Vestal Video (Argentina)

Logo descriptions by SnowflakesOmega Captures and editions by Verloren50 Video captures by RaroVHS

Background : Vestal Video was a brand name of Magnetic Video S.A. that was formed in 1987, which was dedicated to the most commercial films, European titles and cartoons, and it was the main brand until 1990. By 1989, the Vestal Video brand will be supplanted by American Video, which was dedicated to releasing American films.

1st Logo (1987-1988)
Nicknames : "Dark Sculpture", "Sculpture In The Shadow", "Ride of the Sculpture"

Logo : On a black room, the camera focuses on a sculpture of a naked woman carrying a vase. It starts to spin after some seconds. We zoom out to see a light on the walls in which there's the shadow of the spinning sculpture, in which the camera later zooms on it. We fade out, and then in to gray with the words "VIDEOVESTAL" (with the second V larger to make the company name more understandable). The illumination goes brown, and the words dissolve.

FX/SFX : Live-action.

Music/Sounds : "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner.

Availability : Seen on their older tapes.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (1988-1989)
Logo : On a black/blue starry background the Vestal logo (consisting of a red circle with a "V" in yellow, which was really an upside-down triangle, and the script word in blue, "Vestal", surrounded by a yellow border) flies in from the left. It then flies out.

FX/SFX : Quite outdated for the late 80's, and seems lacking effort compared to the previous logo.

Music/Sounds : A dramatic fanfare.

Availability : Seen on the company's tapes from the late 1980s.

Editor's Note : The next logo is quite an improvement over that one.

3rd Logo (1989-1990)
Logo : On a background of what appears to be a mirror of a woman head's sculpture with a triangle in the middle, a red yellow-bordered circle from the last logo zooms out, while a yellow V-shaped triangle and the blue script "Vestal" from the last logo move from both vertical sides to the center. The logo is then formed.

FX/SFX : The animated background, the parts of the logo moving.

Music/Sounds : Same as before.

Availability : On the company's tapes during the late 80's including one of Yo dibujare tu muerte.

Editor's Note : It's an improvement over the last logo.