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Background

Electric Video was a division of Virgin Video in the UK and Video Classics in Australia (though Virgin would soon take over Down Under). It's best known for releasing Electric Blue, a pornographic television series, on tape.

Logo (1981-January 1986?)

Visuals: The sequence starts out on a space background with stars zooming. There is many pieces being put together, revealing the text:

electric
VIDEO

with "electric" in the Electric Blue script font and "VIDEO" in the same font as "BLUE" in the Electric Blue logo. The space BG disappears, and "PRESENTS" appears under "electric VIDEO".

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio: A distorted whooshing sound, then a synth beeping tune after the pieces being put together. The jingle may have also been heard on some Electric Blue promotional trailers combined with an announcer.

Availability: Only seen on porn movies in the UK and Australia.^[Examples?]

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 ===Background===
-Electric Video was a division of [[Virgin Video]] in the UK and [[Video Classics (Australia)|Video Classics]] in Australia (though Virgin would soon take over Down Under). It's best known for releasing ''Electric Blue'', a pornographic television series, on tape.
+'''Electric Video''' was a division of [[Vision Video Ltd.|Virgin Video]] in the UK and [[Video Classics |Video Classics]] in Australia (though Virgin would soon take over Down Under). It's best known for releasing ''Electric Blue'', a pornographic television series, on tape.
-===(1981-January 1986?)===
+===Logo (1981-January 1986?)===
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-<gallery mode="packed" heights=200>
 Electric Video (1981).png
 </gallery>
 {{YouTube|id=SJsaVsgx1tQ}}
+'''Visuals:''' The sequence starts out on a space background with stars zooming. There is many pieces being put together, revealing the text:
-'''Nicknames:''' "Zooming through Space", "Cosmic Shards"
-'''Logo:''' We start out on a space background with stars zooming. We see many pieces being put together, revealing the text:
 {{center|style=color:#2000FF|''electric''<br/>'''VIDEO'''}}
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 with "electric" in the ''Electric Blue'' script font and "VIDEO" in the same font as "BLUE" in the ''Electric Blue'' logo. The space BG disappears, and "PRESENTS" appears under "electric VIDEO".
+'''Technique:''' Traditional animation.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The CGI space background and the pieces forming the text.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A distorted whooshing sound, then a synth beeping tune after the pieces being put together. The jingle may have also been heard on some ''Electric Blue'' promotional trailers combined with a announcer.
-'''Availability:''' Only seen on porn movies in the UK and Australia.
+'''Audio:''' A distorted whooshing sound, then a synth beeping tune after the pieces being put together. The jingle may have also been heard on some ''Electric Blue'' promotional trailers combined with an announcer.
+'''Availability:''' Only seen on porn movies in the UK and Australia.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
+{{Home Entertainment-Navbox}}
-[[Category:British home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:Australia]]
+[[Category:Adult entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:British adult entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:Australian adult entertainment logos]]