Viewer's Choice Feature Presentation
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CooleyBoy10 and UniversalFlorida1990
Editions by
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1st Open (November 27, 1985-1988)
Visuals: On a silver background is the Viewer's Choice logo, which consists of an orange-yellow circle with the shiny text "VIEWER'S CHOICE" circling on it, a small blue circle in the center, and a large red checkmark (or 'tick' if you're British) in the center of the blue circle. After a few seconds, the gray text "FEATURE PRESENTATION" spins out as the Viewer's Choice logo fades out leaving only a chrome outline in the background, and the text settles in the middle and shines.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A new wave tune with a nine-note melody, played as an announcer intones "And now, your Viewer's Choice feature presentation!"
2nd Open (1988-1990)
Visuals: The sequence begins with stars on a black/orange/pink ethereal background zooming out. As the screen zooms out, the stars light up. Then a black/silver gradient box with the neon light blue text "Feature" in it swings to the left. Once it swings the text "VIEWER'S CHOICE" (With the regular Viewer's Choice logo in place of the "O" in "CHOICE") fades in. As it fades in, a streak of light zooms out to form the word "PRESENTATION".
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A rock/synthesizer fanfare.
3rd Open (1990-1996)
Visuals: On a black background, a sideways CGI movie reel appears and zooms out. As it backs away, we see that it is one of many CGI filmreels that fly down from the top to the bottom of the screen. After a while, the background lights up in black-blue gradient colors as one of the filmreels passes through the middle of the Viewer's Choice logo, which now has the text on it in solid white and the circle more shiny and orange. The camera pans down, revealing a background of a purple sky and a hill underneath. The filmreels disappear as a glass sheet flies on the back of the Viewer's Choice logo, and the cyan text "Feature" also appears underneath. The logo and text zoom out, revealing it is against a surface of multicolored triangles. The smokey white text "PRESENTATION" appear as several spotlights light up in the background.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A late '80s/early '90s rock/new wave score. Starting around 1993, it was changed to a triumphant fanfare that ends with a dramatic change in pitch before trailing off.
4th Open (1996-December 31, 1999)
Visuals: The pink/salmon text "PICTURE" is positioned in the center of a red/magenta version of a classic film countdown. The text changes to "START" and the camera cuts to a filmstrip flying past the red/magenta/blue number "10". A large suburban house then rises out of "9" and thrusts itself to the camera, where the screen passes through a window on it and see dozens of TVs flying past, spinning and showing a car spinning. A live-action hand brandishing a remote then pops out on the bottom-left corner of the screen and pushes a button on it, transitioning to a large red couch that spins throughout the colorful background. Then, a filmreel projector is shown and the camera zooms to the dispensing part of it, where a shiny purple ticket with the text "Feature" and "Presentation" swings out onto the top of the screen.
Trivia: Note that this intro, unlike the others, completely lacks any reference to Viewer's Choice. This was because at the time other pay-per-view services shuttered and cable system-operated PPV services were outsourced, leaving VC to dominate the market. As a result, the VC name was generally phased out from on-air usage by this time and replaced by generic references to "pay-per-view" in promos and graphics; the VC name remained in copyright notices and in listings services such as the Prevue Channel until 2000.
Technique: CGI and live action.
Audio: A string note, followed by a bell and an ascending string fanfare that turns into a '90s rock style midway through. The fanfare ends in a triumphant finish.
Final Note
On January 1, 2000, Viewer's Choice was rebranded as InDemand.
