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===3rd Logo (October 11, 1996-April 2, 1999)=== | ===3rd Logo (October 11, 1996-April 2, 1999)=== | ||
'''Logo:''' We see live-action places. Suddenly, they blur, and four circles are quickly formed on the screen. They are arranged in various ways. | '''Logo:''' We see live-action places. Suddenly, they blur, and four circles are quickly formed on the screen, one of which has the Channel 4 logo. They are arranged in various ways. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* Other idents had a more soft transition. The footage blurs as the four circles lands on it, with several waves coming from the circles. | * Other idents had a more soft transition. The footage blurs as the four circles lands on it, with several waves coming from the circles. | ||
* ''Christmas Idents'': | * ''Christmas Idents'': | ||
** Christmas 1996: The footages center around Santa | ** Christmas 1996: The footages center around Santa, which he is treated like a standard English citizen. The animation of the circles is intact. | ||
** Christmas 1997: On a white BG, a lot of baby blue circles (with one containing the Channel 4 logo) are flashing. Sometimes turning purple, or being cut by white lines. | ** Christmas 1997: On a white BG, a lot of baby blue circles (with one containing the Channel 4 logo) are flashing. Sometimes turning purple, or being cut by white lines. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. The Simpsons ident and the program bumpers are still used. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. The Simpsons ident and the program bumpers are still used. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' During this time and late 2017, the new main idents, bordering on the surreal, no longer featured the full 4 logo, and it didn't feature on the channel outside of print adverts in magazines and the Channel 4 News. Around the middle of 2017, program adverts and break bumpers were reworked to have the 4 logo visible for around a second in one form or another. | '''Editor's Note:''' During this time and late 2017, the new main idents, bordering on the surreal, no longer featured the full 4 logo, and it didn't feature on the channel outside of print adverts in magazines and the Channel 4 News. Around the middle of 2017, program adverts and break bumpers were reworked to have the 4 logo visible for around a second in one form or another. The actual idents themselves are some of the strangest, showing the blocks as gemstones and no sign of the logo. This is probably why they ditched them after over 2 years, making it the shortest lived graphics package in Channel 4 history. | ||
===7th Logo (October 2017- )=== | ===7th Logo (October 2017- )=== | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' Live action with CGI animation. | '''FX/SFX:''' Live action with CGI animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The background music for each ident is a simple string instrument track that borrows thematically from the channel's famous Fourscore tune from the first logo. The construct itself, in some of the idents, blares out the four note jingle, sounding akin to a foghorn. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The background music for each ident is a simple string instrument track that borrows thematically from the channel's famous "Fourscore" tune from the first logo. The construct itself, in some of the idents, blares out the four note jingle, sounding akin to a foghorn. | ||
'''Availability:''' Current. | '''Availability:''' Current. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' | '''Editor's Note:''' A much more recognizable and "normal" set of idents from Channel 4. The reintroduction of "Fourscore" is also a really nice callback. | ||
===8th Logo (2019- )=== | |||
'''Logo:''' In a dark room, we can see several dim white blocks floating around. The camera then starts to pan around, as several of the blocks light up and move around. Panning across the blocks, they look like their forming a brief frame-by-frame version of the 1982 logo's "Implosion" variant, in which the final result is the 2015 Channel 4 logo (basically the same as all the other logos, but with smaller blocks) fully lighting up. The background and blocks dim to near-invisible levels, and "Channel 4 Television" fades in below. | |||
'''Variant:''' A slightly shorter version exists. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A soft violin note is heard in the background, as a much more mellower piano version of "Fourscore" plays in the background, in sync with the lighting. | |||
'''Availability:''' Current. Unlike the previous ones, this is more of a production logo. It can be seen on HBO Max printings of their shows, like the 1st season of ''Home'' and ''Friday Night Dinner''. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' A cool reference to the original logo. | |||
[[Category:Television Logos]] | [[Category:Television Logos]] | ||