Elite Entertainment

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Elite Entertainment was an entertainment company, mainly for releasing special editions of various films on LaserDisc and DVD. It was started by Jack F. Murphy.

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1st Logo (October 26, 1994-July 10, 1997)

Visuals: On a grey-scale background, there is the text "Elite Entertainment", both in Mistral, seen in a blue rectangle.

Variants:

  • The beginning of the Night of the Living Dead LaserDisc and DVD show the first few seconds of the intro of said film in poor quality (to trick the viewer into thinking that they bought a low quality copy of the film, which is common due to its public domain status). After that, the screen explodes into pieces, flying away, revealing the standard logo, but more refined and missing the dot on the "I" of "Elite" for a split second before finally appearing.
  • On THX-certified LaserDiscs, it faded to the THX LaserDisc logo at the time.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None, except for Night of the Living Dead, which uses the distorted audio from the first few seconds of the film itself followed by a small explosion sound.

Availability: Seen on releases of Horror Hotel and the 1994 LaserDisc of Night of the Living Dead, as well as its 1997 DVD release.

2nd Logo (March 4, 1996-May 27, 2003)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a marble floor as red lasers make some trails. Later, the camera pans up to the marble background as the glow fades out, while revealing the golden word "Elite" with "Entertainment" underneath, both in a Mistral script font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Laser sounds as the lasers make the text, followed by some action music with bongo drums.

Availability: Seen on later LaserDiscs and DVDs from this company, such as A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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1st Screen (October 17, 1995-January 30, 1996)

Visuals: Over a red background is "FBI" in the upper left, with "WARNING" underneath it. Warning text appears below it. Everything is displayed in the Univers Bold font.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Re-Animator: 10th Anniversary Edition, Maniac Cop: Special Edition, and the 1996 letterbox Laserdisc of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

2nd Screen (April 3, 1996-2003)

Visuals: On a blue gradient background, there are the words "FBI WARNING" in a larger Franklin Gothic font, and below it is warning text in the same font, only smaller.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

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