CIC Video/Anti-Piracy Notices
1st Bumper (1986-1989?)
Visuals: On the same space background as the 1986 CIC Video logo is the film's logo zoom in as revealed by a lens flare, and then, the film's logo zooms into a comfortable distance for the text to fade in. The text reads:
Afterwards, the text fades out for some more text to fade in. The text on the top space reads:
And the text on the bottom space reads:
The text fades out and the film's logo zooms in to cover the whole screen retaining the space background, revealing a shining polarised hologram (with many copies of the CIC Video logo on it), and then, a video cassette fades in behind it and they zoom out, revealing that the hologram is on the front end of the cassette. The text above and below the cassette read:
(cassette) VIDEO PIRACY IS A CRIME DO NOT ACCEPT IT DEMAND A GENUINE CIC VIDEO CASSETTE FROM YOUR DEALER
Poor quality, illegal video cassettes reduce your viewing pleasure and jeopardise future film productionTechnique: Computer effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Only seen on the rental release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
2nd Bumper (1989-1993)
Visuals: On the same space background as the 1986-1992 CIC Video logo is the text:
VIDEO CASSETTES
CHECK WHETHER THIS
VIDEO CASSETTE CARRIES
THE CIC VIDEO
Then a shining polarised hologram (with many copies of the CIC logo on it) appears. Then a video cassette fades in behind it and both zoom out, revealing that the hologram is on the front end of the cassette. Text above and below the cassette reads:
VIDEO PIRACY IS A CRIME
DO NOT ACCEPT IT.
(cassette)
DEMAND A GENUINE CIC VIDEO CASSETTE
FROM YOUR DEALER.
POOR QUALITY ILLEGAL VIDEO CASSETTES
REDUCE YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE AND
JEOPARDIZE FUTURE FILM PRODUCTION.
Variant: On later Australian tapes with this bumper, which plays after the 1991-1997 variant of the CIC logo, which is on a black background, with the same text, the same hologram image & the same video zoom out on the blue gradient. The same text appears but in lowercase.
Technique: Computer effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Used on rental releases by CIC Video in the UK. Appears on Crocodile Dundee 2, Internal Affairs, King Ralph, Back to the Future: Part III, Child's Play II, and Black Rain. Also on Australian releases. The variant appears on later Australian CIC Video rental tapes.
3rd Bumper (1997-1999)
Visuals: On the same aurora background as the 1997-1999 CIC Video logo is the text in a white Russell Square Regular font:
VIDEO CASSETTES
CHECK WHETHER THIS
VIDEO CASSETTE CARRIES
AN GENUINE
LABEL HOLOGRAM
Then a shining polarized hologram (with either the Paramount, Universal, or Dreamworks Print Logo) appears. Then a video cassette fades in behind it and both zoom out, revealing that the hologram is on the front end of the cassette. Text above and below the cassette reads:
VIDEO PIRACY IS A CRIME
DO NOT ACCEPT IT.
(cassette)
DEMAND A GENUINE VIDEO CASSETTE
FROM YOUR DEALER.
POOR QUALITY ILLEGAL VIDEO CASSETTES
REDUCE YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE AND
JEOPARDIZE FUTURE FILM PRODUCTION.
Technique: Computer effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Used on rental releases by CIC Video in the UK. Appearing on Small Soldiers and many others.
