Videovision Entertainment

Background

Videovision Entertainment was founded in 1987, and is among the leading independent film distributors in South Africa and has developed Cape Town Film Studios, the R400 million, state-of-the-art film studio facility in the Faure area outside Cape Town. The studios cover an area of 200 hectares.

1st Logo (September 18, 1992-2012)

Visuals: Set against a black background, there is a spinning purple "V". Then the words, "VIDEOVISION" and "ENTERTAINMENT" (both being sandwiched between two lines) fly by to both sides of the screen as white stripes fly in on the sidelines, completing the symbol with the purple "V".

Later Variants: From 2001 onwards, the logo was placed on a cloudy starfield background.

Technique: CGI rendered on a Macintosh Quadra 900 at 2K resolution using Electric Image Animation System.

Audio: None, or the opening music to the film.

Availability: Found on the company's movies from the period, such as The Millennium Menace and Prey. It might have been appeared on original prints of Paljas.

2nd Logo (2012-)

Visuals: The animation is the same as before, but now the purple symbol is replaced by a blue "V". Also, when the entire animation is complete, the "V" has a yellow downward triangle flashing in at its bottom.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or the opening music to the film.

Availability: Found on the company's movies from the period such as Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.