Teevision (South Africa)

(1984)

Logo: On a space background, we zoom past planets like Saturn and Mars until we stop at Earth. As Earth rotates, 7 glowing red lines draw themselves in from the other sides of it and join around South Africa. Earth stops spinning and the red lines move completely into the red light created from them joining. Then, we suddenly fade to a yellow light trail in the shape of an uppercase "T" on a black background moving upwards to the center of the screen and facing us. The light trail quickly turns into a solid yellow-orange gradient "T", then yellow letters saying "TEEVISION", with their shadows extending down slightly, zoom up from behind the T and rest above it. A yellow border fades in around the whole things and sparkles until the logo fades to black.

FX/SFX: The planets zooming and rotating, the red lines joining, the light trail coming up, the "TEEVISION" letters zooming up, and the border fading in and sparkling.

Cheesy Factor: Choppy animation in some areas, as to be expected with video companies from this time. Also, the first half of the logo seems pointless and is probably there just for aesthetics.

Music/Sounds: A catchy stereotypical 80s synth pop tune, with twinkling sounds throughout. To end this, the music is same as before, but with a flute, and the final note gets held.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on 1980s pornography videos from the company.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. The sudden transition from the first half to the second, the ominous light trail and the overall darkness of the logo will make some feel uneasy. However, it's more cheesy than scary.