptation of ''Gulliver’s Travels'', among others. |
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:**Some widescreen releases also use this logo but the logo itself remains in fullscreen. |
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:*The 16:9 version appears on a majority of widescreen VCI DVD releases such as the 2002 UK DVD release of ''Popstars: The Rivals'', the 2003 UK DVD release of ''Liverpool Football Club: Five Hundred and One Goals'', and the 2004 UK DVD release of ''Santa Claus: The Movie'' (1985), among others. |
:*The 16:9 version appears on a majority of widescreen VCI DVD releases such as the 2002 UK DVD release of ''Popstars: The Rivals'', the 2003 UK DVD release of ''Liverpool Football Club: Five Hundred and One Goals'', and the 2004 UK DVD release of ''Santa Claus: The Movie'' (1985), among others. |
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:**Also appears on these ''Thomas & Friends'' DVD releases: "The Fogman and Other Stories", "Pulling Together!", "It's Great to Be an Engine!", and "Bumper Party Collection!". |
:**Also appears on these ''Thomas & Friends'' DVD releases: "The Fogman and Other Stories", "Pulling Together!", "It's Great to Be an Engine!", and "Bumper Party Collection!". |
Revision as of 13:56, 17 December 2023
Dealydugan1995, Kody-The-Fox and wisp2007
Captures by
rememberedhills, zampakid and Jordan6379
Editions by
mr3urious, ZoDanma, Michael Kenchington, Jonathan Hendricks and Lizz T. Hendricks and Henrynguye5
Background
The Video Collection was renamed to Video Collection International (VCI) in 1994 due to financial difficulties (the name change was applied on-screen the following year), and in 1999 the company was sold to the Kingfisher group. In 2004, the company merged with BBC Video to form 2 Entertain.
Logo (September 11, 1995-July 2005)
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The "DVD Video" screen
Visuals: In front of a black background, there is a grey wire frame globe, a bright light emitting godrays in the top left of the screen and some grey mist below, and in front of those, a metal object flips in, along with a red sphere. This is later revealed to be the "C" in "VCI" in a bold, squished Futura PT Medium font, which flips around as it zooms out (with the sphere in the centre). The letters "V" and "I" would later spin in and arrange themselves vertically.
Variants:
- There are two DVD variants:
- On fullscreen DVD releases, the VCI logo plays as normal, but after the animation, the logo fades out, the light glows and the DVD logo fades in. This variant appears in a 4:3 ratio and appears
- As noted below, some widescreen Thomas & Friends DVDs use this variant.
- On some football DVD releases from 2003-2004 such as Liverpool F.C.: Five Hundred and One Goals and Manchester United: Top Ten Strikers, the DVD logo fades in much faster.
- On widescreen DVD releases, the logo footage first appears in stretched 4:3, and then as the logo finishes animating, the background stretches out into a 16:9 ratio, as a metallic DVD logo forms in the top right of the screen.
- On Sindy the Fairy Princess, the logo plays as normal, but after it ends, everything except the VCI text fades to black and the text moves to the left on the screen. The Optical Image logo fades into the right side and the word "Presents" appears.
- On fullscreen DVD releases, the VCI logo plays as normal, but after the animation, the logo fades out, the light glows and the DVD logo fades in. This variant appears in a 4:3 ratio and appears
- A still variant also surprisingly appears before the Rosie and Jim episode "Locks" on the 2016 UK DVD release of Rosie and Jim: Bumper Pack.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A synth chime theme is heard alongside some whooshing sounds, with mechanical sounds for the VCI text arranging. Near the end, there are two deep synth notes, ending with a clang and a final chime, all of which is in a similar melody to the Strand VCI Entertainment logo.
Availability: Used on VCI releases in the UK from the time right up until July 2005.
- However, this was not often seen on tapes from Thames Video, due to them mainly using their logo on its own, but appeared on some of them (mostly through the 1996 and 1997 VCI Children's trailers).
- Standard:
- Can be seen on the start and end of many releases from this time, including Phoenix Nights, Father Ted and later Thomas The Tank Engine releases, among others.
- On DVD, the standard version only appears at the end of Roo Reveals All (as part of the 2002 Cinema Club DVD release of The Last Polar Bears) and at the end of Rosie and Jim: Flashing Fire Engine and Other Urgent Adventures. This is because both DVDs were taken from VHS masters.
- The last few seconds of it also make a surprise appearance on the 2016 UK DVD release of Rosie and Jim: Bumper Pack, likely due to the master for the episode "Locks" being taken from the Rosie and Jim: Classic Collection master.
- It also appears on the 1995 UK VHS re-release of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Rock 'n' Roll and Other Stories, the 1996 UK VHS release of Sky Dancers: The Sky's the Limit and 2 Other Episodes, the 1997 UK VHS releases of Children's Playschool Favourites and Dennis Pennis R.I.P., the 1999 UK VHS release of The Official Tyne Tees Time Capsule, and the 1999 UK promotional VHS release of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: 3 Splendid Episodes, the 2000 UK VHS releases of Lion Of Oz, East is East (1999) and The Last Polar Bears, and the 2002 Marks and Spencer UK VHS re-release of Thomas & Friends: Thomas Goes Fishing and Other Stories, respectively.
- Despite appearing on the tape labels (and sometimes the covers) of direct reissues/later prints of The Video Collection-era tapes, it does not appear on them as they use The Video Collection's 1986-1995 logo instead.
- DVD versions:
- The 4:3 version appears on almost every Thomas and Friends DVD release until the 2 Entertain merger. As noted above, it mostly appears on fullscreen releases such as Lion of Oz, The Wheels on the Bus, various Manchester United DVD releases, The Royle Family, Father Ted, and the 2000 UK DVD release of 1996 adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, among others.
- It also appears as a closing logo on the Manchester United DVD releases.
- Some widescreen releases also use this logo but the logo itself remains in fullscreen.
- The 16:9 version appears on a majority of widescreen VCI DVD releases such as the 2002 UK DVD release of Popstars: The Rivals, the 2003 UK DVD release of Liverpool Football Club: Five Hundred and One Goals, and the 2004 UK DVD release of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), among others.
- Also appears on these Thomas & Friends DVD releases: "The Fogman and Other Stories", "Pulling Together!", "It's Great to Be an Engine!", and "Bumper Party Collection!".
- It also appears on Fifi and the Flowertots - Fifi's Talent Show, despite the 2Entertain logo being used on the DVD and VHS packaging.
- It appears on DVD releases from Hat Trick Productions, Channel 4 Video, Gullane Entertainment, Granada Video and Ragdoll, respectively.
- The 4:3 version appears on almost every Thomas and Friends DVD release until the 2 Entertain merger. As noted above, it mostly appears on fullscreen releases such as Lion of Oz, The Wheels on the Bus, various Manchester United DVD releases, The Royle Family, Father Ted, and the 2000 UK DVD release of 1996 adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, among others.
Legacy: The logo was seen as ominous in the past years (thanks to the dark background, the music, the gigantic text and the logo ending with a long period of silence). Recent years have seen it become a favourite among VHS collectors, however.
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