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{{Distinguish|Odyssey Entertainment|Odyssey Distributors Ltd.}}
 
{{PageCredits|description=Logophile| capture=Logophile|video=czar7474}}
===1st Logo (1980s1983-1990s)===▼
 
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▲===1st Logo (1980s-1990s)===
 
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'''LogoVisuals:''' On a {{color|mediumblue|sky blue}} background with shimmering water below, a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "{{font|Times New Roman|'''ODYSSEY'''}}" in white fades in below.▼
'''Nicknames:''' "The Compass", "The Personification of All That is Soothing"
 
▲'''Logo:''' On a {{color|mediumblue|sky blue}} background with shimmering water below, a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "{{font|Times New Roman|'''ODYSSEY'''}}" in white fades in below.
 
'''Variants:'''
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* A textless variant exists.
 
'''Technique:''' Analogue 2D animation with live-action elements.
'''FX/SFX:''' The water, the compass, the company name fading in below.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' A synth rendition of the first portion of Gounod's "Ave Maria", which is a soothing tune with the sound of waves washing ashore when the compass moves.
 
'''Availability:''' Current.▼
'''Availability:'''* Seen on releases from the UK such as ''The Cartier Affair'', ''That Sinking Feeling'', ''Christmas on Division Street'' and ''Just Dennis''. Appearsthe atMenace: theDinosaur beginningHunter'' of(released Amazonin Primethe Video'sUK print ofas ''ActJust of WillDennis'').
 
* It is also intact at the beginning of Amazon Prime Video's print of ''Act of Will''.
'''Editor's Note:''' A few might get a little nervous over the whoosh sound, but the light atmosphere of the logo and the music makes this one very soothing. The compass is a little cheap but really not that bad.
 
===2nd Logo (Mid 1990s-)===
{{MIA}}
'''LogoVisuals:''' A {{color|gold}} colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in {{color|gold}} capital lettering.▼
 
'''Technique:''' Unknown.
▲'''Logo:''' A {{color|gold}} colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in {{color|gold}} capital lettering.
 
'''FX/SFX:''' This is a still logo.
 
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.▼
 
▲'''Availability:''' Current.
 
▲'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' None.
'''Editor's Note:''' Compared to the previous logo, it's boring.
 
'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
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Latest revision as of 23:15, 5 June 2024

Not to be confused with Odyssey Entertainment or Odyssey Distributors Ltd..

Credits
Descriptions by
Logophile

Captures by
Logophile

Video captures courtesy of
czar7474

1st Logo (1983-1990s)


Visuals: On a sky blue background with shimmering water below, a dark blue compass flies down and eases in towards the screen. Soon it stops, the water disappears and below "ODYSSEY" in white fades in below.

Variants:

  • The logo was used in a still for previews. It is upward and smaller with "OTHER TITLES FROM OUR CATALOGUE" in white below.
  • A textless variant exists.

Technique: Analogue 2D animation with live-action elements.

Audio: A synth rendition of the first portion of Gounod's "Ave Maria", which is a soothing tune with the sound of waves washing ashore when the compass moves.

Availability:

  • Seen on releases from the UK such as The Cartier Affair, That Sinking Feeling, Christmas on Division Street and Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter (released in the UK as Just Dennis).
  • It is also intact at the beginning of Amazon Prime Video's print of Act of Will.

2nd Logo (Mid 1990s-)


Visuals: A gold colored compass is shown on a black background along with the company name in gold capital lettering.

Technique: Unknown.

Audio: None.

Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]

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