- 3-G Home Video
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- Allied Artists Video
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (Some countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cindy V Video
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Dave Hood Entertainment
- Dead Alive Productions
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (Some countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- HIS Video
- Hollywood Video Library
- Hosca Home Video Productions
- IN-X-CESS International Films
- J2 Communications
- JTC Video
- Jane Fonda Workout
- Jingle Cats Home Video
- K-Tel Video
- Kaiju Productions
- Kid Time Video
- Kideo Incorporated
- King of Video
- Kodak Video
- Kultur
- KVC Home Video
- L.A. Hero
- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
- MTI Home Video
- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Minolta Audio-Visual (Some countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
- NFL Films Video Library
- North American Releasing
- NuTech Digital
- Omega Entertainment
- Pacific Arts
- Palisades Home Video
- Parade Video
- Paragon Video Productions
- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (Some countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (Some countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Star Anime Enterprises
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Super Video Inc.
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Travelview International
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
- Video City Productions
- Video Gems
- Video Outlaw
- VideoTours
- View Video
- Vina Distributor
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- Virgin Video (Some countries)
- Vivid Entertainment
- Voyage Productions
- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Television
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- York Entertainment
- Young Generation Video
Castle Home Video: Difference between revisions
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'''Audio:''' A trance theme that ends with a guitar chord.
'''Availability:''' Seen on releases from the company during this time such as the 1999 UK VHS release of ''Jimbo And The Jet Set: The Little Big Problem'', and the 1999 UK VHS re-
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Revision as of 06:19, 24 December 2023
gshowguy and billywws
Captures by
graaaaagh (Rexeljet), Eric S., MegaAveron25 and TR3X
Editions by
Michael Kenchington
Video captures courtesy of
dylan fagan and Owen Eisensmith
Background
Castle Vision (later Castle Home Video) was the video imprint of British independent record label Castle Communications, which went defunct in 2007 when its then-parent company, Sanctuary Records Group was sold to Universal Music Group (now owned by BMG Rights Management since 2013).
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1st Logo (June 1, 1987-1993) | 2nd Logo (October 19, 1988-1998?) | 3rd Logo (October 2, 1989-1999) | 4th Logo (1990-1992) | 5th Logo (1998-2007) |
1st Logo (June 1, 1987-1993)
Visuals: Against a live-action sky background, a white grid can be seen with its tiles advancing forward. This scene then zooms out to reveal that it takes place on a rich lilac-colored background. Once it's zoomed out all the way, the words "CASTLE" and "VISION" on black squares can be seen above and below the sky/grid scene respectively. The sky/grid scene then splits in two and a flash of bright light appears in the middle of the screen, causing the logo to disappear and leaving just the background when it dies down.
Variants:
- On a promo variant, the logo is shortened to when the grid splits in two and is silent, all before fading to the beginning of the promo. At the end, some of the titles are then shown on a still of the grid scene, all before finishing off with a slightly faster version of the logo.
- Sometimes, the logo would be extended for roughly another ten seconds.
Technique: Scanimate and chroma key.
Audio: A synth-timpani plays throughout. When the sky/grid scene begins to zoom out, a harsh distorted guitar drone begins playing. When the flash of light appears, both the timpani and the guitar stop and a loud, dramatic orchestral sting plays.
Audio Trivia: The guitar drone was also used in the 1991-1993 opening of the Russian news program Vesti, so the music was probably made from several stock sources.
Availability:
- Should be available on all tapes with the Castle Vision label from 1987 to 1989, including videos of TUGS, Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Raggy Dolls.
- It also appeared on some later releases, including You've Been Framed! from 1991.
- It also appears on the 1989 UK VHS release of Tumbledown Farm: Vol 1 and the 1990 UK VHS release of Jennifer Capriati: The Making of a Champion, respectively.
2nd Logo (October 19, 1988-1998?)
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Visuals: On a white cloudy background, three blue down arrows fly to the middle of the screen. A blue shaded square appears on the arrows, shading them and forming an even more abstract portcullis design, while the background fades to white. Then, a chrome ribbon circles around the portcullis, and a thin red line draws in from the left below the square. The text "CASTLE HOME VIDEO" appears under the line, then flashes.
Variants:
- Sometimes, "HOME VIDEO" would be replaced with "PICTURES".
- An alternate version of the above variant exists, where the logo is placed a bit higher; a filmstrip instead of the chrome ribbon covers half of the portcullis design, and two red lines are being drawn in from the left. "CASTLE" in Garamond, and "Pictures" in Laser Std Chrome, both in chrome, are enclosed between the lines and flash. The logo then cuts to black.
- The logo may cut off or fade out.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A dramatic synth note, which is a stock sound effect used in some horror films, coupled with three loud whooshes, a phaser-like sound and a reversed cymbal crash.
Availability:
- Appeared on the company's titles from the era such as Through The Fire and Vampire Knights.
- The variant with "Castle Pictures" is seen on UK prints of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
3rd Logo (October 2, 1989-1999)
Visuals: On a black background, a teal square with a blue, stylized, slightly slanted portcullis (the print logo for Castle Communications) appears. Below the square are the words "CASTLE vision".
Variant: A white version exists.
Technique: None.
Audio: None.
Availability:
- Should be available on most Castle Vision releases from the late 1980s and across the 1990s such as the 1992 UK VHS release of Jingle Bells/Twas The Night Before Christmas, among others.
- This notably also appears on a handful of English-dubbed Russian programmes co-distributed by Krupny Plan.
4th Logo (1990-1992)
Visuals: Against a white/blue gradient sky with a reddish-white horizon and a midnight blue ground, a scarlet, an amber and a celadon green arrow, all with elongated tails and a black drop shadow fly down to the middle one-by-one and the tails shorten. Then two parallelograms with "CASTLE" and "VIDEO" in a modified Microgramma font slide in from the left and from the right respectively, forming the portcullis design, and the company name flashes.
Technique: Simple animation.
Audio: Three loud whooshes as the arrows fly down and a slamming sound when the company name flashes.
Availability: It was short lived. It can be seen on a few releases, like Izzy & Moe: Bootleg Busters.
5th Logo (1998-2007)
Visuals: On a space background with the Earth and the Sun in the distance, the screen pans over the lowercase letters "castle", as if we are standing on the letters, from left to right. Around the letter "t", the camera pans down and sharply turns in the opposite direction, then zooms out to reveal the text is rotating around the Earth (a la the Universal logo). As this happens, a series of rainbow light trails (a la Star Trek) cover the space background, and after a couple seconds, the screen flashes white to reveal nothing but the words "castle" and "HOME VIDEO" on a rainbow-colored ellipse on a space background.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A trance theme that ends with a guitar chord.
Availability: Seen on releases from the company during this time such as the 1999 UK VHS release of Jimbo And The Jet Set: The Little Big Problem, and the 1999 UK VHS re-releases of Stoppit and Tidyup and Jingle Bells/Twas The Night Before Christmas, respectively, among others.