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{{PageCredits|description=Logophile and PAV123|capture=EnormousRat and SubparMario63|video=LogicSmash, ifrequire and Broken Saw}}
Logo descriptions by Logophile and PAV123
Photo capture by EnormousRat
Video capture courtesy of EnormousRat


===1st Logo (1991)===
===Background===
This was the original name of [[HBO NYC Productions]].


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===1st Logo (January 26, 1991)===
Nickname: "The Clapperboard"
{{YouTube|id=knRzsUHFjZw}}


Logo: On a black background, we see an open purple film clapperboard zoom out from the right eventually stopping and closing when in full view. A golden HBO logo with "SHOWCASE" below also in gold zooms with it. When the text stops a spotlight shines through it. The logo then cuts to black.
'''Visuals:''' On a black background, an open purple film clapperboard zooms out from the right, eventually stopping and closing when in full view. A golden HBO logo with the gold word "SHOWCASE" below zooms with it. When the text stops, a spotlight shines through it.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
FX/SFX: The zooming and the spotlight.


Music/Sounds: A horn fanfare.
'''Audio:''' A horn fanfare.


Availability: Rare. Spotted on the Prism Entertainment VHS release of ''Women In Prison''.
'''Availability:''' It was spotted on ''Prison Stories: Women on the Inside''.


===2nd Logo (August 21, 1993-June 24, 1995)===
Editor's Note: None.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, several 3-D black and white translucent clappers (the top part of a movie clipboard), gold HBO logos and gold "SHOWCASE" words are flying away. Searchlights scroll in the background. "HBO SHOWCASE" (in this case, "HBO" is not in its corporate font) in gold flies by the screen as the camera pans to the right and over "HBO SHOWCASE" (in this case, "HBO" is in its company font). Then towards the screen, two clappers meet and zoom out with a big "HBO" logo with "SHOWCASE" below. As the camera zooms, the clappers are revealed to be the clipboard. The searchlight keeps scrolling back and forth as it fades out.
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===2nd Logo (1993-June 24, 1995)===


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'''Variant:''' A filmed variant exists.
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HBO Showcase (1994)


'''Technique:''' CGI.
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Logo: On a black background is several 3-D black and white translucent clappers (the top part of a movie clipboard), gold HBO logos and gold "SHOWCASE" words flying away. Searchlights scroll in the background. "HBO SHOWCASE" (in this case, "HBO" is not in its corporate font) fly by the screen as the camera pans to the right and over "HBO SHOWCASE" (In this case, "HBO" is in its company font.) Then towards the screen, two clappers meet and as they zoom out, with a big "HBO" logo with "SHOWCASE" below. As the camera zooms, the clappers are revealed to be the clipboard. The searchlight keeps scrolling back and fourth as it fades out.


'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie, or a long version of the previous logo's theme with added bangs and a synth piano.
FX/SFX: The flying objects, and the searchlights.


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'''Availability:''' Seen on TV movies like ''Strapped'' and ''Doomsday Gun''.
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Variant: A filmed variant exists.


{{Chronology||[[HBO NYC Productions]]}}{{American film logos}}
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.
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[[Category:American film logos]]

[[Category:Film logos]]
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Availability: Seen on TV movies like ''Strapped'' and ''Doomsday Gun''.
[[Category:United States]]

Editor's Note: It's standard early '90s CGI.


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[[Category:Movie Logos]]
[[Category:HBO]]
[[Category:HBO]]
[[Category:WarnerMedia]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery]]
[[Category:English-language logos]]

Latest revision as of 13:16, 2 October 2024

Credits
Descriptions by
Logophile and PAV123

Captures by
EnormousRat and SubparMario63

Video captures courtesy of
LogicSmash, ifrequire and Broken Saw

Background

This was the original name of HBO NYC Productions.

1st Logo (January 26, 1991)


Visuals: On a black background, an open purple film clapperboard zooms out from the right, eventually stopping and closing when in full view. A golden HBO logo with the gold word "SHOWCASE" below zooms with it. When the text stops, a spotlight shines through it.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A horn fanfare.

Availability: It was spotted on Prison Stories: Women on the Inside.

2nd Logo (August 21, 1993-June 24, 1995)


Visuals: On a black background, several 3-D black and white translucent clappers (the top part of a movie clipboard), gold HBO logos and gold "SHOWCASE" words are flying away. Searchlights scroll in the background. "HBO SHOWCASE" (in this case, "HBO" is not in its corporate font) in gold flies by the screen as the camera pans to the right and over "HBO SHOWCASE" (in this case, "HBO" is in its company font). Then towards the screen, two clappers meet and zoom out with a big "HBO" logo with "SHOWCASE" below. As the camera zooms, the clappers are revealed to be the clipboard. The searchlight keeps scrolling back and forth as it fades out.

Variant: A filmed variant exists.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie, or a long version of the previous logo's theme with added bangs and a synth piano.

Availability: Seen on TV movies like Strapped and Doomsday Gun.

HBO Showcase Pictures
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