Blockbuster Video
From Audiovisual Identity Database
Background
Defunct video rental store Blockbuster used to issue some exclusive videocassettes throughout the mid-1990s.
1st (known) Logo (1990s)
Logo: On a grayish marble background, we see the Blockbuster Video "ticket" logo. The logo "shines".
Technique: The shining effect
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on Blockbuster Video VHS releases.
2nd Logo (2000)
Logo: We fade to a white-cream background. As the logo fades in the background "dissolves" to reveal a glowing Blockbuster logo against a sky blue background.
Technique: Dissolving effect.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized whoosh like noise.
Availability: Very rare. Only seen on the Blockbuster Customer Service instructional video.