Videovision Entertainment

Credits

Captures by
Chow Woon Gan

Video captures courtesy of
4R Geo, EnormousRat and CosmosEarthManGalaxy

Background

Videovision Entertainment was founded in 1987, and is among the leading independent film distributors in South Africa and has developed Cape Town Film Studios, the R400 million, state-of-the-art film studio facility in the Faure area outside Cape Town. The studios cover an area of 200 hectares.

1st Logo (1992-2012)

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Visuals: Set against a black background is a spinning purple "V". Then the words, "VIDEOVISION" and "ENTERTAINMENT" (both being sandwiched between two lines) fly by to both sides of the screen as white stripes fly in on the sidelines, completing the symbol with the purple "V".

Later Variants:

• In later years, the logo was placed on a cloudy starfield background.
• Beginning in 2012, the purple "V" is replaced by a and the white stripes have been omitted. Also, after the "V" settled its place, it turns 2D as a yellow downward triangle glows in at the bottom of "V".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or the opening music to the film.

Availability: Found on the company's movies on the period such as Prey (2007).

2nd Logo (2012-)

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Visuals: Set against a black background is a spinning tall blue "V". Then the words, "VIDEOVISION" and "ENTERTAINMENT" (both being sandwiched between two lines) fly by to both sides of the screen, completing the symbol with the yellow downward triangle flashing in at the bottom of "V".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or the opening music to the film.

Availability: Found on the company's movies on the period such as Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.