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'''Visuals:''' The screen zooms in to a starfield, until the screen fades in into a zooming galaxy. Then suddenly is lightning strike, revealing dark clouds, as the Merlin Video logo zooms in, which is a steel blue-colored shield with 6 lightning bolts protruding from the top and the bottom, with "Merlin" in a very "Shakespearean" font, and "VIDEO" in a sans-serif font. Then the background turns white.
'''Visuals:''' The screen zooms in to a starfield, until the screen fades in into a zooming galaxy. Then suddenly is lightning strike, revealing dark clouds, as the Merlin Video logo zooms in, which is a steel blue-colored shield with 6 lightning bolts protruding from the top and the bottom, with "Merlin" in a very "Shakespearean" font, and "VIDEO" in a sans-serif font. Then the background turns white.


'''Technique:''' The zooming and the lightning.
'''Technique:''' Traditional animation and chyron effects.


'''Audio:''' The sounds of thunder.
'''Audio:''' The sounds of thunder.


'''Availability:''' Seen on VCL and [[[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/Fox]] pre-cert releases in the UK. It was seen on their infamous video nasties such as ''Zombie Creeping Flesh'', ''The Mad Foxes'', and ''Massacre at Central High''.
'''Availability:''' Seen on VCL and CBS/Fox pre-cert releases in the UK. It was seen on their infamous video nasties such as ''Zombie Creeping Flesh'', ''The Mad Foxes'', and ''Massacre at Central High''.


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Latest revision as of 05:36, 3 November 2024


Background

Merlin Video was a UK pre-cert label and a subsidiary of (at the time) West German distributor VCL around the early 80s.

Logo (May 1982-March 1984)


Visuals: The screen zooms in to a starfield, until the screen fades in into a zooming galaxy. Then suddenly is lightning strike, revealing dark clouds, as the Merlin Video logo zooms in, which is a steel blue-colored shield with 6 lightning bolts protruding from the top and the bottom, with "Merlin" in a very "Shakespearean" font, and "VIDEO" in a sans-serif font. Then the background turns white.

Technique: Traditional animation and chyron effects.

Audio: The sounds of thunder.

Availability: Seen on VCL and CBS/Fox pre-cert releases in the UK. It was seen on their infamous video nasties such as Zombie Creeping Flesh, The Mad Foxes, and Massacre at Central High.

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