Clearvue
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Background
Clearvue was a Chicago-based educational company formed sometime in 1954 at the latest to produce and distribute educational media. Clearvue was renamed "Clearvue/eav" in 1991, and merged with the Society for Visual Education in 2004 to form "Clearvue & SVE" before being folded into Discovery Education in 2007.
Clearvue
(1990?-1991?)
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Logo: On a black background, we see the word "Clearvue" in the Brandish font zooming in and spinning around. It starts out in rainbow colors but then turns a yellow color as it stops spinning. The slogan "Educational Enrichment For All Grade Levels" fades in below in blue.
Technique: Computer effects.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Rare. It, along with the warning screen that followed it, was known to have appeared on First Steps to Learning (a.k.a. Fun to Learn Video Series and Laugh & Learn) and is intact on the VHS releases from United American Video Corporation and Slam Gold, but not on the Sterling/SVE re-releases.
Clearvue/eav
1st Logo (1991?-1996?)
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Logo: On a black background, an orange square, with multiple smaller ones in a concentric style, is seen at the top of the screen. Below it is the text "Presented by" in a sky blue color, and below that is the large white text "CLEARVUE/eav". An address and phone number can be seen in orange at the bottom of the screen.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. Known to have appeared at the end of Walt Whitman: Poet of Humanity.
2nd Logo (1996?-2000?)
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Logo: On a white background a series of paint samples, colored in the seven main colors of the rainbow, appear one by one in a right-leaning slant from top to bottom. Once the sequence is complete, the text "Clearvue/eav" fades in on the bottom left, and one of two slogans (either "The Most Complete Source For Cirriculum-Oriented A/V Materials" or "Audiovisual enrichment for all grade levels") fades in on the top right. The logo holds for a few seconds before fading out.
Variant: The closing version includes a phone number above the company name.
Technique: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds: None, or the video's opening/closing theme.
Availability: Ultra rare. This was known to be seen on The Perfect Paragraph.
3rd Logo (2000?-2003?)
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Logo: The same paint samples animation as the previous logo, except the samples are now CGI-animated. The "Clearvue/eav" text zooms out to fill the left side of the screen, along with the new byline "The Most Complete Source For Cirriculum-Oriented Media"
Technique: Fading and zooming effects.
Music/Sounds: A synth-keyboard jingle as the paint samples fade into position, followed by a percussion "thud" as the text falls into place.
Availability: Ultra rare. It is known to have appeared on Lab Safety: Chem Games and may been seen on other old VHS or DVD releases from the company.
4th Logo (2003-2004)
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TBA.
Clearvue & SVE
(2004-2007)
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Logo: Same as the SVE & Churchill Media logo, except just before the SVE logo appears, the entire logo freeze-frames and the Clearvue & SVE logo appears in its place.
Technique: Same as the SVE & Churchill Media logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the SVE & Churchill Media logo.
Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on a print of the Horrible Histories (2001) episode "Groovy Greeks".
