UAV Corporation

2nd Logo

(1991-1996) Nicknames : “Whoosh of Death”, "Whoosh of Annoyance", "Loud Whoosh II", "The Palindrome Logo", "The UAV from Hell", "2nd Place in the Loudest Logos Award"

Logo : 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).

Variant : 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.

FX/SFX : The multiple rotating CG letters and bar, the slow zooming.

Cheesy Factor : This logo suggests that the designers really wanted to use their new computers just for the thrill of it. As a result, it looks almost excruciatingly corporate, and the animation playing in reverse midway through seems like this company didn't have that large of a budget to begin with! Also, like its predecessor, the whoosh is unnecessarily loud.

Music/Sounds : Same as its predecessor, but much louder.

Availability : Can be found on tapes from this era such as public domain cartoon tapes, public domain movies, tapes of The Andy Griffith Show, UAV Gold releases, and some old Davey & Goliath tapes, which are easy to spot out because the logo covers most of the company's video cover. It also appeared on the''8 min. series of workout tapes including the Kathy Ireland'' series. It surprisingly appears on the 1999 VHS of Gulliver's Travels (1939 film), due to the fact the tape label has the Sterling Entertainment Group logo while the cover has the Ovation Home Video logo.

Scare Factor : High to nightmare, mostly due to the black background and very loud noise. The letters can appear threatening too. All combine to make one feel as though they've seen something blow up. Most tapes show this at the beginning immediately after the company's FBI warning screen or tracking control screen, or at the end after the program, which increases the scare factor. However, the scare factor decreases for those who like this logo.