Yekaterinburg Art Home Video

Credits

Descriptions by
SnowflakesOmega

Background

Yekaterinburg Art Home Video (also known as EA, EAHV and EA Cinema) was a Russian video distribution company based in Yekaterinburg and founded in 1991 by Evgeny Miropolsky. Originally, the main activity of the company was theatrical distribution until they became a home video distributor in 1994. The company has also owned a chain of retail stores that operated under the "Titanic Video Records" brand and two "Titanic Cinema" movie theaters. The company had an extensive catalog of video products, and it was considered to be one of the oldest and leading video distribution companies in Russia. In 2008, the company's founder (Evgeny Miropolsky) was accused of kidnapping his partner Andrei Aivazov, and he was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security penal colony. On November 6, 2008, the company was liquidated.

1st Logo (1994-2003)

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Logo: We see a starry background. The yellow words "Екатеринбург Арт" and "HOME VIDEO" then flip in from both sides, and a green ball of light zooms in at the center. The words shine. Then the light dies down to reveal the green letters "EA" quickly zooming in.

Technique: The words flipping in, the shine, the light, and letters zooming.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized theme ending with a powerful hit.

Availability: Seen on Russian videotapes from various kinds of films, mostly famous/Hollywood ones. Also appeared on a few DVDs.

2nd Logo (2003-2006)

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Logo: Unknown

Variant: On various promos, the logo starts with "CINEMA" zooming in.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the first logo.

Availability: Seen on EA's releases of the time, including most of their DVDs released in the 2000s.