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Background

This was the home video division of Filmways Distribution, founded in 1983 as a deal made with Video Classics to distribute their releases on VHS, but later dropped the label and make a deal with K-Tel Video in collaberation with Video Tape Center, creating Filmways VTC. After that deal fell through and it made a deal with Vestron Video International, it reverted back to its original name. Even after Filmways was renamed to Filmpac Holdings in 1986, it was still used as a label for Filmpac Video until it was discontinued sometime around 1989.

Logo (Mid 1983-1989)

Visuals: A videotaped version of the 1981 Filmways Distribution logo, but at the end, the text "HOME VIDEO" fades in directly below "ilmways". The chroma-keying around the filmstrip is also refined, "ilmways" is closer to the "f", and the map of Australia fades in at the bottom right corner of the screen when the filmstrip moves to the left.

Variants:

From 1983-1984, the text "Released through VIDEO CLASSICS" fades in below the logo at the end.
Sometimes at the beginning of tapes, "PRESENTS" fades in after the logo forms.

Technique: Analog computer animation.

Audio: A higher-pitched version of the Filmways Distribution logo audio.

Availability: Seen on early Australian VHS prints of The Evil Dead, as well as The Naked Country, Hostage Tower, For Your Height Only, The Search For Weng Weng, Goodbye, Norma Jean, and many other titles.

Filmways Home Video (Australia)

Filmways VTC (1984-1985)
Filmpac Video (1989)

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 ===Background===
+This was the home video division of [[Filmways Distribution]], founded in 1983 as a deal made with [[Video Classics]] to distribute their releases on VHS, but later dropped the label and make a deal with [[K-Tel Video]] in collaberation with [[Video Tape Center]], creating [[Filmways VTC]]. After that deal fell through and it made a deal with [[Vestron Video International]], it reverted back to its original name. Even after Filmways was renamed to [[Filmpac Video|Filmpac Holdings]] in 1986, it was still used as a label for Filmpac Video until it was discontinued sometime around 1989.
-This label has nothing to do with the [[Filmways Pictures|American company of the same name]], but is a subsidiary of [[Filmpac Video (Australia)|Filmpac Holdings]]. However, this label did not last long, and was phased out in 1989, in which Filmpac released films under its own label.
-===(Mid 1980s-1989)===
+===Logo (Mid 1983-1989)===
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+'''Visuals:''' A videotaped version of the 1981 [[Filmways Distribution]] logo, but at the end, the text "'''HOME VIDEO'''" fades in directly below "'''''ilmways'''''". The chroma-keying around the filmstrip is also refined, "'''''ilmways'''''" is closer to the "'''f'''", and the map of Australia fades in at the bottom right corner of the screen when the filmstrip moves to the left.
-'''Nickname:''' "The Metal Dot"
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, two rainbow strips appear, the bottom moving up and the top one going down. Then, suddenly, they form a lowercase F with the top half containing rainbow colors and a black BG, and the bottom half containing the opposite (a little map of Australia fades in in the lower left corner of the screen, as well). Then, it zooms out to the left in a filmstrip, on a blue background. Then, a metallic dot writes "Filmways". After it's done, it moves over to the F in "Filmways". "HOME VIDEO" fades in at the bottom. Sometimes, the byline "Released through VIDEO CLASSICS" will fade in.
+* From 1983-1984, the text "Released through VIDEO CLASSICS" fades in below the logo at the end.
+* Sometimes at the beginning of tapes, "'''PRESENTS'''" fades in after the logo forms.
+'''Technique:''' Analog computer animation.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The metal dot, the rainbow background, "HOME VIDEO" fading in.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A ominous-sounding drum roll, then as the metallic dot writes the name, some high-pitched chime noises, then, as it stops, a synth stinger.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare; may be found on Australian PAL tapes of the period, as well as some [[Video Classics (Australia)|Video Classics]] tapes.
+'''Audio:''' A higher-pitched version of the Filmways Distribution logo audio.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on early Australian VHS prints of ''The Evil Dead'', as well as ''The Naked Country'', ''Hostage Tower'', ''For Your Height Only'', ''The Search For Weng Weng'', ''Goodbye, Norma Jean'', and many other titles.
+{{Chronology||[[Filmways VTC]] (1984-1985)<br>[[Filmpac Video]] (1989)}}
 [[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:Australia]]
 [[Category:Australian home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]