Videoville Showtime

Background
Videoville Showtime is a Canadian home video distributor founded in 1983 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec. Also known as Showtime Video Distribution or VVS Video, the company distributed motion pictures and animated cartoons from independent producers. In 1999, Videoville Showtime also began to release Canadian-based humor shows on VHS and DVD. The VHS catalog ended in 2004, but the DVD catalog is still in operation.

1st Logo (1983-19??)


Nickname: "(Neon) Star Pentagon"

Logo: On a black background, five streaky wing-like shapes (one is green, one is orange, one is dark teal, one is blue, one is hot pink ) move in from every side of the screen and stop in the center to form a pentagon shape hiding a stylized star shape in it. the pentagon then starts spinning at a fast pace, and a couple of seconds later, the text:

VIDEOVILLE    S H O W T I M E 

in light pink and leaned vertically, flies in from the upper right corner of the screen and positions itself horizontally at the bottom, as the pentagon stops spinning.

FX/SFX: The wings and the text flying in, the spinning pentagon.

Music/Sounds: A fast-pased synthetized fanfare which sounds like a newscast opening theme. The music begins in the warning screen, and continues when the logo animates.

Availability: Rare. Can be seen on 1980s and early 90s French-Canadian tapes.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1998?-)
Nicknames: "Star Pentagon II", "Cheap Pentagon"

Logo: On a blue background, a whole mess of white dust collects and converges into the star pentagon from the previous logo. a couple of seconds later, the text:

<font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">VIDEOVILLE     SHOWTIME 

fades-in. The text shines.

FX/SFX: The pentagon converging, the text shining.

Music/Sounds: A synth note is heard when the pentagon converges, then when the text appears, a weird xylophone note is heard.

Availability: Rare. Can be seen on later tapes of the company, like The New Adventures of Madeline volumes and Moment of Truth: Eye of the Stalker.

Editor's Note: None.