Vue Cinemas (UK)

Background: Vue Entertainment (otherwise known as Vue Cinemas, and stylised as vue), formerly SBC International Cinemas, is a cinema company operating in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The company was formed in May 2003 by the acquisition of Warner Village Cinemas by SBC and the subsequent rebranding of the business as Vue. As of 2019 the company has 91 cinemas in the UK, making it the third largest cinema chain in the country, with 869 screens. The company's flagship site is Vue West End, the former Warner Village cinema in Leicester Square.

1st Logo (2003-2015)
Nicknames: "Enjoy the Vue", "The Vue Rectangle"., "The Rectangle of the World", The Rectangle"

Logo: We start with a bird's eye-view of a city before the camera moves upward to reveal a rectangle. Then, we see the same rectangle, only this time, we see 2 people and a canyon. We then cut to 4 people on the same rectangle, but back in the city with several lights flying past (vehicles). The camera then pans to the street and rectangle before we cut to the same rectangle, but with 4 different people above what seems to be an ocean. The camera goes closer to the people as the woman goes closer to the man before we're cut to space, as we see the same 2 people on the rectangle, but the camera is sitting on it's side. Then, the camera pans out to see the rectangle more visibly before we cut to the same 4 people from the top of the ocean, but this time, up in the sky, with the rectangle still there. As the woman approaches the man, the camera pans forward, then the woman sits down as the camera stops panning to see the text "enjoy the vue", with "enjoy the" in white and "vue" in a fiery red-orange colour. Then, the URL (www.myvue.com) fades in at the top right corner.

FXSFX: Everything in the logo, which is all live action.

Music/Sounds: We start off with a warped sound, then a violin playing before a rock tune with drums, guitars and synthesisers play before it calms down with a piano piece.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Low. The weird music at the start can startle some, but this is a favourite of a fair amount of people.

3rd Logo (2015-2020)


Nickname: "The 2010's Version Of Kanaal 2", "England's Most Beautiful Random Logo" "Big Screen Entertainment"

Logo: We see water droplets forming what is supposed to be an ocean. The ocean then forms a cascade, which looks like a water tap, and then we zoom again to the droplets. The droplets then zoom, and they get paralyzed, with the color of the droplets changing into gold, and ice cubes-like objects drops into water droplet, making look like the Coke drink. Over 3 seconds, a text saying "GET READY" morphs unto them. The water droplets then turns back into original black color. Then, the droplets became glue, gooey and paperboard at the same time, supposing that is a broken seat, when we see 3 pannings of it, one at the middle, one at the near bottom, and one at the bottom. Over it, 2 red yarns unites the broken seat, and when they're done, the text "TAKE YOUR SEAT" morphs in the seat background. The seat then fades into a blue background, with a giant waterdrop falls into another ocean, making many circles turn into the right to form an soundhorn, and then the text "EXPERIENCE DOLBY AUDIO" morphs into it. Once it's morphed, the soundhorn engages two digital explosions, and into a radar-esque style, the soundhorn's sounds spin, as the camera is unfolding it. And then the soundhorn zooms out to see a black background with joints of circles forming eight circumferences. Over two seconds, the text "DISCOVER SONY 4K" appears, with a camera opening with a bright, orange circle. The circle opens rainbows in it's shadows, And then we zoom to it, taking some blue particles, circles, lines and shapes onto it. Many lines and comets, which resemble the camera's area, zoom in intensely onto the viewer, and it goes more and more intense, as the camera can't hold much pressure, and in it's ultimate form, it's brights are so seen that we are cutting into a white background. (a la 2001: Space Odyssey film) The white background implodes with orange smoke upon it, and over 3 seconds, the text "vue", formed by many curtains and smoke, appears in a black background, then, the text "BIG SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT" would appear in the bottom of the text. Everything then cuts to black.

FX/SFX: Fantastic live action and CGI mixture, we don't have to explain everything about this again, due to it's goodness and inspiration. At least they did more effort than the Hammer Video Home and the Photo Video logo.

Cheesy Factor: Although the combination of CGI and live-action is one of the best of the decade, the logo is trying too hard on your eyes and ears and the fact that this lasts 1 min 41 sec (1 sec longer than Hendring Limited) only makes it worse, but at least, unlike other logo's of this kind, it has a reason to be the way it is. The camera sequence is also bound to trigger those with epilepsy.

Music/Sounds: The sounds are really complicated to the logo, and it's too difficult to explain on detail, and it fits by the logo, but let's just say, that at the end, the soundhorn makes 2 explosions, and then some sounds accompanied it when it rotates, and the music is a one-note bombastic, digitally and synth-like emphasized fanfare.

Availability: No longer played unfortunately.

Scare Factor: Low to high. The futuristic CGI, which is fast and epileptic enough will scare many, especially those who are seeing a movie in theatres. Aside from that, the in-your face style animation during the water and seat sequences, the void-like nature and strong audio use during the waterdrop sequence and especially the camera sequence, which has very tense audio and visuals, will be an issue. The end, however, is a lot calmer and tamer, thanks to the lack of business and weird nature.

4th Logo (2020-)
Nickname: Get "Lost in Great Stories"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Current. Played before every film, at every Vue Cinemas in the UK and Ireland.

Scare Factor: TBA