Video Box Office (Australia)

Background : Video Box Office was a sublabel of the Australian branch of Columbia TriStar Home Video (formerly RCA/Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video) that was in operation from 1991 to 1999.

1st Logo (1991-1996)
Nickname : "Clapperboards and Filmstrips"

Logo : On a black background, several filmstrips roll in from all different sides of the screen, all of them in different colors. When they all interlock with each other, a black clapperboard zooms up. It has black and yellow stripes along the clapper section, along with a chrome outline and the stacked chrome text "VIDEO BOX OFFICE", which has a few still pings. The filmstrips continue to roll until they fade out, where the clapper claps. "THE POWER TO ENTERTAIN" then flips in below in white.

FX/SFX : Everything. Not bad for 1991.

Music/Sounds : The sound of the filmstrips rolling can be heard when they're onscreen, in which a whoosh and a cymbal crash can be heard when the logo zooms in. A synth drone then plays throughout the rest of the logo, with the sound of a clapper, another whoosh for the text flipping in, and a louder drone at the end. Another clapper sound is heard at the beginning.

Availability : On old Aussie tapes of the era. Ebay.com.au would be a safe bet. The company mainly distributed B-Movies as well as Hemdale and Orion fare. One tape that had this was RoboCop 3 and Chattahoochee.

2nd Logo (1997-1999)
Nickname : "Clapperboard in 3D"

Logo : On a purple fog background, 4 golden filmstrips fly in from all directions, with clips of movies appearing inside of them. The clapperboard from before, but with the text in a cote-out form, slowly swings in as gold light emerges from the text. As it rotates towards the screen, the filmstrips fly away and the clapperboard flashes, forming the text in silver blue. Sparkles appear on the text.

FX/SFX : The filmstrips, the clapperboard.

Music/Sounds : A low-sounding whoosh at the beginning is heard, along with several glass sounds. A ambient synth starts to play before one last whoosh plays.

Availability : Rare. Seen on Australian prints of Double Team and Very Bad Things.