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=== Background === |
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'''Seven Keys Video''' was the home video subsidiary of [[Seven Keys Films]], that was formed in 1981. It was collapsed in 1988, along with its parent company. |
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{{YouTube|id=2LN6QQuhzzc}} |
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Seven Keys Video (mid-1980s).png |
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'''Visuals:''' A solid white Seven Keys logo is seen in the upper centre of the screen, with "'''SEVEN KEYS {{big|VIDEO}}'''" below it in Microgramma. Below it to the right, the slogan "''Always entertaining''" wipes in below in a hot pink, handwritten font glowing white. All of this takes places on a dodger blue screen. |
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<u>Nickname:</u> "Rainbow 7K/7<" |
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'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. |
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<u>Logo:</u> On a black background, we see four lines-- colored green, blue, yellow, and red-- move across the screen from left to right. Then, another set of lines moves toward the top right, followed by another moving toward the top left. This ends with two more sets of lines curving at opposite directions. The camera zooms out to show the lines forming a "'''7<'''" with "SEVEN KEYS" below. "PRESENTS" appears below. |
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<u>Variant:</u> There is one variant where "PRESENTS" is absent from the logo. |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on Seven Keys tapes from the period such as ''New Gladiators 2072 A.D.'', ''A Certain Sacrifice'', and ''Stanley''. |
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<u>FX/SFX:</u> The lines moving, the zoom-out, "PRESENTS" appearing below. |
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=== External Links === |
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<u>Music/Sounds:</u> A violin stinger (similar to the one in the 1989 PBS logo) with some theremin-like sounds going "bowwww-whoooop-bowwww" as the lines move, ending with a synth stinger. |
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*[http://www.videocollector.co.uk/fire-and-ice/39613 Fire and Ice] video sleeve on Videocollector.co.uk |
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[[Category:Australian home entertainment logos]] |
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<u>Music/Sound Variants:</u> |
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[[Category:Australia]] |
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[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] |
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{{YouTube|id=zELhP3nm3-Q}} |
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[[Category:Kaleidoscope Film Distribution]] |
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[[Category:Logos with film and television music]]<!--Refers to the logo with Fire and Ice--> |
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* Later releases had silence or the movie's theme, oddly enough, probably due to plastering a company's logo. |
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* Some tapes have the intro to ''[[wikipedia:Fire and Ice (1986 film)|Fire And Ice]]'' by [[wikipedia:Marietta Waters|Marietta Waters]] playing over it (and the following copyright warning). |
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<u>Availability:</u> Rare; seen on PAL tapes from the period released in Australia and New Zealand. |
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<u>Editor's Note:</u> None. |
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== 2nd Logo (Mid 1980s-????) == |
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'''Note: Seen at the 0:10''' |
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<u>Nicknames:</u> "Boring 7K/7<", "Always Entertaining", "Not so Entertaining" |
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<u>Logo:</u> On a blue background, we see a small white 7K logo just like before at the top of the screen with "SEVEN KEYS '''VIDEO'''" below it in a futuristic font. The words "''Always Entertaining''" are wiped below in a neon -ink script. |
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<u>FX/SFX:</u> Just the words appearing below. |
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<u>Availability:</u> Seen on later Seven Keys tapes. |
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<u>Editor's Note:</u> None. |
Latest revision as of 15:46, 22 August 2024
Descriptions by
mr3urious
Video captures courtesy of
Kristian Kriesel, Little Whore Records and AussieRoadshow
mr3urious
Video captures courtesy of
Kristian Kriesel, Little Whore Records and AussieRoadshow
Background
Seven Keys Video was the home video subsidiary of Seven Keys Films, that was formed in 1981. It was collapsed in 1988, along with its parent company.
Logo (1983-1986)
Visuals: A solid white Seven Keys logo is seen in the upper centre of the screen, with "SEVEN KEYS VIDEO" below it in Microgramma. Below it to the right, the slogan "Always entertaining" wipes in below in a hot pink, handwritten font glowing white. All of this takes places on a dodger blue screen.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: Just an announcer saying "Seven Keys Video. Always entertaining."
Availability: Seen on Seven Keys tapes from the period such as New Gladiators 2072 A.D., A Certain Sacrifice, and Stanley.
External Links
- Fire and Ice video sleeve on Videocollector.co.uk