Artist View Entertainment
1st Logo (1991-1999)
Visuals: On a black-gray gradient background, there is a purple marble plate flying in. Inside it was the silver text "ARTIST VIEW" and below it was a silver rectangle with the text "ENTERTAINMENT" inside the box.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A whoosh, then a synth ascending piano theme with a string. After the last note held out, the announcer saying "From Artist View Entertainment".
Availability: Appears on Artist View releases such as Money to Burn.
2nd Logo (1999-)
Logo/Bumper: A lens flare flashes across the screen, and the screen zooms out on a portrait of a man with a camera, filming a mountain sunset. The portrait settles into place as the sun sets, and a spark flies across the screen, revealing the golden text "ARTIST VIEW ENTERTAINMENT" (with "ENTERTAINMENT" in a golden bar).
Variants:
- At the beginning of VHS promos, there's a version in which another spark flies in the opposite direction, revealing the word "PREVIEW."
- On the 2000-02 VHS releases of Paper Bullets, Peril, and Black River, the "PREVIEW" variant crossfades to the start of the first trailer on the tape.
- On the 2002-04 VHS releases of Lake Boat, One Special Night, and Terminal Error, the "PREVIEW" variant crossfades to a shimmering light blue background, with "NOW AVAILABLE" flying in from the left, "ON" zooming out underneath it, and "VHS AND DVD" also flying in at the same time.
- After the previews, the bumper reappears, with the second spark instead revealing "FEATURE PRESENTATION."
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: An orchestral tune (which begins over the very last split-second of the preceding warning screen on the "PREVIEW" variant).
Availability: Appears on Artist View releases such as Love and Action in Chicago, Hitman's Journal, and Kickboxing Academy.