Cinema Club

Background

Cinema Club was a low-cost home video distributor formed in 1995 as a joint-venture between the UK division of Columbia TriStar Home Video and Video Collection International that focused on re-releasing feature films (mainly from Columbia TriStar) at low prices. After Columbia TriStar moved their budget sell-through deal to Universal Pictures Video, Cinema Club was reorganized by VCI as a general low-cost budget DVD distributor, and was retained by 2 Entertain until at least 2007.

1st Logo (1990s-2000s)

Logo: On a black background, we see a gold filmstrip which fits the screen perfectly, inside the black square, we see the words "CINEMA CLUB" coming from top and bottom and connecting itself in the center. After 3 seconds, it cuts out to black.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on many Cinema Club VHS releases. This logo is seen after the warning screens.

2nd Logo (2004-2007)

Logo: On a black background, We see a large gold text backwards moving towards the camera. The logo then zooms through us and the camera moves back to see the words "CINEMA CLUB" moving towards a gold square filmstrip. The words then go inside the filmstrip, and the logo fades out.

Technique: 3D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A dark theme when the words move towards the camera. A energy-like sound then plays when the words move towards the filmstrip.

Availability: Rare. Can be seen on a few Cinema Club releases, such as Batfink: The Complete Series. It can also be spotted on a few VCI and BBC Video releases and after the two companies merged to form 2Entertain, it can be seen on a few of the beforementioned releases.