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Background

20/20 Vision was a British division of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (later "Columbia TriStar Home Video") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.

Logo (1990-1997)

Visuals: An image of a blue eye zooms in slowly, as an animated white eagle flaps its wings and flies towards the camera, with time-lapse footage of clouds moving as a faded overlay. As the eagle reaches the apex of its flapping, it's suddenly struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear and get briefly replaced with a geometric version of the eagle before it fades out. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape (largely inspired by the 1988 BBC News intro from Robinson/Lambie-Nairn) and reform into the eagle once more, but in metallic silver, and a blue rectangle outline appears around the eagle. The eagle then shoots a red laser beam from its eye to create "20·20 VISION" in the rectangle, with the two "20"s in coral pink and "VISION" and dot in white, and the eagle shimmers briefly.

Variant: At the beginning of tapes after it finishes, it zooms out to the top left of the screen to make room for a warning screen.

Technique: 2D computer animation, with hand-drawn animation for the eagle and live-action cloud footage.

Audio: A synth fanfare, with whooshing sounds accompanying the laser beam shooting out of the eagle's eye.

Availability: Examples of videos which have this logo include their releases of Rock-A-Doodle, Stone Cold, The Silence of the Lambs and Bad Boys.

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-=== Background ===
+===Background===
-/20 Vision was a British division of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (later "[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.
+'''20/20 Vision''' was a British division of [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] (later "[[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]") from 1990 until 1997, which only released films on rental video. They also managed to release some tapes in other parts of the world, such as Brazil and Greece.
-=== (1990-1997) ===
+===Logo (1990-1997)===
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+'''Visuals:''' An image of a {{color|blue}} eye zooms in slowly, as an animated white eagle flaps its wings and flies towards the camera, with time-lapse footage of clouds moving as a faded overlay. As the eagle reaches the apex of its flapping, it's suddenly struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear and get briefly replaced with a geometric version of the eagle before it fades out. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape (largely inspired by the 1988 [[Draft:BBC News|BBC News]] intro from Robinson/Lambie-Nairn) and reform into the eagle once more, but in {{color|silver|metallic silver}}, and a {{color|blue}} rectangle outline appears around the eagle. The eagle then shoots a {{color|red}} laser beam from its eye to create "{{color|hotpink|'''20}}·{{color|hotpink|20}} {{font|Arial|VISION}}'''" in the rectangle, with the two "'''20'''"s in {{color|hotpink|coral pink}} and "'''VISION'''" and dot in white, and the eagle shimmers briefly.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Silver Eagle", "The Geometric Eagle"
+'''Variant:''' At the beginning of tapes after it finishes, it zooms out to the top left of the screen to make room for a warning screen.
-'''Logo:''' We begin with an image of a {{Font color|blue|blue}} eye as we zoom in on its pupil that has an animated white eagle flapping its wings and flying towards us with a couple of clouds moving in the background. After that, the eagle suddenly gets struck by 4 arrays of diagonal lines, causing it to disappear. A massive array of flashing lines, rays and circles begin to strike the center into an X-shape and reform into a {{Font color|silver|metallic silver}} geometric version of the eagle (a la the 1988 BBC News titles). The background becomes black and a {{Font color|blue|blue}} rectangle outline appears around the eagle, which then shoots a {{Font color|red|red}} laser beam out of its eye to create "'''20·20 VISION'''" in the rectangle, with the two "'''20'''"s in {{Font color|pink|coral pink}} and "'''VISION'''" in white. The eagle shines one more time, then the whole logo fades out.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation, with hand-drawn animation for the eagle and live-action cloud footage.
-'''Variant:''' After the logo completes, it zooms out to the top left of the screen to make room for a warning screen. On the top right, the word "{{Font color|blue|'''WARNING'''}}" fades in. On the bottom of the logo and "{{Font color|blue|'''WARNING'''}}", the warning text scrolls upward, shining in {{Font color|blue|blue}} and {{Font color|pink|coral pink}}. After it finishes scrolling, both the logo and "{{Font color|blue|'''WARNING'''}}" fade out.
+'''Audio:''' A synth fanfare, with whooshing sounds accompanying the laser beam shooting out of the eagle's eye.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming in of the eye, the flying eagle animation, the cloud backdrop, geometric shapes, the eagle turning into 2D, the laser beam writing "'''{{Font color|pink|20·20}} VISION'''", and the warning screen on the variant. Probably animated by the same people who made the 1988 BBC News titles.
+'''Availability:'''  Examples of videos which have this logo include their releases of ''Rock-A-Doodle'', ''Stone Cold'', ''The Silence of the Lambs'' and ''Bad Boys''.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A synth fanfare, with whooshing sounds accompanying the laser beam shooting out of the eagle's eye.
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-'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Examples of videos which have this logo include their releases of ''Rock-A-Doodle'', ''Stone Cold'', ''The Silence of the Lambs'' and ''Bad Boys''.
+[[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
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-[[Category:British Logos]]
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+[[Category:Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]
+[[Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment]]
+[[Category:Sony Corporation]]