Viva Video (Philippines)

Background:  Home video division of VIVA Films.

1st Logo (1984-1992)
Nicknames:  "VIVA in the Dark"

Logo:  On a black background is a dark wall, we see a gold "V" from the VIVA logo zooming and rotating towards us. Then, we see the other parts of the VIVA logo, starting with the "IV", followed by the rotating "V" to form letter "A". Below is the text "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" sandwiched in between two gold lines fading in.

FX/SFX:  Basically a different version of the VIVA Films logo.

Cheesy Factor:  The CGI used looks way more cheaper and choppier than it's film counterpart, and the zooming at the beggining is unnecesary.

Music/Sounds:  A calm horn fanfare (The music from American Ninja theme).

Availability:  Extremely rare, Appears on all VIVA VHS/Laserdisc releases from 1982 to early 90's. This logo appears on Hong Kong releases made by Media Asia Group (such as Police Story, Project A and Gah) and other Hollywood films made by VIVA Entertainment.

Scare Factor:  Minimal to low. Compared to the film logo, this one is calmer, although the zooms may catch people off-guard.

2nd Logo (1996-1997)
Nicknames:  "Wiping Image", "Divided Image", "The Cheap VIVA"

Logo:


 * Logo 1:  We see a black background; then an image wipes in, which contains a white background with a "VIVA VIDEO" logo (with blue "VIVA" in its corporate font, and "VIDEO" on a 70's-esque font). Below there's "PRESENTS". After some seconds, it wipes out.
 * Logo 2:  Same as before, but, instead of the wiping, two pieces of the image appear and fly into the screen, forming it. It then plays in reverse than just wiping out.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor:  Outdated animation, and the image doesn't look very impressive for the time. The 2nd version is worse and choppy, and, like the UAV "Whoosh of Death" logo, the animation playing in reverse mid-way looks like the company went on a low budget while making this!

Music/Sounds:  None.

Availability:  Very rare, Can be seen on video releases of VIVA movies, including a VHS/VCD of Sala Sa Init, Sala Sa Lamig.

Scare Factor:  None. Low for the 2nd version due to the sudden/choppy animation.

3rd Logo (1996-2000)




Logo: TBA

Variants: A Feature Presentation bumper exists.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Rare overall, can be found on VHS Tapes like Alyas Boy Tigas: Probinsyanong Wais and Run Barbi Run as well, if plasters the Cinemax Studios and Moviestars

Scare Factor: Minimal to low

4th Logo (1997-2001)


Nicknames:  "VIVA In The Sky", "V From Heaven"

Logo:  On a blue daytime sky background, the V from the VIVA logo, in a grainy yellow color, appears by a flash. It zooms out to the right, moves to the left with it's shadow, forming a thick blue line. A rainbow laser appears and writes "VIVA VIDEO". Then "A VIVA ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" appears by a dust effect (much like the iOS/macOS Keynote "Confetti" effect) at the bottom of the blue line. The V flashes.

FX/SFX:  Great CGI animation. Looks clean for a Late 1990's-Early 2000s logo from the Philippines.

Cheesy Factor:  Low. The only cheesy thing here is the fanfare, which looks like it was made with a MIDI composer. Also the sky background, which looks still instead of just rather animating.

Music/Sounds:  A majestic fanfare, with zapping sounds and laser SFX.

Availability:  Common in the Philippine market at the time. Found on most VIVA releases around the late 90's-early-mid 2000s. It was also appeared on the early Filipino DVD home releases and some movies (including films made in Hollywood) manufactured by VIVA Entertainment.

Scare Factor:  None to low. A few may be scared due to the flash and V, but this is a clean logo.

5th Logo (2001-2007)
Nickname: "VIVA on Fire"

Logo: On a hazy-red background with many lights of blue, yellow, green, orange, and red, the 3D V from the 5th VIVA Films logo, along with the blue text "VIVA", the black text "V I D E O, I N C." and the byline "A VIVA ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" zoom out to the center as the thick blue bar forms at the back. Everything place into the center, then the whole thing flashes, BG turns white, as it turns into the Viva Video logo with the byline below.

FX/SFX: Everything. This is much better than the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: A series of whooshes, shotgun sounds and the computer powering up sounds.

Availability: Common in the Philippine market at the time. Appears on many VIVA releases on VHS, VCD, and DVD like Relax Ka Lang Sagot Kita, The Simpsons Movie and some movies (including films made in Hollywood/Hong Kong Movies like Lionsgate Films and Media Asia Group) manufactured by VIVA Entertainment.