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* Feel Good: A bunch of multicoloured blobs float around the screen, stick together forming the 2 curve and resembling the sound of balloons. This was the first ident of the new look to be used at 6am on 27 September 2018. | * Feel Good: A bunch of multicoloured blobs float around the screen, stick together forming the 2 curve and resembling the sound of balloons. This was the first ident of the new look to be used at 6am on 27 September 2018. | ||
*Captivating: Various paper ribbons move about on screen to form the 2 curve. | *Captivating: Various paper ribbons move about on screen to form the 2 curve. | ||
*Escapist: Rippling purple and orange looking like cave rocks make the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Silk'' from the 1991 set. | *Escapist: Rippling purple and orange fabric looking like cave rocks make the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Silk'' from the 1991 set. | ||
*Authoritative: Piles of paper wave around forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Paper Cut-Out'' from the 1991 set. This ident is the most generic used of the set. | *Authoritative: Piles of paper wave around forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Paper Cut-Out'' from the 1991 set. This ident is the most generic used of the set. | ||
*Reflective: Reflective is | *Reflective: Reflective is another generic ident used for the set. Sheets of paper turn over between the curve 2, inspired by ''Diary'' from the 1991 set. | ||
*Mind-Bending: White and grey lines overlapping and forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Optics'' from the 1991 set. The ding sound is the same as Authoritative. | *Mind-Bending: White and grey lines overlapping and forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Optics'' from the 1991 set. The ding sound is the same as Authoritative. | ||
*Wonder: | *Wonder: A green and blue crystalline mineral split in half by the 2 curve, inspired by ''Water'' (or ''Water Reflection'') from the 1991 set. | ||
*Celebratory: A multicoloured firework theme makes up the sides of the 2 curve, inspired by Firecracker from the 1991 set. | *Celebratory: A multicoloured firework theme makes up the sides of the 2 curve, inspired by Firecracker from the 1991 set. | ||
*Revelatory: A ribbon made of metal (resembling a slinky) moves about on screen to form the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 1993 ''Slinky'' sting. | *Revelatory: A ribbon made of metal (resembling a slinky) moves about on screen to form the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 1993 ''Slinky'' sting. | ||
*Offbeat: An orange fluffy creature moves about the screen and stops forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Dog'' from the 1991 set. | *Offbeat: An orange fluffy creature moves about the screen with its sticky purple feet and stops forming the 2 curve, possibly inspired by ''Dog'' from the 1991 set. | ||
*Thought-Provoking: Black and white patterns dance around in the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 1993 Op Art sting from the 1991 set. The initial version of Thought-Provoking appears to have been withdrawn along with Visceral in early October 2018. However, a revised version with the black background lightened and the white areas dimmed to an off-white/pale grey, was introduced on BBC Two Northern Ireland in late November (later on the network from 13 January 2019). | *Thought-Provoking: Black and white patterns dance around in the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 1993 Op Art sting from the 1991 set. The initial version of Thought-Provoking appears to have been withdrawn along with Visceral in early October 2018. However, a revised version with the black background lightened and the white areas dimmed to an off-white/pale grey, was introduced on BBC Two Northern Ireland in late November (later on the network from 13 January 2019). | ||
*Visceral: Brown, black and gold pins and scales open and close forming the 2 curve. The initial version of Visceral appears to have been withdrawn along with Thought-Provoking in early October 2018. However, a revised version with reduced colour saturation was introduced at 2:40am on 4 November. Besides on 30 January 2021, the initial version of Visceral has returned due to BBC Two wins Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Awards in November 2020. | *Visceral: Brown, black and gold pins and scales open and close forming the 2 curve. The initial version of Visceral appears to have been withdrawn along with Thought-Provoking in early October 2018. However, a revised version with reduced colour saturation was introduced at 2:40am on 4 November. Besides on 30 January 2021, the initial version of Visceral has returned due to BBC Two wins Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Awards in November 2020. | ||
*Dark: Set entirely in shades of grey, the 2 curve animates like coral reef. | *Dark: Set entirely in shades of grey, the 2 curve animates like coral reef. | ||
*Gritty: Rising and falling blocks in the shape of the 2 curve. A silent version of this ident was | *Gritty: Rising and falling blocks in the shape of the 2 curve. A silent version of this ident was used once on 21 September 2019. | ||
*Bold: A broken up black and gold stone effect (resembling a causeway) makes up the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 2002 Giant's Causeway ident (which aired on BBC Two Northern Ireland) from the 2001 "Personality" set. | *Bold: A broken up black and gold stone effect (resembling a causeway) makes up the 2 curve, possibly inspired by the 2002 Giant's Causeway ident (which aired on BBC Two Northern Ireland) from the 2001 "Personality" set. | ||
*Charged: Clouds billowing around, the curve formed by light shining through a crack in the clouds. | *Charged: Clouds billowing around, the curve formed by light shining through a crack in the clouds. | ||
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**Festive: Various tinsel garlands are flying around the screen into the shape of the 2 curve in middle of purple tinsel and back. | **Festive: Various tinsel garlands are flying around the screen into the shape of the 2 curve in middle of purple tinsel and back. | ||
'''Trivia:''' "Silly" was directed by Gavin Strange at [[Aardman Animations (UK)|Aardman Animations]]. An extensive behind-the-scenes look at the bump can be found [https://www.jam-factory.com/bbc-two-squish here]. | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* The IDs have won many advertising and design awards, including a Cannes Lion. | |||
* Superunion was the agency behind the logos, but they were designed by many different designers. | |||
* "Silly" was directed by Gavin Strange at [[Aardman Animations (UK)|Aardman Animations]]. An extensive behind-the-scenes look at the bump can be found [https://www.jam-factory.com/bbc-two-squish here]. | |||
* "Escapist", "Wonder", "Reflective", and "Gritty" were made by FutureDeluxe. | |||
* "Offbeat", "Sharp", and "Gripping" were designed by MAINFRAME (not to be confused with [[Mainframe Studios (Canada)|the Canadian animation studio of the same name]]). | |||
* Conlan Normington is the designer of "Mind-Bending" and "Thought-Provoking". | |||
* "Authoratative" and a seemingly unaired smoke ident were designed by The Mill. | |||
* "Captivating" was designed by Kasia Kijek and Przemek Adamski. It was animated with real craft paper, as can be seen [https://kijekadamski.com/BBC-Two-ident here]. | |||
* David McLeod is the designer of "Feel Good" and "Celebratory". | |||
* To finish off the wide range of designers, Helmut Breineder designed "Dark" and Kenneth Robin designed "Visceral". Ari Weinkle reportly made at least one ID as well. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Depends on the variant. | '''FX/SFX:''' Depends on the variant. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, with a ding at the beginning. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, with a ding at the beginning. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' These idents were scored by Alex Baranowski. A blog post by him going into how he composed the music for the logos can be found [http://www.alexbaranowski.com/anatomy-of-a-soundscape_bbc2/ here]. | |||
'''Availability:''' Current. First shown at 6 am on 27 September 2018. | '''Availability:''' Current. First shown at 6 am on 27 September 2018. | ||