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{{Distinguish|Odyssey Entertainment|Odyssey Distributors Ltd.}}
Logo description and captures by Logophile
Video capture courtesy of czar7474
 
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===1st Logo (1980s-1990s)===
Odyssey Video (UK)Odyssey preview logo
 
===Background===
'''Nicknames:</u> "The Compass", "The Personification of All That is Soothing"
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a home video company from United Kingdom.
 
===1st Logo (1980s1983-1990s)===
'''Logo:</u> On a sky blue background with shimmering water below, a dark blue compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "ODYSSEY" in white fades in below.
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'''LogoVisuals:</u>''' On a {{color|mediumblue|sky blue}} background with shimmering water below, a dark blue compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "{{font|Times New Roman|'''ODYSSEY'''}}" in white fades in below.
'''Variant:</u> The logo was used in a still for previews. It is upward and smaller with "OTHER TITLES FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in white below.
 
'''Variants:'''
'''FX/SFX:</u> The water, the compass, the company name fading in below.
'''Variant:</u>* The logo was used in a still for previews. It is upward and smaller with "OTHER TITLES FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in white below.
* A textless variant exists.
 
'''Technique:''' Analogue 2D animation with live-action elements.
'''Music/Sounds:</u> The first portion of "Ave Maria" which is a soothing organ tune with a sound of waves washing ashore when the compass moves.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:</u>''' TheA synth rendition of the first portion of Gounod's "Ave Maria", which is a soothing organ tune with athe sound of waves washing ashore when the compass moves.
'''Availability:</u> Seen on releases from the UK such as ''The Cartier Affair'', ''That Sinking Feeling'', ''Christmas on Division Street'' and ''Just Dennis''.
 
'''Availability:</u> Current.'''
'''Editor's Note:</u> A few might get a little nervous over the whoosh sound, but the light atmosphere of the logo and the music makes this one very soothing. The compass is a little cheap but really not that bad.
'''Availability:</u>* Seen on releases from the UK such as ''The Cartier Affair'', ''That Sinking Feeling'', ''Christmas on Division Street'' and ''Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter'' (released in the UK as ''Just Dennis'').
* It is also intact at the beginning of Amazon Prime Video's print of ''Act of Will''.
 
===2nd Logo (Mid 1990s-)===
{{MIA}}
'''LogoVisuals:</u>''' A gold colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in gold capital lettering.
 
'''Technique:''' Unknown.
'''Logo:</u> A gold colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in gold capital lettering.
 
'''Audio:''' None.
'''FX/SFX:</u> This is a still logo.
 
'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
'''Music/Sounds:</u> None.
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'''Availability:</u> Current.
[[Category:Logos with classical music]]
 
'''Editor's Note:</u> Compared to the previous logo, it's boring.
 
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Latest revision as of 03:17, 16 August 2024


Background

Odyssey Video was a home video company from United Kingdom.

1st Logo (1983-1990s)


Visuals: On a sky blue background with shimmering water below, a dark blue compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "ODYSSEY" in white fades in below.

Variants:

  • The logo was used in a still for previews. It is upward and smaller with "OTHER TITLES FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in white below.
  • A textless variant exists.

Technique: Analogue 2D animation with live-action elements.

Audio: A synth rendition of the first portion of Gounod's "Ave Maria", which is a soothing tune with the sound of waves washing ashore when the compass moves.

Availability:

  • Seen on releases from the UK such as The Cartier Affair, That Sinking Feeling, Christmas on Division Street and Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter (released in the UK as Just Dennis).
  • It is also intact at the beginning of Amazon Prime Video's print of Act of Will.

2nd Logo (Mid 1990s-)


Visuals: A gold colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in gold capital lettering.

Technique: Unknown.

Audio: None.

Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]

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