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=== Background === |
=== Background === |
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'''Missing in Action''' was a home video company in the United Kingdom. Although it released most of its titles themselves, it also outsourced distribution of select products to companies like [[Channel 5 Video|Channel 5 Video Distribution]], [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], [[Video Collection International]], and more recently, [[Prism Leisure Corporation]]. It later shortened its name to "MIA Video" to avoid a lawsuit. |
'''Missing in Action''' was a home video company in the United Kingdom. Although it released most of its titles themselves, it also outsourced distribution of select products to companies like [[Channel 5 Video|Channel 5 Video Distribution]], [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], [[Video Collection International]], and more recently, [[Prism Leisure Corporation]]. It later shortened its name to "MIA Video" to avoid a lawsuit. |
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[[file:MissinginActionLogo.png|300px|center]] |
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'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the {{color|#ff4040|orange}} words "{{color|#ff4040|'''MISSING IN ACTION'''}}" with black drop shadow and in a crude action-style font. Each of the letters change to white in backwards and the screen transitions to black via a checkerboard effect. |
'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the {{color|#ff4040|orange}} words "{{color|#ff4040|'''MISSING IN ACTION'''}}" with black drop shadow and in a crude action-style font. Each of the letters change to white in backwards and the screen transitions to black via a checkerboard effect. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A low whoosh at the beginning, with loud scratching noises when the letters change to white and more whooshes with twinkles as the screen goes to black. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A low whoosh at the beginning, with loud scratching noises when the letters change to white and more whooshes with twinkles as the screen goes to black. |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on British tapes released by Missing in Action, such as ''Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge'' and on various ''Garfield and Friends'' tapes. |
'''Availability:''' Seen on British tapes released by Missing in Action, such as ''Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge'' and on various ''Garfield and Friends'' tapes. It also appears on the 1994 UK VHS of ''Barabbas''. |
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Revision as of 00:17, 13 December 2022
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Background
Missing in Action was a home video company in the United Kingdom. Although it released most of its titles themselves, it also outsourced distribution of select products to companies like Channel 5 Video Distribution, Video Gems, Video Collection International, and more recently, Prism Leisure Corporation. It later shortened its name to "MIA Video" to avoid a lawsuit.
(1985-1997)
Logo: On a white background, we see the orange words "MISSING IN ACTION" with black drop shadow and in a crude action-style font. Each of the letters change to white in backwards and the screen transitions to black via a checkerboard effect.
Technique: Early computer effects.
Music/Sounds: A low whoosh at the beginning, with loud scratching noises when the letters change to white and more whooshes with twinkles as the screen goes to black.
Availability: Seen on British tapes released by Missing in Action, such as Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge and on various Garfield and Friends tapes. It also appears on the 1994 UK VHS of Barabbas.