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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=United+American+Video+Corporation&amp;version=130&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FUnited%2BAmerican%2BVideo%2BCorporation&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Michael Bass, Brillemeister, StephenCezar15, and PAV123<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Brillemeister, Midaba2004, Livin', Eric S., and SuperMuppet<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Brillemeister, mr3urious, V of Doom, Nathan B., and StephenCezar15<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> Brillemeister and Xpk951</i><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: United American Video Corporation (also known as "UAV Corporation", "UAV Entertainment", or "United American Video") was founded in 1984. It was the longtime competitor of [[GoodTimes Entertainment]], [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]], [[Celebrity Home Entertainment]], and many other sell-through home video companies.</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div><font size="3">1st Logo</font><div><font size="3">(1984-1988)</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="United American Video (1984)" height="193" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/7a9ab216fd2f626b98a73668ef1569e2/GW264H193" title="United American Video (1984)" width="264"/><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u><br/>Nickname</u>: "American Tapes"<br/><u><br/>Logo</u>: On a background consisting of an American flag, a white rectangle flips forward into view. Inside of the rectangle is a red segmented upside down trapezoid with a star in the middle and the blue script text "United American Video" also in the middle. The logo zooms back towards the top of the screen as it is replaced by a grey background with a red, white and blue line. Beneath the line is the white text, "For better picture quality, adjust tracking control on VCR."</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The flipping of the rectangle and the wiping transitions.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Ultra rare. Not all tapes used this logo, so be on the lookout.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: It's pretty cheap compared with the rest of the company's logos and others from its time, but it's a lot tamer compared to the ones below.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(1989-1991)</font></div><div><div align="center"><font size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="United American Video (1989) Reuploaded" height="232" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/wubVDbY_P9lezl1QExRrTQ28311/GW311H232" title="United American Video (1989) Reuploaded" width="311"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="230" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/57a703ae9fa7d1551956bc665adadf6dba8c9d7b" width="408"></iframe></font></div><div align="center"><font color="rgba(0,0,0,0)" face="inherit"><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3"><br/>WARNING<font color="#333333">: The v<font face="inherit">ideo <font face="inherit">is</font> <font face="inherit">very lo<font face="inherit">ud, so lower the volume before watching<font face="inherit"> it.<font face="inherit"><br/><br/></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></b></font></div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "American Tapes II", "Loud Whoosh"<br/><u><br/>Logo</u>: On a mostly blue gradient starry background with black in the top right corner, we see an American flag come out of nowhere and zoom out at the top of the screen. We then see a brief shine where the American flag zoomed out, and the large letters "UAV," which are blue with red stripes and are meant to resemble the American flag form after the shine. After this, we see a white star zoom out and rest on the "A." The text "United American Video Corp." appears below the letters.<br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: On some tapes, the text is not shown at all.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The American flag zooming out, the shine, the letters forming, the star zooming out, the appearance of the text below. It's an immense improvement from the previous logo.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: A tremendous "whoosh" sound that slowly increases in volume.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Uncommon. Seen on releases from the era such as <i>Southern Comfort</i>, <i>Lovers &amp; Liars</i>, <i>Gold Rush</i>, <i>Godzilla vs. Megalon</i>, some tapes of </font><i>The Andy Griffith Show </i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">and some early public domain cartoon tapes including <i>Looney Tunes</i>, <i>Casper the Friendly Ghost</i>, <i>Popeye</i>, and <i>Superman</i>.</font><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: The loud whoosh would certainly catch some off guard, especially if it's at a high volume.</font><br/><br/><br/><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">3rd Logo</font><br/><div align="left"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(1991-1998)         </font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><img align="bottom" alt='United American Video Corporation "Whoosh of Death" (1991)' height="198" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/aba949c3661d9999618340c24dac63a0/GW327H198" title='United American Video Corporation "Whoosh of Death" (1991)' width="327"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="198" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e3d55a64d76bab7383b4c5dedb8787f273d560b4" width="260"></iframe></div></font><div align="center"></div><font size="3"> <br/></font><div align="center"><b><font size="3"><u><font color="#FF0000">WARNING</font></u>: LIKE THE PREVIOUS LOGO, THE VIDEO IS VERY LOUD, SO LOWER THE VOLUME BEFORE WATCHING IT.</font></b></div><font size="3"><u><br/>Nicknames</u>: “Whoosh of Death”, "Loud Whoosh II", "The Palindrome Logo"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Against a black background, a giant, two-toned blue letter A comes lazily sweeping from the back, joined by (turning around, in small white font) the letters making up the word "CORPORATION", and from the sides by the letters "U" and "V". A red bar indented with the word "CORPORATION" comes up from the opposite direction, spinning slowly like an axle, until it stops to interlock with those letters. The entire logo then immediately shifts to face toward the upper left and pauses for about 1.5 seconds, then the entire animation plays in reverse (like a palindrome, meaning one half of the logo is playing forward, and the other half is played backward).</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: Some tapes that show the company's tracking control screen has the logo fade in and fade out at the point where the letter A and the word "CORPORATION" appear. This variant was first shown in 1993 and last shown in 1995.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The multiple rotating CG letters and bar, the slow zooming. It mostly feels corporate, like they want to have fun with the new computers at the time. The reversed animation at the end may also be seen as lazy.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Same as the previous logo, but much louder.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Can be found on tapes from this era such as public domain cartoon tapes, public domain movies, tapes of <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i>, UAV Gold releases, and some old <i>Davey &amp; Goliath</i> tapes, which are easy to spot out because the logo covers most of the company's video cover. It also appeared on the<i> 8 min. </i>series of workout tapes including the <i>Kathy Ireland</i> series. It surprisingly appears on the 1999 VHS of <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> (1939 film), due to the fact the tape label has the Sterling Entertainment Group logo while the cover has the Ovation Home Video logo.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: The whoosh (which is somehow louder) will also definitely creep someone out at high volumes and also makes it feel like something will blow up. The black background, huge letters, and reversed animation, especially that it may appear both after the warning screen or after the program, may also contribute to its infamy.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><br/><br/>4th Logo<br/>(1996-1998)<br/></font><div align="center"><img align="bottom" alt="UAV (1996)" height="255" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/XQVOl3iEgd4Hxuqqtrd31g987651/GW339H255" title="UAV (1996)" width="339"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="255" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/0c5df636421e692ba890d6de02f27afa9a481949" width="453"></iframe><br/><font size="3"><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "UAV in Space", "The Palindrome Logo in Space"</font></font></div><font size="3"><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: A supernova (a large explosion from space) happens on a starry background. The UAV logo in the previous logo, this time with "ENTERTAINMENT" in gold lettering on the red bar, flies into view. Once the logo is into place, light beams come out of it, and pans ever so slightly towards us. The supernova (as well as the light beams) then disappears, leaving the UAV logo floating in space.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: CGI animation. Much better than before.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An explosion, then a truncated whoosh from the previous logo (which is much softer), and a synth note.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon; seen on some later UAV Corporation tapes such as <i>Gilad</i> tapes, <i>Kansas City Confidential</i>, and <i>Moses: Egypt's Great Prince</i>. Used in tandem with the previous logo until 1998. It is unknown if this was seen on any of the DVDs UAV released.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: It's not as infamous as the previous 2 logos, since it doesn't have that loud whoosh, though the explosion may throw some off.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font size="3"><br/><u>Final Note</u>: Later on, UAV became [[Sterling Entertainment Group]].</font><br/></font></div></div></div></div><br/></div>