Concorde Home Entertainment

Background

Concorde Filmverleih is a theatrical and home video distributor in Germany. It was formed in 1991 when TeleMuchen Group acquired local assets of Vestron Video and created Concorde Video, renamed to its current name in 1997.

1st Logo (1997-2005)

Logo: A bright flickering splash occurs, which lights on the panning filmstrip. Each frame contains the video. The strip becomes flat and flashes again, and then the letters rise from it, forming the name.

Variants:

During its early years, the logo was bylineless.
This was adapted from the Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner logo used only in 1997. In that variant, the shining flash transforms into words that slide and create the name in blue. At the end, the logo shines

FX/SFX: The splashes and filmstrip moving, the letters rising.

Music/Sounds: An orchestral composition with flashing sounds.

Availability: Only in Germany, seen on VHS releases and older DVDs. Appeared on White Worm.

2nd Logo (2005- )

Logo: We move around giant blue, metallic letters, which form CONCORDE. The camera pans around and flies through "R" letter, then the logo comes into full view, with certain underline.

Variant: The home entertainment logo contains only last seconds of animation.

FX/SFX: The whole animation, showing full capacity of the Blu-ray disc.

Music/Sounds: Dark ambient sounds.

Availability: Seen on local DVDs and Blu-rays, for example The Hurt Locker or ...And God Created Created Woman. This was preceded by TeleMuchen logo.