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Europa Video
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Video captures courtesy of
dylan fagan
dylan fagan
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1st Logo (1987?-1995?)
Visuals: On a gray background, a white rectangle with a thick red border and the word "EUROPA" in a CinemaScope-like font appears, with "V I D E O" below and "ein" above slanted.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A playful synth xylophone tune.
Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]
2nd Logo (1995?-2003)
Visuals: On a looped section of the 1995 BMG Video logo's background, the Europa Video rectangle, now rounded and "EUROPA" in a more straight font, flies in with a red trail behind and settles in the center. "" then trails in below.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: Same as before.
Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]
3rd Logo (2003-2016)
Visuals: The letters of "EUROPA" float in and land on the bordered rectangle, now in 3D on a yellow background. "PRÄSENTIERT" fades in below and jiggles letter-by-letter.
Variant: Until 2006, this logo was often paired with the BMG Ariola Miller/Family Entertainment logo from the time, either appearing from a triangular transition (2003-2004) or crossfading from it (2004-2006).
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Same as before.
Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]
4th Logo (2016-)
Visuals: There are colorful balls flying in the sky, some with cartoon characters inside them. They then pop and in the middle, and a play button appears that is put around the new Europa logo on a purple background.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: A guitar remix of the first logo's theme.
Availability: Seen on recent German children's releases. [Examples?]
