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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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'''Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment''' was established in November 1979 by [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.]], to distribute films from Columbia Pictures on VHS, Beta, LaserDisc, and Super 8mm, with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] titles being released by them on the latter format. It was later renamed as "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]]" (or "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video]]" for international distribution, "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd.|RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video]]" (in conjunction with [[Hoyts Distribution (1978-1993)|Hoyts]]) in Australia and "[[Gaumont Columbia RCA Video]]" (in conjunction with [[Gaumont]]) in France) in 1981 as a joint venture with RCA. |
'''Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment''' was established in November 1979 by [[Columbia Pictures|'''Columbia Pictures''' Industries, Inc.]], to distribute films from Columbia Pictures on VHS, Beta, LaserDisc, and Super 8mm, with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] titles being released by them on the latter format. It was later renamed as "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]]" (or "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video]]" for international distribution, "[[RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd.|RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video]]" (in conjunction with [[Hoyts Distribution (1978-1993)|Hoyts]]) in Australia and "[[Gaumont Columbia RCA Video]]" (in conjunction with [[Gaumont]]) in France) in 1981 as a joint venture with RCA. |
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*There is a black and white version of this logo seen on classic Columbia movies and shorts in B&W. |
*There is a black and white version of this logo seen on classic Columbia movies and shorts in B&W. |
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*The end will vary from video to video, with it fading to black in one version while another cuts to black. |
*The end will vary from video to video, with it fading to black in one version while another cuts to black. |
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*''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' and ''Easy Rider'' have a shortened version that starts with the sunburst, similar to the [[Columbia Pictures Pay Television]] logo and has the text more obviously chyroned in, in a white Helvetica font with a {{color|gray}} drop shadow. |
*<u>''The Bridge on the River Kwai''</u> and <u>''Easy Rider''</u> have a shortened version that starts with the sunburst, similar to the [[Columbia Pictures Pay Television]] logo and has the text more obviously chyroned in, in a white Helvetica font with a {{color|gray}} drop shadow. |
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'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled cel animation by Robert Abel & Associates, with the Torch Lady and backdrop being a matte painting, and the text chyroned over the Columbia Pictures name. |
'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled cel animation by Robert Abel & Associates, with the Torch Lady and backdrop being a matte painting, and the text chyroned over the Columbia Pictures name. |
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'''Visuals:''' It's the standard 1981 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo with no video indicator. |
'''Visuals:''' It's the standard 1981 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo with no video indicator. |
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Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment was established in November 1979 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., to distribute films from Columbia Pictures on VHS, Beta, LaserDisc, and Super 8mm, with Warner Bros. titles being released by them on the latter format. It was later renamed as "RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video" (or "RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video" for international distribution, "RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video" (in conjunction with Hoyts) in Australia and "Gaumont Columbia RCA Video" (in conjunction with Gaumont) in France) in 1981 as a joint venture with RCA.
All are written in a white Cooper Black font.
Variants:
Technique: Motion-controlled cel animation by Robert Abel & Associates, with the Torch Lady and backdrop being a matte painting, and the text chyroned over the Columbia Pictures name.
Audio: The 1976 Columbia Pictures theme by Suzanne Ciani, though some releases have it distorted.
Availability:
Visuals: It's the standard 1981 Columbia Pictures logo with no video indicator.
Technique: Motion-controlled cel animation, with the Torch Lady and backdrop being a matte painting.
Audio: None.
Availability: It's one of the first de-facto video logos, alongside the 20th Century-Fox Video logo. It was seen on several CPHE and early RCA/Columbia releases from the era, like The Black Bird and Hard Times (themselves Columbia films), Love and Anarchy, The French Detective and One Sings, the Other Doesn't. Columbia releases by itself, as well as the VHS of Diana Ross in Concert skipped the logo and went straight to the Columbia logo used by the film.
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