Abril Vídeo

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DisneyInternationalFan, Henrynguye5, Thisisanswer

Editions by
Thisisanswer‎

Video captures courtesy of
Ry's Classic Commercial Hut, nico su, TokNime

Background

Abril Vídeo was the home video division of Grupo Abril, one of the biggest publishers in Brazil, founded in 1983 and a major VHS distributor of mainly Disney videos. Grupo Abril's ties to Disney date to 1950, as they are an official distributor of their comics in Brazil. Abril Video would later become the official distributor of 20th Century Fox and Playboy Home Video videos for years. The company, however, would be dissolved in 1999 due to Disney and Fox now publishing their own titles domestically, as well as the slow decline of VHS as a leading format.

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Descriptions by
DisneyInternationalFan, Henrynguye5, Thisisanswer

Editions by
Thisisanswer‎

Video captures courtesy of
Ry's Classic Commercial Hut, nico su, TokNime

1st Logo (1986?-1990)

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Visuals: Over footage of fireworks at night, the Abril Video logo fades in with a white color and a barely-visible black drop shadow. The logo consists of a stylized tree with many outlined leaves, which is sandwiched between the text "abril vídeo" in a boxy font that's also segmented. The spaced-out text "apresenta" in a more generic font, quickly appears below after the logo fades in. After a few seconds, the logo and text fade out at different speeds, leaving the fireworks before they cut to black.

Trivia: The footage shown was filmed in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) during New Year's Eve.

Technique: Live-action and computerized 2D graphics.

Audio: Either the 2nd half of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo's music, or a loud, triumphant synth fanfare.

Availability: It can be found on several Disney tapes from the time period, like Dumbo, Mary Poppins, More Tales of Pluto, and more. The 2nd music variant was spotted on Pato Donald no Oeste. It may have also possibly appeared on Fox and Playboy tapes.

2nd Logo (1988-1994)

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Visuals: On a black background, the camera zooms out from a multi-colored metallic tunnel, changing colors as it reveals the Abril logo, now in green. As it zooms out, the inside turns blue, then silver, as several stripes retract. As the logo settles into place, the stripes reveal themselves to be the same "abril vídeo" text, of which the stripes turn green once they retracted. The tree then turns 2.5D (keeping a bevel effect) and the background fades to a dark grey background with barely visible Abril trees.

Technique: Zooming effects and CGI.

Audio: A descending synth "wah" sound, with laser sounds for the stripes, and then ending with a "bong". A variant had an announcer and the beginning of the 2nd international Walt Disney Home Video logo.

Availability: It debuted on a tape of Mickey's Christmas Carol before fully debuting 2 years later. It can be seen on all tapes from 1990-1994, like The Little Mermaid, as well as more Fox and Playboy tapes.

3rd Logo (1994-1999)

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Visuals: On a rotating and zooming space background, 2 large stone filmstrips fly across the top and bottom of the screen, each embossed with a white background with a filmstrip going up at an angle, as well as having a translucent green Abril logo on them. Upon reaching the end of the filmstrips, an additional one comes down from the top and shows a 3D Abril logo, colored in silver with green faces, coming up from the bottom of the screen and flying up. As it zooms into the screen, 2 additional silver/green monoliths come in from behind the camera and rotate down to reveal themselves as the same "abril vídeo" from before, but without any stripes in them. The tree then rotates a full turn before everything settles into place, the filmstrip background taking up the whole screen.

Variants:

• A short variant exists, with just the animation shown on the filmstrip playing. The logo is also a bit smaller.
• Starting in 1998, the company would be referred to as Videos Abril. The name would be updated to be reflected as such, and the text is now placed above the Abril logo in a stacked formation. The text also comes in from the left and right sides of the screen as well.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An upbeat synth pop tune, with a guitar playing in the middle of the logo. The short version has it abridged.

Availability: Seen on a Brazilian VHS release of Demon in the Bottle, among other Disney, Fox, and Playboy tapes.

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1st Bumper (1990-1994)

Visuals:

Technique: CGI.

Audio:

Availability:

2nd Bumper (1995-1999)

Visuals:

Technique: CGI.

Audio: "Assista mais um sucesso da Abril Vídeo / Walt Disney / Fox Vídeo / Touchstone / Playboy".

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

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Descriptions by
Gilby1385

Captures by
Gilby1385

Video captures courtesy of
TVeCinema

1st Test Card (1990-1994)

Visuals: On a black background, a blue vertical bar slides in from the left to the right (with a blue glow on the left side of the bar). Six more bars do the same, each colored red, magenta, cyan, green, yellow and white, eventually forming the iconic SMPTE color bars screen. After ten seconds, the bars wipe away vertically in different directions, with segmented areas behind each one.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A snippet of the Jane Wiedlin song "Tangled" plays. At the beginning, a male voiceover is heard saying "Para seu conforto e qualidade, ajuste agora as cores e o som do seu equipamento."

Availability: It can be seen on VHS releases from the era, before the warning screen. ^[Examples?]

2nd Test Card (1994-1999)

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  The prism.
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  The test pattern.

Visuals:

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio:

Availability: It can be seen on VHS releases from the era, before the warning screen. ^[Examples?]

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1st Warning (1983?-1990)

Visuals: On the top of the screen, there is a red stripe with a white border and the word "ADVERTÊNCIA" inside. The following text scrolls up from the bottom of the screen:

O TITULAR DO DIREITO AUTORAL DA OBRA CINEMATOGRÁFICA, INCLUINDO SUA TRILHA SONORA CONTIDA NESTE VIDEOCASSETE. SOMENTE AUTORIZOU SEU USO PRIVADO E DOMÉSTICO. SEM PREVIA E EXPRESSA AUTORIZAÇÃO DO TITULAR, ESTÃO PROIBIDAS QUAISQUER OUTRAS FORMAS DE UTILIZACÃO, TAIS COMO COPIAR, EDITAR, ADICIONAR, REDUZIR, EXIBIR OU DIFUNDIR PUBLICAMENTE, EMITIR OU TRANSMITIR POR RADIODIFUSÃO, CABO O QUALQUER OUTRO MEIO DE COMUNICÃO JÁ EXISTENTE OU QUE VENHA A SER CRIADO: BEM COMO TROCAR, EMPRESTAR, ALUGAR OU PRATICAR QUALQUER ATO DE COMERCIALIZACÃO DE LUCRO DIRETO OU INDIRETO. A VIOLACÃO A QUALQUER DESSES DIREITOS EXCLUSIVOS DO TITULAR, ACARRETARÁ AS SANÇÕES CIVIS E/OU CRIMINAIS PREVISTAS EM LEI.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

2nd Warning (1990-1994)

Visuals: On a black background, the following text types in:

ATENÇÃO Esta fita é para uso exclusivo doméstico. É crime fazer cópia para locação ou fazer exibição pública.

The text scrolls up to make room for the following text:

IMPORTANTE Não seja enganado com fitas piratas. Elas estragam a sua vista, o seu vídeo e o seu prazer. Suddenly a screen with the text "EXIJA FITA SELADA" slams down.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: A typewriter sound effect as the text types itself in, a loud thud when the second screen appears and an announcer reading the text.

Availability: Found on Disney tapes such as Cinderella (Cinderela - A Gata Borralheira), as well as Fox Video releases.

3rd Warning (1994-1999)

Visuals: On a starry sky background, the following text flips in:

ATENÇÃO! ESTA FITA FOI PRODUZIDA EXCLUSIVAMENTE PARA USO DOMESTICO. A POSSE DE CÓPIA ILEGALÉ CRIME SUJEITO A PENA DE DETENÇÃO.

The text then fades out to make room for the following text:

ATENÇÃO! AS FITAS ILEGAIS PREJUDICAM SEU VÍDEO E SUA DIVERSÃO. NÃO SEJA ENGANADO COM FITAS PIRATAS.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: A light rock theme, with a shining sound effect when the text flips in.

Availability: Found mostly on Brazilian Disney tapes, but was also found on Warner Home Video releases like The King and I (O Rei e Eu).