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===Background=== |
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Rainbow Entertainment was an Australian low-budget VHS/DVD distributor that is best known for releasing Hanna-Barbera content in the 90s. |
Rainbow Entertainment was an Australian low-budget VHS/DVD distributor that is best known for releasing Hanna-Barbera content in the 90s. Besides distributing videos, Rainbow also manufactured VHS boxes for Australian labels like Roadshow, Warner Bros, and CIC-Taft Video. It went out of business around the late 2000s. |
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[[File:Rainbow Entertainment logo.png|center|319x319px|frameless]] |
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'''Logo:''' On a slowly zooming space background, we see a spinning cube with rainbow patterns on each of its sides. A golden parallelogram with "RAINBOW" in a connected letter font (a la Lorimar) emerges slowly from the bottom of the screen and positions itself below the spinning cube. The parallelogram shines before the logo fades to black. |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background glittered with stars that slowly zoom forwards, a 3D cube rotates clockwise at the top center of the screen throughout the logo. It has a {{color|red}}/{{color|yellow}}/{[color|blue}}-gradient on all sides and is resting on its side. After a few seconds, a {{color|gold|metallic golden}} parallelogram with beveled edges and a drop shadow, brandished with the word "{{color|gold|'''RAINBOW'''}}" in a semi-futuristic font on it, flies up from the bottom of the screen and settles below the revolving cube. |
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'''Trivia:''' Besides distributing videos, Rainbow also manufactured VHS boxes for Australian labels like Roadshow, Warner Bros, and CIC-Taft Video. |
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'''Technique:''' Early CGI. |
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'''Availability:''' It was associated with Southern Star and Hanna-Barbera releases in Australia, so it might be on some of those tapes. Also seen on My Little Pony: The Movie. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on Australian Hanna-Barbera tapes like ''The Smurfs'', ''Dink The Little Dinosaur'', ''Quick Draw McGraw'', among others. It is also seen on a tape of ''My Little Pony: The Movie'', as well as Australian tapes of ''Saturday Night Live''. |
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=== 2nd Logo (late 90s-early 2000s) === |
=== 2nd Logo (late 90s-early 2000s) === |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on early DVD releases by the company like the ''Monty Python'' series. |
'''Availability:''' Seen on early DVD releases by the company like the ''Monty Python'' series. |
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=== 3rd Logo (mid 2000s) === |
=== 3rd Logo (mid 2000s) === |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on several Aussie PAL DVD releases. |
'''Availability:''' Seen on several Aussie PAL DVD releases. |
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Revision as of 03:14, 21 September 2023
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Background
Rainbow Entertainment was an Australian low-budget VHS/DVD distributor that is best known for releasing Hanna-Barbera content in the 90s. Besides distributing videos, Rainbow also manufactured VHS boxes for Australian labels like Roadshow, Warner Bros, and CIC-Taft Video. It went out of business around the late 2000s.
1st Logo (1988-1990's)
Logo: On a black background glittered with stars that slowly zoom forwards, a 3D cube rotates clockwise at the top center of the screen throughout the logo. It has a red/yellow/{[color|blue}}-gradient on all sides and is resting on its side. After a few seconds, a metallic golden parallelogram with beveled edges and a drop shadow, brandished with the word "RAINBOW" in a semi-futuristic font on it, flies up from the bottom of the screen and settles below the revolving cube.
Technique: Early CGI.
Music/Sounds: A snippet of "Electric Rain" by Craig Palmer (off the album Technology Age).
Availability: Rare. Seen on Australian Hanna-Barbera tapes like The Smurfs, Dink The Little Dinosaur, Quick Draw McGraw, among others. It is also seen on a tape of My Little Pony: The Movie, as well as Australian tapes of Saturday Night Live.
2nd Logo (late 90s-early 2000s)
Logo: On a white background we see a rainbow disc. Inside it is the "RAINBOW" parallelogram from the previous logo. Underneath is the word "ENTERTAINMENT"
Technique: None, unless you count the direct fading from the copyright warning.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on early DVD releases by the company like the Monty Python series.
3rd Logo (mid 2000s)
Logo: On a black background, we see a golden parallelogram with "RAINBOW" on it (same design as the previous logo) fade in. A circle with a rainbow pattern opens up behind the parallelogram like an eye while a very blurry "ENTERTAINMENT" in black with white outlines zooms out below the parallelogram, slowly increasing its focus. The top of the parallelogram shines, and the circle turns around like a 2-D image.
Technique: The shining, zooming out, and focus increasing.
Music/Sounds: A tune sounding similar to the Sony Computer Entertainment logo before fading to the jungle/drum n' bass/neuro drum loop at the low volume.
Availability: Seen on several Aussie PAL DVD releases.