Videoland (Israel)

1st Logo (1980's)
Logo : Over a pixelated lime background with parts of the color bars in a greeny-like transition effect as a kaleidoscope, we see two scrolling Hebrew & English texts (VIDEOLAND) in various colors, we see various Hebrew texts in different colors appearing in front of the scrolling texts and the background, wiping out to the right, as the various "VIDEOLAND" texts wipe to the left, aswell in various colors, and then it wipes to the right. The background suddenly changes, and we see white Hebrew text, reading "proud to ignite". The background changes again, as the colors change. More white Hebrew text appears. After two Hebrew texts wiping out, the background reverts back to the pixelated background, with more Hebrew text appearing, as well as the company's address and the phone number.

FX/SFX : The background, the scrolling texts, the texts wiping, everything.

Music/Sounds : An excerpt of "Begin the Beguine" by Richard Clayderman.

Availability : Extremely rare.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (1980's)
Nickname : "Videoland for the Defeat"

Logo : Over a stock animation of a cheaply-animated cyan/white vortex with green circular streaks, we see purple Hebrew text near the center in two lines. The text then wipes out and then wipes in again with the yellow Latin alphabet text "VIDEOLAND". The Hebrew text then flashes in and out consecutively. The text then dissapears, the circular streaks turn into other colors, and then more Hebrew text appears again, with the first line being in purple and the second line being in green. Between them is the English text "VICTORY", in yellow and white. The text then wipes out and we cut into the warning screen.

FX/SFX : The animated vortex, the text appearing and wiping out.

Music/Sounds : A bombastic orchestral recording of "Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Availability : Extremely rare. You will have to do some deep searching on VHS stores from Israel to find this logo.

Editor's Note : Really cheap computer effects, looking how the vortex background was made probably with Scanimate and the text animation being from a low budget computer (equivalent of an MSX or Apple II), but for a low-budget video company it's actually justifiable. Knowing that, the vortex background and quite loud music can be somewhat imposing as well but not directly scary.

3rd logo (1990's?)
Logo : On a sunset background, we see two golden filmstrips with some movie scenes scrolling down. Two pieces of a wreath-like circle and a TV-like shape zoom and flip over, as well as the wreath-like squircle. Two letters "V" and "L" fly in front of the shapes, spinning around. Some hebrew text appears both above & below. The warning text scrolls above, as well as some more Hebrew text appears, and the company's address and phone number appears aswell.

FX/SFX : The filmstrips scrolling, the shapes/letters flying, and the text.

Music/Sounds : An excerpt of "Secret of the Sahara" by Ennio Morricone.

Availability : Extremely rare.

Editor's Note : None.